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Hussein Ibish Debates As'ad Ghanem on the One-State Agenda at U. of Maryland

Video of the event now online; Ibish and Ghanem also disagreed about Hamas' record of governance in Gaza.

Secretary Clinton Reaffirms US support for two-state solution

“two tracks in the Middle East - negotiations between the parties aimed at reaching a two-state solution and also institution building that lays the necessary foundations for a future state.”

ATFP Senior Fellow Lectures at George Washington University

Ibish outlined a new series of strategies being adopted by the PA to augment diplomacy, including state and institution building, nonviolent protesting and boycotts aimed at settlements.

Hussein Ibish and Joel Kovel debate one-state agenda at University of Chicago

The question facing the Palestinians in terms of national strategy is this: Is it worth continuing the war and the occupation to try to secure something that cannot be achieved in the foreseeable future?

ATFP Senior Fellow Chairs Panel at Major Iran Conference

Conference presenters were virtual who's who of Iranian intellectuals in the United States and beyond.

ATFP Senior Fellow Discusses Palestine and the Art of the Possible at Monmouth University

Ibish: "we need a new term to describe ideas that appear to have the attributes of political notions tied to the real world but that actually have no relationship to forces that produce real outcomes."

The Palestinian State and Institution Building Program
Documents detailing the state and institution building program of the 13th Palestinian Government, including the overall plan and priority interventions for 2010.

Obama Speech Signals a U.S. Shift on Middle East
April 15, 2010

Mr. Obama said conflicts like the one in the Middle East ended up “costing us significantly in terms of both blood and treasure” — drawing an explicit link between the Israeli-Palestinian strife and the safety of American soldiers...

King Abdullah II of Jordan with Chicago Tribune Editorial Board
April 16, 2010

King Abdullah II: "Why should the burden be solely on Obama and Americans to stick their necks out if both parties are not willing to do enough of the groundwork? The problem if we stay at the status quo, others in the region are not sitting idly by."