Eyes on Gaza flotilla, but Gazan activists looking at Hamas ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Christian Science Monitor by Kristen Chick - (Analysis) November 7, 2011 - 1:00am Samah Ahmed used to be proud to tell people she was Palestinian. She grew up at a time when the Palestinian struggle to break free of Israeli occupation was an inspiration to the Arab world. She participated in the second intifada that began in 2000. When people found out she was Palestinian, she says, they respected her. » Read more

Obama must stop Netanyahu, Barak from attacking Iran ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz by Akiva Eldar - (Opinion) November 7, 2011 - 1:00am Some six months before a devil incarnate shot Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in the back in order to stop the peace process, two American politicians stabbed him in the neck. In May 1995, at the height of the fragile negotiations on the interim peace agreement, the two welcomed Rabin to Washington with a fatal legislative initiative. The Republican candidate for the presidency, Bob Dole, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Newt Gingrich, proposed recognizing united Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and requiring the administration to move the U.S. Embassy there. » Read more

Fatah: Israel undermining PA 'disastrous' for region ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'an News Agency (Analysis) November 7, 2011 - 1:00am A Fatah spokesman warned on Sunday that Israel's settlement expansion and withholding of PA tax revenues would have "disastrous results for the entire region." Fayiz Abu Aita said the measures announced by the Israeli government the day after UNESCO admitted Palestine as a full member were an attempt to undermine the Palestinian Authority. "This is a declaration of war" on the PA, Aita said in a statement issued by the Media and Culture Commission. "Israel bears full responsibility for this dangerous escalation." » Read more