Palestine

The Arab American Institute (AAI) strongly supports genuine efforts towards a just, lasting and comprehensive resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that will result in two states, Palestine and Israel, living side by side in peace and security.

The United States, through sustained, balanced, constructive engagement, can facilitate a peaceful, lasting resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, so essential to any long term peace and security in the Middle East. The establishment of two states, Israel and Palestine, living side by side in peace and security, directly negotiated between both parties is in the best interest of our country as well as Palestinians and Israelis. Congress and the Administration should demonstrate a positive, constructive American peacemaking role through public messages that reduce provocative behaviors and unify all parties around the common purpose of peace.

AAI supports U.S. diplomacy that will work towards the creation of two democratic states, Israel and Palestine, living side-by-side in peace and security–a Palestine that is viable, contiguous, sovereign and independent alongside an Israel that has secure recognized borders. The United States should oppose unilateral measures that would prejudge the outcome of the final status of Jerusalem; a resolution to the Palestinian refugee problem; and other outstanding issues, and support a final settlement based on good faith negotiations between Israel and Palestine.

From AAI

• “Know Thy Heritage” Reconnects Palestinian American Youth With Ancestral Homeland — 03/29/2013
• Food for Thought: The Unique Cuisine of Gaza — 03/29/2013
• Four Takeaways from Obama�s Jerusalem Speech — 03/25/2013
• �Nobody Listens�: Palestinians Protest as Obama Meets Abbas — 03/22/2013
• Arab Americans ask Obama to Call for Equal Rights in Palestine — 03/20/2013
• UNRWA�s Role in Regional Stability — 03/13/2013
• President Hosts Arab American Meeting Ahead of Middle East Trip — 03/11/2013

Countdown

• Countdown to Gibran — 04/09/2013
• From Cairo to New York: More of the Same — 04/02/2013
• Mixed Opinions on Obama’s Middle East Trip — 03/26/2013
• Iraq: We Wouldn�t Do That Again — 03/19/2013
• We Met With President Obama — 03/12/2013

From Washington

• Statements on H. Res. 867 (In opposition to the Goldstone Report) November 4, 2009 U.S. House of Rep — 05/12/2010
• Selected Statements against H. Res. 867 — 11/18/2009
• Senate: U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Briefing The Middle East: The Road to Peace — 05/29/2009
• House: Gaza Crisis: Selected Statements from Members of Congress — 02/05/2009

From Dr. Zogby

• Obama�s Lesson: �Look at the World Through Their Eyes� — 04/08/2013
• Policy Implications of Iran�s Fall from Favor in Arab and Muslim Public Opinion — 04/01/2013
• I Was Wrong: Israeli-Palestinian Peace is on the President�s Trip Agenda — 03/18/2013
• The Rise and Fall of Iran in Arab and Muslim Public Opinion — 03/11/2013
• Only Blaming the Victim: The Definition of Chutzpah — 02/16/2013

Resources

• American Opinions on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (2012) — 11/26/2012
• American Opinions on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict - 2012 — 09/04/2012
• Al-Majallah/AAI Poll (1998) — 01/04/2012
• Attitudes of the American Public Toward the Recent Arab-Israeli Dispute (2002) — 01/04/2012
• U.S. Attitudes Toward Arab Countries and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (2000) — 01/04/2012