Quotes About ACP

"I appreciate the American Task Force on Palestine for your dedication and professionalism and congratulate you on your recent successful launch, with USAID, of the American Charities for Palestine, to provide direct help to the Palestinians. AS the Israeli and Palestinian leaders continue their efforts to make this vision a reality, your good work demonstrates that the United States stands with them."

- George W. Bush - Former President of the United States

"The arrangement is the first mechanism of its kind, and we are very proud of this historic step."

- Henrietta H. Fore - Former USAID Administrator

"Groups like American Charities for Palestine… which attempts to create a safe giving alternative to help Palestinian peoples to build the institutions of the state in the West Bank but to do so in a way that isolates Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and other terrorist actors and to do so in concert with the U.S. government, and in particular with USAID."

- Juan Zarate - Former Deputy National Security Advisor for Combating Terrorism

"ACP, a U.S. non-profit organization, raises funds from the American charitable sector and donor communities and transfers these funds to USAID in order to finance specific projects in health care and education that USAID is administering in the Palestinian Territories."

- Mark Kimmitt - Former Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs

"To this end, the example of American Charities for Palestine (ACP), is illustrative. ACP works with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and other groups to improve the lives of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza."

- Matthew Levitt - Senior Fellow, Washington Institute for Near East Policy

"Essentially, this type of partnership allows individual U.S. donors to tap into the government resources and distribution networks, thereby leveraging counterterrorism mechanisms only available to the government."

- Patrick O'Brien - Former Treasury Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing

"Of course, we applaud Ziad for establishing the American Charities for Palestine. This initiative will harness and unleash the generosity of the Palestinian-American community to improve the lives of the Palestinian people. By channeling greatly needed assistance to promising projects in the West Bank, American Charities for Palestine will support important work already being done on the ground by the United States Agency for International Development and the State Department. I encourage each and every one of you here tonight to evaluate what you can do and how you can help."

- R. Nicholas Burns - Former Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs

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"Of course, we applaud Ziad for establishing the American Charities for Palestine. This initiative will harness and unleash the generosity of the Palestinian-American community to improve the lives of the Palestinian people. By channeling greatly needed assistance to promising projects in the West Bank, American Charities for Palestine will support important work already being done on the ground by the United States Agency for International Development and the State Department. I encourage each and every one of you here tonight to evaluate what you can do and how you can help."
- R. Nicholas Burns - Former Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs

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