'Israel unlikely to assist UN war crimes probe' ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Associated Press April 15, 2009 - 12:00am Israel is "very unlikely" to cooperate with a UN agency's probe into whether Israel and Hamas committed war crimes in the recent Gaza war, a government official said Wednesday. Hamas, meanwhile, said it is ready to work with the investigators, to be led by Richard Goldstone, a South African judge who served as chief UN prosecutor of war crimes in Yugoslavia and Rwanda. International and local human rights groups have said there is strong suspicion both sides violated the rules of war in three weeks of fighting early this year that followed years of cross-border conflict. » Read more

A message Obama can’t ignore ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Arab News by Osama Al-Sharif - April 15, 2009 - 12:00am President Barack Obama will receive a message from the Arab world next week when he meets King Abdallah of Jordan in Washington. It will be an important message that the American president and his administration should appreciate because of its timing and content. » Read more

Palestinian waging long battle to live in his home ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The National by Omar Karmi - April 14, 2009 - 12:00am When Fayez Rajabi built a home for his family in the West Bank town of Hebron, he never imagined he would have to fight for more than two years to move into it. Last December, the 45-year-old car parts dealer thought he might have cleared a major hurdle after the Israeli army evacuated some 250 settlers who had occupied the four-storey building for over a year and a half. » Read more