Washington, DC, Feb. 13 – Archived video of the Feb. 12 congressional hearing at which ATFP President Ziad Asali presented testimony and engaged in a Q&A session on Gaza reconstruction is now available on the ATFP website. It can be viewed at:

http://www.americantaskforce.org/in_media/pr/1234414800

The video, created by the Subcommittee, has a long lead-in, so please be patient at the start of the video.

Dr. Asali spoke at a hearing of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Middle East and South Asia, on the aftermath of the Gaza war, along with fellow panelists David Makovsky of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, Michele Dunne of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and Danielle Pletka of the American Enterprise Institute. The hearing was attended by the House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman, Howard Berman (D-CA). Dr. Asali summarized a 51-page ATFP written testimony, submitted to the Subcommittee and entered into the record. The full written testimony can be read at:

http://www.americantaskforce.org/atfp_testimony_congressional_hearing_ga...

Other recent commentaries on the hearing include:

Huffington Post - MJ Rosenberg - Congressman Ackerman Speaks the Truth:
http://www.americantaskforce.org/in_media/mm/ziad_asali/1234501200

World Politics Blog - Judah Grunstein - Getting to Gaza:
http://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/blog/blog.aspx?id=3293

Israeli Policy Forum - Dr. Ziad J. Asali on Capitol Hill: The U.S. Must Help Rebuild Gaza Now:
http://www.israelpolicyforum.org/blog/dr-ziad-j-asali-capitol-hill-us-mu...