August 4, 2009 - 10:48am Reforming Fatah from the grassroots up
August 4, 2009

Nicholas Blincoe in The Guardian: "Ultimately, the most important election will be the referendum that follows any peace agreement."

August 3, 2009 - 10:20am U.S. to Push Peace in Middle East Media Campaign
August 3, 2009

US Special Envoy to the Middle East George Mitchel: “The phase we’re now engaged in is a means to an end; it is not an end in itself. The end is getting a peace agreement.”

July 31, 2009 - 11:26am Obama's evenhanded Mideast policy
July 31, 2009

The Los Angeles Times: “It's going to be a long, hard slog toward the goal of a Palestinian state alongside a secure Israel, but ultimately this serves the interests of Israel, its Arab neighbors and the United States.”

July 30, 2009 - 10:24am West Bank Settlers Send Obama Defiant Message
July 30, 2009

Settler leader Rabbi Yigael Shandorfi did not use the president’s name, but an insulting Hebrew slang for a black man and the phrase “that Arab they call a president.”

July 29, 2009 - 11:57am Excerpt from a special report on the Arab world by The Economist
July 29, 2009

The following article is part of a special report on the state of the Arab world by the Economist magazine, that specifically touches on the issue of Palestine. ATFP highly recommends the entire report.

July 29, 2009 - 10:24am 'Occupation will destroy Third Temple'
July 29, 2009

Peace Now Secretary General Yariv Oppenheimer: "Continued construction in settlements and the occupation of the (West Bank) will lead to the destruction of Zionism and, for us, the destruction of the Third Temple"

July 28, 2009 - 11:31am Israel, U.S. claim 'progress' in settlement dispute
July 28, 2009

US Envoy George Mitchell: "an early return to meaningful negotiations and a prompt resolution of those negotiations means that everyone must take steps, some of them difficult, some of them controversial to create the context."

Ghaith al Omari Perspective and Analysis on Settlements
July 27, 2009

ATFP Advocacy Director Ghaith al-Omari provides a Palestinian perspective on recent settlement developments while ATFP President Ziad Asali provides analysis on Al-Arabiya

East Jerusalem Abusing Jerusalem to Assail Peace
July 27, 2009

The background and details on the current controversy of a new settlement housing project green-lighted in East Jerusalem

July 27, 2009 - 12:45pm US transfers $200 million in aid to Palestinians
July 27, 2009

The United States has transferred $200 million to the Palestinian government to help ease a growing budget deficit, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Friday.


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