Letter from President Bush at ATFP Second Annual Gala
Video on October 31, 2007

Undersecretary of State, R. Nicholas Burns, reads a letter from President George W. Bush to the American Task Force on Palestine (ATFP) at their Second Annual Gala


Welcome Address by Dr. Ziad Asali at ATFP Second Annual Gala
Video on October 31, 2007

Dr. Ziad Asali, President of the American Task Force on Palestine (ATFP), delivers the opening address at their Second Annual Gala


Palestinian National Anthem at ATFP Second Annual Gala
Video on October 31, 2007

Dana Yousef of George Mason University sings Mawtini, the unofficial national anthem of Palestine, at the American Task Force on Palestine's (ATFP) Second Annual Gala.


Afif Safieh Reads Letter from President Mahmoud Abbas at ATFP Second Annual Gala
Video on October 31, 2007

PLO Ambassador Afif Safieh delivers a letter to the American Task Force on Palestine (ATFP) at their Second Annual Gala at the Ritz Carlton on October 17, 2007.


Ziad Asali on Al-Jazeera-October 8, 2007
Video on October 8, 2007

ATFP President Ziad Asali discusses the potential consequences of the formation of the Higher Judiciary Council by Hamas in Gaza.


ATFP Briefing on Hamas-October 3, 2007
Video on October 4, 2007

The Hamas electoral victory in January 2006 sparked a debate as to the best way to approach the organization. Should Hamas be engaged? If so, on what terms and for what end? Should the Palestinians opt for a national unity arrangement or does the current differentiation open opportunities for a breakthrough in the peace process? This debate has further intensified after the Hamas takeover of Gaza in June 2007and has become even more topical as diplomatic activity in the region picks up towards the proposed Fall meeting.


ATFP Briefing on Hamas-October 3, 2007
Video on October 4, 2007

The Hamas electoral victory in January 2006 sparked a debate as to the best way to approach the organization. Should Hamas be engaged? If so, on what terms and for what end? Should the Palestinians opt for a national unity arrangement or does the current differentiation open opportunities for a breakthrough in the peace process? This debate has further intensified after the Hamas takeover of Gaza in June 2007and has become even more topical as diplomatic activity in the region picks up towards the proposed Fall meeting.


ATFP Briefing on Hamas-October 3, 2007
Video on October 4, 2007

The Hamas electoral victory in January 2006 sparked a debate as to the best way to approach the organization. Should Hamas be engaged? If so, on what terms and for what end? Should the Palestinians opt for a national unity arrangement or does the current differentiation open opportunities for a breakthrough in the peace process? This debate has further intensified after the Hamas takeover of Gaza in June 2007and has become even more topical as diplomatic activity in the region picks up towards the proposed Fall meeting.


Ziad Asali, ATFP President, on BBC News, June 18, 2007
Video on June 29, 2007

ATFP President Ziad Asali on BBC World News on June 18, 2007 to discuss internal Palestinian violence


Ziad Asali on BBC News April 24, 2007
Video on April 26, 2007

ATFP President Ziad Asali on BBC News discussing the recent break in the Israeli/Hamas truce on April 24, 2007



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