ATFP Announces 2009 Gala Honorees
July 15, 2009 ATFP is proud to announce the Palestinian American honorees in the fields of scholarship, medicine, and lifetime achievement, as well as a Special Recognition honoree for diplomatic achievement. These outstanding individuals will be honored at the Fourth Annual Gala on October 15. |
Interview with Bassem Khoury, Palestinian Minister of Economy
July 15, 2009 In an interview with the Portland Trust, the new minister explains his priorities for the development of the Palestinian economy. |
New Hopes for Peace: What America Must Do To End the Israel-Palestine Conflict
July 15, 2009 ATFP President, Dr. Ziad Asali, participates in a panel at the US Institute of Peace discussing the prospects for the peace process that are set forth in a new documentary by Dr. Landrum Bolling. |
ATFP Translation: What does it mean to be a Palestinian leftist?
July 2, 2009 If secularism and the issues of poverty, corruption, and civil rights, and especially and above all the issue of women’s rights, are not central concerns of the Left, then what exactly are its issues? |
PA: Israel planning to expropriate another 2% of West Bank land
July 1, 2009 Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat: "This attests to what is happening on the ground in practice: more land expropriations." |
ATFP Hosts Gen. Dayton, Rep. Ellison
June 30, 2009 ATFP hosts another installment of its Distinguished Guest Forum with US Security Coordinator Lieutenant General Keith Dayton and US Representative Keith Ellison (D-MN). |
Report Questions Israeli Drone Strikes
June 30, 2009 Marc Garlasco, senior military analyst at Human Rights Watch: "it’s hard to understand how the Israelis did such a poor job of targeting.” |
Key policy addresses by Obama, Netanyahu, Fayyad
June 29, 2009 ATFP presents three crucial recent speeches that lay out the American, Palestinian and Israeli government approaches to peace in the Middle East. |
Salam Fayyad reiterates Palestinian independence and peace with Israel
June 29, 2009 Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad spoke on June 22 at Al Quds University laying out the Palestinian position and reiterating the Palestinian commitment to independence and peace with Israel. |
A guide to Israeli settlements
June 29, 2009 How and when did they start, why are they spreading, what are the concerns and should anything be done about them? |