Israel withholds tax revenues from Palestinian Authority ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Los Angeles Times by Edmund Sanders - December 2, 2012 - 1:00am JERUSALEM -- Israel said Sunday it would withhold more than $100 million in tax revenue this month from the cash-strapped Palestinian Authority, the latest reaction to last week's U.N. vote recognizing the Palestinian territories as a "nonmember observer state." » Read more

Israel: E1 Zone No-Build Policy 'No Longer Relevant' ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Al-Monitor by Laura Rozen - December 2, 2012 - 1:00am As Israel announced that it was withholding tax payments to the Palestinian Authority on Sunday, an Israeli official told Al-Monitor that Israel considers its 2009 understanding with the Americans that it would not build in the sensitive E1 zone of East Jerusalem “no longer relevant.” » Read more

Netanyahu: Gov't okayed E1 planning, not building ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jerusalem Post by Herb Keinon - December 2, 2012 - 1:00am The government gave a green light to zoning and planning in the area known as E1 between Jerusalem and Ma’aleh Adumim, but not to actual construction there, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu clarified to his Likud ministers Sunday as condemnations of the move continued to pour into Israel from around the world. » Read more

Dividing the West Bank, and Deepening a Rift ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times by Jodi Rudoren - December 1, 2012 - 1:00am JERUSALEM — High up in an empty, mountainous expanse east of this city there is a stone patio with a pair of green metal benches and a plaque marking the cornerstone of a future Jewish community. Dedicated in 2009, the plaque promises the new city will be built “adjacent to the united Jerusalem, which will be quickly re-established.” » Read more