Betting on the wrong horse: The night Benjamin Netanyahu will not soon forget ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz by Yossi Verter - (Opinion) November 9, 2012 - 1:00am   » Read more

Israel historian Benny Morris responds to critics left and right ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Los Angeles Times by Edmund Sanders - (Interview) November 9, 2012 - 1:00am   Historian Benny Morris has a knack for enraging Israelis of every political stripe. » Read more

Palatial West Bank homes cost Palestinians dear ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jordan Times (Analysis) November 9, 2012 - 1:00am   Subhi Mustafa spent 35 years abroad, including a decade in the United States, but now that he has built his dream home in his West Bank village, he isn’t planning on going anywhere else. » Read more

Irish FM: No chance for E.U. ban on settlement goods ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA) (Analysis) November 9, 2012 - 1:00am    Ireland would support a European Union ban on settlement goods, but "there is no prospect for reaching an agreement" on such a ban, the Irish foreign minister said. » Read more

Snapshot: (Palestinian) Girl, interrupted ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz by Tal Niv - (Analysis) November 8, 2012 - 1:00am   Everything is inverted in this sad, wrenching photograph by AP’s Majdi Mohammed, taken November 2. Inverted, because it is not possible to know whether the small, brazen, bold, desperate fist, held fearlessly and on the brink of mortal threat by the daughter of the Palestinian activist Nariman Tamimi, marks the moment in which a freedom fighter is forged and steeled, or the moment in which this girl is vanquished. » Read more

Senior Palestinian official claims Abbas may postpone UN move, report says ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Times of Israel by Yoel Goldman - (Analysis) November 9, 2012 - 1:00am   A senior Palestinian official said Friday that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas may be willing to postpone a move for upgraded UN status if the US were to offer a “clear objective” for negotiations, Israel Radio reported. » Read more

Oren—first item on U.S.-Israel agenda is Palestinian statehood bid ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA) by Ron Kampeas - (Analysis) November 8, 2012 - 1:00am   The Palestinian Authority's bid for an upgrade in U.N. status is of immediate concern in the U.S.-Israel relationship, Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren said in a post-U.S. election interview. » Read more

Fatah official: UK pressuring PLO to abandon UN bid ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'an News Agency (Analysis) November 9, 2012 - 1:00am The UK is pressuring the Palestinian Authority to abandon its bid to upgrade Palestine's status at the UN, a senior Fatah official said Thursday. » Read more

Palestinians release draft of statehood bid ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA) (Analysis) November 9, 2012 - 1:00am   Palestinian diplomats have circulated a draft resolution to U.N. member states that calls for recognition of "Palestine" as an observer state. The draft resolution could be put to a vote in the 193-nation U.N. General Assembly later this month, Reuters reported this week. » Read more

Official: 51 states 'undecided' over Palestinian UN bid ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'an News Agency (Analysis) November 9, 2012 - 1:00am  Fifty-one countries are undecided over whether to support in its bid to become a non-member state of the UN, an Arab League official said Friday. » Read more