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Gaza Sanctions: The Legal Argument
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Bbc News by Paul Reynolds - October 30, 2007 - 1:10pm The intervention by Israeli Attorney General Menachem Mazuz to suspend a plan to restrict electricity supplies to Gaza raises the issue of Israel's rights and responsibilities under international humanitarian law. Earlier, there were protests from human rights groups, the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon - who called the measure "unacceptable" - and the European Union External Affairs Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner, who said: "There should not be collective punishment". |
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Politics: Desmond Tutu Likens Israeli Actions To Apartheid
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Inter Press Service (IPS) by Adrianne Appel - (Interview) October 30, 2007 - 1:09pm South African Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu compared conditions in Palestine to those of South Africa under apartheid, and called on Israelis to try and change them, while speaking in Boston Saturday at historic Old South Church. "We hope the occupation of the Palestinian territory by Israel will end," Tutu said. "There is a cry of anguish from the depth of my heart, to my spiritual relatives. Please, please hear the call, the noble call of our scripture," Tutu said of Israelis. |
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Palestinian Census Carries Sobering Subtext For Israelis
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Christian Science Monitor by Joshua Mitnick - October 30, 2007 - 1:07pm The field worker matches the villa at 5 El Balu'a Street with a building survey map, scribbles a number in blue crayon, and then offers a brief introduction to the homeowner on what the counting means. "I'm a representative of the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, and we're doing preliminary work for the census," says Raniah Haseebah, a youthful, bright-eyed statistician. "I'm giving you this questionnaire." |
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Palestinians Demand Timeline For Peace Accord
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Washington Post by Mohammed Assadi - October 30, 2007 - 1:05pm Palestinians will not pursue peace talks with Israel without an agreed timeline for reaching a deal on statehood, chief Palestinian negotiator Ahmed Qurie said on Tuesday. "The Israeli prime minister had announced that he will not accept a timeline, and we say we won't accept negotiations without a timeline. We do not want to go to open negotiations," Qurie told reporters. |
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The Importance Of A Failed Summit
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz by Gideon Levy - October 29, 2007 - 7:13pm Do not belittle the Annapolis summit. Despite all the prophecies of failure, justified as they are, this summit could still make an important contribution to the history of Israeli-Arab negotiations: For the first time, it will become crystal-clear who aspires toward peace and, more important, who flees from it as if from fire. |
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The Right Of Return (to Britain)
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz by Tamara Traubmann - October 29, 2007 - 7:12pm Thousands of people and one very active Internet site have been busy these days with Khaled Al-Mudallal's right to return - that is, his right to return to the University of Bradford in England. Mudallal, 22, was supposed to be devoting his entire attention right now to his last year of studies for a bachelor's degree in business administration. But instead, he is stuck in Rafah and cannot see how he will be able to leave the Gaza Strip and finish his studies. |
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An Interview With Adnan Husseini
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Bitterlemons (Interview) October 29, 2007 - 7:10pm bitterlemons: We've heard recently Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert talk about the outlying neighborhoods of Jerusalem and that Israel might be willing to "divide" Jerusalem. What do you make of this? Husseini: First of all, we've been hearing such ideas for a while, but we also see the objections from many others in Israel, so we can't really trust these statements. |
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Something To Consider Before Attacking
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Daily Star by Rami Khouri - (Opinion) October 29, 2007 - 7:09pm The main Middle Eastern issue being discussed in the US these days is not Iraq, Arab-Israeli peacemaking, or Turkish-Kurdish-Iraqi tensions, but rather what to do about Iran and its perceived threat to the region, the US and the world. The Bush administration sets a shrill and aggressive tone on this and is taking action, including this week's new sanctions against the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps, its Quds Force, and several banks. |
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Survivors Protest At Israel's Stance On Armenian Genocide
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Independent by Donald Macintyre - October 29, 2007 - 7:07pm She has no memory of her father or mother. She was abandoned as an infant –it almost certainly saved her life because she was found on the side of the road by an American missionary – on one of the death marches in 1915 from Gurun, in central Anatolia. Even her name was given to her by the Near East Relief orphanage in Lebanon where she grew up. Sadly, she says, most of her fellow survivors in Jerusalem of the Armenian genocide have died. |