A: Yes. ATFP staff attend functions held by dozens of embassies in Washington, including those of Israel. ATFP is an American organization doing policy work in Washington. Attending events, including embassy functions, is essential to this work. Since ATFP is opposed to the occupation but not Israel, ATFP deals with the Israeli Embassy in Washington, and other Israeli officials, in an open, professional, and unapologetic manner. This is a function of ATFP's strategy that holds such relations are required to achieve a two-state solution and build a critical mass among all the major players in favor of peace.

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