Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Empowering Peace & Palestine


Help support the American Task Force on Palestine in its mission to create a viable Palestinian state living side by side with Israel in Peace and Security...  ATFP is strictly opposed to all acts of violence against civilians no matter the cause and no matter who the victims or perpetrators may be.  The Task Force advocates the development of a Palestinian state that is democratic, pluralistic, non-militarized and neutral in armed conflicts.

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         "There are tons of pro-Israel organizations in Washington that engage in the debate; in the pro-Palestinian community I could argue we are the only one," he said. "There is a hunger in this town for a voice that understands the Palestinians and can speak about their interests in a way that takes into account the way that Washington operates." Ghaith Al-Omari Foriegn Policy: Inside the tiny Washington group that is 'mainstreaming Palestine...

Ziad J. Asali, M.D., is the founder and President of the American Task Force on Palestine.  Dr. Asali was born in Jerusalem and received his M.D. from the American University of Beirut (AUB) Medical School in 1967.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ziad-j-asali-md/
http://www.thedailybeast.com/contributors/ziad-j--asali.html

Hussein Ibish is a Senior Fellow at the American Task Force on Palestine (ATFP). Ibish has made thousands of radio and television appearances and has written for many newspapers, including the Los Angeles Times, the Washington Post and the Chicago Tribune

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 ATFP is dedicated to advocating that it is in the American national interest to promote an end to the conflict in the Middle East through a negotiated agreement that provides for two states - Israel and Palestine - living side by side in peace and security.  The Task Force was established in 2003 to provide an independent voice for Palestinian-Americans and their supporters and to promote peace.  AFTP’s Board of Directors is made up of a large group of noted Palestinian-Americans who agree with these principles.

DIPLOMACY: The purpose of diplomacy is to strengthen the state, nation, or organization it serves in relation to others by advancing the interests in its charge. To this end, diplomatic activity endeavours to maximize a group’s advantages without the risk and expense of using force and preferably without causing resentment. It habitually, but not invariably, strives to preserve peace; diplomacy is strongly inclined toward negotiation to achieve agreements and resolve issues between states.

CITIZENSHIP denotes the link between a person and a state or an association of states. It is normally synonymous with the term nationality although the latter term is sometimes understood to have ethnic connotations. Possession of citizenship is normally associated with the right to work and live in a country and to participate in political life. A person who does not have citizenship in any state is said to be stateless.



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