Gaza: U.N. Cites Rights Violations ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times September 21, 2010 - 12:00am Investigations by Israel and the Palestinians into violations of human rights during the Gaza conflict of 2008 and 2009 were inadequate in several respects, an expert committee led by the United Nations Human Rights Council said Tuesday. The committee’s conclusion could lead to calls for the suspected violations to be referred to the International Criminal Court in The Hague. » Read more

Barely months into talks, will the freeze freeze a peace deal? ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA) by Ron Kampeas - (Analysis) September 21, 2010 - 12:00am WASHINGTON (JTA) -- When the fat lady sings on Sept. 26, it may only be an intermission. That’s the word from an array of Mideast experts across the political spectrum. They are predicting that the seeming intractability between Israel and the Palestinians over whether Israel extends a settlement moratorium beyond its end date will not scuttle the peace talks. Instead, the observers say, the sides are likely employing the brinksmanship that has come to characterize Middle East peacemaking. » Read more

Beyond optimism or pessimism: the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Common Ground News Service by Hussein Ibish - (Analysis) September 21, 2010 - 12:00am Washington, DC - While the build up to the renewed Israeli-Palestinian negotiations – the first direct talks in almost ten years to be brokered by the United States – was largely greeted with an excess of pessimism on the part of many observers, the fact that they have been resumed is, on its own, something of an achievement for US President Barack Obama and his administration. Indeed, it took almost a year of intensive diplomacy in order to get to these direct negotiations to get them going. » Read more

Clinton presses Arab nations to bolster aid to Palestinians ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Washington Post by Glenn Kessler - (Analysis) September 22, 2010 - 12:00am UNITED NATIONS - On the sidelines of a U.N. anti-poverty meeting, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton pressed Arab officials Tuesday to bolster their financial contributions to the Palestinian Authority and to support the nascent peace talks more visibly. » Read more