Panetta: Congress decision to freeze PA aid a mistake ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ynetnews by Yoav Zitun - October 3, 2011 - 12:00am US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Monday that Congress's decision to freeze $200 million in aid to the Palestinians was a mistake. Panetta, who is visiting Israel for the first time since he assumed the role of US defense secretary, also noted that any Israeli strike on Iran must be coordinated with countries in the region. » Read more

Panetta Says Israel Is Risking Isolation ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times October 3, 2011 - 12:00am Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta warned on Sunday that Israel was becoming increasingly isolated in the Middle East, and said Israeli leaders must restart negotiations with the Palestinians and work to restore relations with Egypt and Turkey. » Read more

The raison d'être of the American Task Force on Palestine ATFP World Press Roundup Article from American Task Force on Palestine by Ziad Asali - September 30, 2011 - 12:00am The raison d'être of the American Task Force on Palestine » Read more

Mosque Set on Fire in Northern Israel ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times by Isabel Kershner - October 3, 2011 - 12:00am JERUSALEM — A mosque in an Arab village in the Galilee, northern Israel, was set on fire in the early hours of Monday morning in what police said was an arson attack, and its walls were defaced with Hebrew graffiti. The perpetrators were widely suspected of being Jewish extremists. The fire caused “serious damage” to the mosque in the village of Tuba-Zangariya, according to Micky Rosenfeld, a police spokesman. » Read more