Palestine Center Calls for International Intervention in Gaza

PALESTINE CENTER CALLS FOR INTERNATIONAL INTERVENTION IN GAZA For Immediate Release Contact: Samar Assad (202) 338-1290 Washington, D.C. (November 8, 2006) – The Palestine Center calls on the international community to immediately intervene to protect Palestinian civilians from Israel’s ongoing offensive in the Gaza Strip which has lead to the death of 83 Palestinians in eight days. … Read more

The Palestine Question Since Oslo: Current Options and Future Strategies

On 27 October 2006, experts and scholars studied the effect political negotiations and events on the ground have had on life in the Occupied Palestinian Territory since the start of the Oslo process. Panelists analyzed the obstacles facing a two-state solution and discuss strategies to create a viable end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Israeli military setting up system of ‘creeping curfew’

22 March 2003 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Israeli military setting up system of ‘creeping curfew’ Israel seems to be using a system of ‘creeping curfew’ to escalate its control over Palestinians in the West Bank without drawing the attention of the international media and community, civil society organizations based in the West Bank and Gaza Strip … Read more

The U.S. Must Adopt a Policy of Conflict Resolution rather than Conflict Management in the Middle East

13 June 2002 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Samar Assad: 202-338-1290 The U.S. Must Adopt a Policy of Conflict Resolution rather than Conflict Management in the Middle East By continuing on the path of conflict management, the United States has failed to bring an end to Palestinian-Israeli violence and has failed to embark on the path … Read more

Palestinian Assessment Of U.S. Diplomatic Efforts in the Middle East

12 June 2002 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jeff Mendez Palestinian Assessment Of U.S. Diplomatic Efforts in the Middle East On Thursday, 13 June 2002, Marwan Bishara and Diana Buttu will hold a press conference in the Murrow Room at the National Press Club at 9:30 a.m. Bishara and Buttu will address the latest round of … Read more

International Observers: Witnesses to Destruction and Resistance

16 April 2002 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Samar Assad International Observers: Witnesses to Destruction and Resistance Convinced that their presence would reduce the harm inflicted on the Palestinian people by the Israeli military incursion, members of the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) have converged upon the Occupied Territories in an effort to stop Israel’s attacks on … Read more

Egypt’s Osama El Baz Meets with U.S.-Middle East Policy Analysts

17 August 2001 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Heidi Shoup Egypt’s Osama El Baz Meets with U.S.-Middle East Policy Analysts Washington, DC – According to Osama El Baz, senior advisor to Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, Voices of reason are being drowned out and voices of extremism, fundamentalism, and radicals are gaining ground in the Middle East. … Read more

Palestine Center Asks State Department to Intervene On Behalf of Andrew Clarno

14 August 2001 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Heidi Shoup Palestine Center Asks State Department to Intervene On Behalf of Andrew Clarno Washington, DC – Andrew Clarno, who was an intern at the Center during the summer of 1994, was detained on 11 August by Israeli police for taking part in a peaceful gathering in Jerusalem. … Read more

The Palestine Center Mourns the Death of Faisal Husseini

31 May 2001 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Palestine Center Mourns the Death of Faisal Husseini Washington DC – The Center for Policy Analysis on Palestine mourns the death of Faisal Husseini, Palestinian Liberation Organization minister in charge of Jerusalem affairs, who died of a heart attack in Kuwait earlier today. In the ongoing struggle for … Read more