Americans for Peace Now, The American Task Force on Palestine and J Street U GWU present Lara Friedman (Director of Policy and Government Relations, Americans for Peace Now) and Hussein Ibish (Senior Fellow, The American Task Force on Palestine) were hosted by J Street U at George Washington University for a talk on the current status of Israeli-Palestinian negotiations.

See below for photos and tweets from the event:

"The only thing that can build confidence is a peace agreement and then people can get to know eachother" @Lara_APN #peacepartners

— Colleen Hegarty (@ColleenHegarty1) March 25, 2014

.@Lara_APN : "Peace agreement and THEN reconciliation" #PeaceTalks

— Brendan Byers (@BrendanByers7) March 25, 2014

@Lara_APN: That used to be the line: "we can't want peace more than the parties themselves." Yes, we can! They're fighting! #PeacePartners

— AmericansforPeaceNow (@PeaceNowUS) March 25, 2014

@Lara_APN: If Israel wants Jrslm recgnizd as Israel's capital by the world, only 1 party can give them that- the Palestinians #PeacePartners

— AmericansforPeaceNow (@PeaceNowUS) March 25, 2014

"This is about asking the Palestinians to give up their existential narrative" (about "Jewish State" issue) @Lara_APN #peacepartners

— Colleen Hegarty (@ColleenHegarty1) March 25, 2014

@Lara_APN: It was obvious back in 2009 that "Jewish state" demand was about raising another impediment to peace. It was a shtick by Bibi

— AmericansforPeaceNow (@PeaceNowUS) March 25, 2014

.@Lara_APN : "Jewish state" recognition has historically "never been made" #PeacePartners it's a "new obstacle to peace"

— Brendan Byers (@BrendanByers7) March 25, 2014

.@Lara_APN in 2009 Netanyahu made the "Jewish state" demand the obstacle to peace. #PeacePartners

— Tala Haikal (@talamay) March 25, 2014

.@Lara_APN : "if the political will can be mustered...it is possible to create two viable, contiguous states" #PeacePartners

— Brendan Byers (@BrendanByers7) March 25, 2014