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Israel faces lowest point in Europe relations in decades
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Christian Science Monitor by Christa Case Bryant - December 4, 2012 - 1:00am Jerusalem-The unusually strong European rebuke of Israel’s plans to tighten its grip on land sought for a Palestinian state marks at least a 30-year low point in relations, say Israeli foreign policy scholars. While the nature of Europe’s complaint is not new, the tone reflects both heightened urgency about salvaging the two-state solution, and accumulated impatience with a government seen as diplomatically tone deaf. |
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Despite souring relations with Israel, Europe not about to boycott settlement goods, sources predict
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Times of Israel by Raphael Ahren, Joshua Davidovich - December 6, 2012 - 1:00am Sources in the European Union on Thursday played down a report in the Hebrew daily Maariv that Europe was seeking to pass a series of harsh sanctions against Israel following Jerusalem’s announcement last week of plans to expand settlement construction. That move by Israel came in response to the upgrading of the Palestinians’ status the previous day at the UN. |
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Israel faces lowest point in Europe relations in decades
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Christian Science Monitor by Christa Case Bryant - December 4, 2012 - 1:00am The unusually strong European rebuke of Israel’s plans to tighten its grip on land sought for a Palestinian state marks at least a 30-year low point in relations, say Israeli foreign policy scholars. While the nature of Europe’s complaint is not new, the tone reflects both heightened urgency about salvaging the two-state solution, and accumulated impatience with a government seen as diplomatically tone deaf. |
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If Not Two States, Then One
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times by Saree Makdisi - (Opinion) December 5, 2012 - 1:00am |
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Israeli-Palestinian Economic Ties Decline
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Al-Monitor by Danny Rubenstein - (Opinion) December 5, 2012 - 1:00am |
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Abu Mazen Should Go to Gaza
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Al-Monitor (Opinion) December 5, 2012 - 1:00am |
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The observer state of Palestine
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jordan Times by Ian Buruma - (Opinion) December 4, 2012 - 1:00am Palestine is no longer an “entity”, but a state — or, to be precise, a non-member observer state of the United Nations, just like the Holy See. |
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Palestinian statehood
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jordan Times by Osama Al-Sharif - (Opinion) December 4, 2012 - 1:00am The look on the US representative at the United Nations Susan Rice’s face said it all. She had a bad day at the office last Thursday, when 138 nations voted for a General Assembly resolution to upgrade Palestine’s status to a non-member observer state at the international body. |
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Two States and E1
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jewish Daily Forward (Editorial) December 5, 2012 - 1:00am |