Palestinians injured in Gaza airstrike
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'an News Agency February 24, 2011 - 1:00am An Israeli airstrike targeted southern Gaza late Thursday, moderately injuring two Palestinians in an attack on a vehicle in the city of Rafah. The injured were taken by ambulance to the Abu Najjar hospital, said Adham Abu Salmiya, a spokesman for the Gaza medical services. At least one of the victims was still in the vehicle, which was on fire after sustaining four direct strikes, witnesses said. Residents of Khan Younis confirmed hearing four distinct explosions around the time of the attack. Witnesses said the vehicle belonged to the government in Gaza. |
AYALON: The death of ‘linkage’
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Washington Times by Danny Ayalon - (Editorial) February 24, 2011 - 1:00am The last few weeks and months have finally proven the fallacy of one of the most mistaken theories about development and peace in the Middle East. For a number of years, foreign officials, experts and commentators have claimed that if the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was solved, then there would be peace in the Middle East. This was coined “linkage.” |
AYALON: The death of ‘linkage’
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Washington Times by Danny Ayalon - (Editorial) February 24, 2011 - 1:00am The last few weeks and months have finally proven the fallacy of one of the most mistaken theories about development and peace in the Middle East. For a number of years, foreign officials, experts and commentators have claimed that if the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was solved, then there would be peace in the Middle East. This was coined “linkage.” |
Young Seek to End West Bank and Gaza Schism
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times by Isabel Kershner - February 24, 2011 - 1:00am Young Palestinians watching the revolutions in Egypt, Tunisia and elsewhere in the region have no shortage of their own protest-worthy causes. Palestinian youths took to the streets of Ramallah in the West Bank to call for unity between Hamas and Fatah. |
Young Seek to End West Bank and Gaza Schism
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from December 31, 1969 - 8:00pm Young Palestinians watching the revolutions in Egypt, Tunisia and elsewhere in the region have no shortage of their own protest-worthy causes. Palestinian youths took to the streets of Ramallah in the West Bank to call for unity between Hamas and Fatah. |
Young Seek to End West Bank and Gaza Schism
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from by Isabel Kershner - February 24, 2011 - 1:00am Young Palestinians watching the revolutions in Egypt, Tunisia and elsewhere in the region have no shortage of their own protest-worthy causes. Palestinian youths took to the streets of Ramallah in the West Bank to call for unity between Hamas and Fatah. |
Dan Shapiro to be named US envoy to Israel
Media Mention of Ziad Asali In The Jerusalem Post - February 23, 2011 - 1:00am Senior White House adviser Dan Shapiro is set to be nominated as the next US ambassador to Israel, Washington sources said on Tuesday. The sources spoke on condition of anonymity because no formal announcement has been made, though one is expected soon. Shapiro, born in 1969, currently serves as the National Security Council’s senior director for the Middle East and North Africa. He has regularly traveled to Israel and worked closely with US Middle East envoy George Mitchell to try to forge an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal. |
In the Middle East protests, a seismic shift
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Washington Post by Fareed Zakaria - (Editorial) February 24, 2011 - 1:00am We are in the midst of a revolution in the Middle East, one that has unleashed long-suppressed forces that will continue to send shock waves across an arc of countries from Morocco to Iran. We are all looking at each crisis individually as it breaks out. But if we step back we can see that this is really a seismic shift and that it will in time reverberate throughout the region. |
U.S. judge dismisses defamation lawsuit by former AIPAC official
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz by Natasha Mozgovaya - February 24, 2011 - 1:00am A Washington D.C. Superior Court judge dismissed a lawsuit against AIPAC, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, on Wednesday, for allegedly defaming its former foreign policy boss when they publicly attributed their firing of him to what they described as his sub-standard performance. Judge Erik Christian determined that the comments about Steve Rosen made by an AIPAC spokesperson and published in the New York Times did not constitute grounds for a defamation lawsuit. |