January 6th

Danon Sets Agenda for Rising Right Wing ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jewish Daily Forward by Nathan Jeffay - January 5, 2012 - 1:00am Tel Aviv — Lawmaker Danny Danon pauses during an interview to scribble an important note to himself. A question about a derogatory portrayal of him in the left-leaning daily newspaper Haaretz gave him an idea: “I must remember to use this article in my campaign.” » Read more

Starting the new year with failed old diplomacy ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jordan Times by Rami Khouri - (Opinion) January 6, 2012 - 1:00am The good news about the Jordanian-hosted Palestinian-Israeli-Quartet meeting in Amman to explore possibilities for resuming Palestinian-Israeli direct negotiations is that former US Mideast specialist Dennis Ross is not there to guarantee failure with the pro-Israel tilt of the US delegation. The bad news is that the meeting is likely to fail because the Ross approach to guaranteeing diplomatic failure with the pro-Israel tilt of the US delegation still prevails. » Read more

An unwelcome intro to the binational state ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz by A.B. Yehoshua - (Opinion) January 2, 2012 - 1:00am In his op-ed last week ("Now it's your turn," Haaretz, December 23), Avraham Burg posited a new thesis holding that the time has come to prepare for the possibility that Israel is moving with blind, irreversible certitude toward the establishment of a binational state in Eretz Israel. » Read more

Plans for east J'lem national park anger residents ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jerusalem Post by Melanie Lidman - January 6, 2012 - 1:00am The National Parks Authority is creating a politically motivated network of parks in east Jerusalem aimed at stopping expansion of Arab neighborhoods in the area, charged officials at Bimkom: Planners for Planning Rights in a scathing report released this week. “[In Jerusalem], the National Parks are like green settlements,” said Efrat Cohen-Bar, an architect at Bimkom. “These are areas where the settlers felt they would not be able to develop settlement projects so they tried to make a national park out of it.” » Read more

An unwelcome intro to the binational state ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz by A.B. Yehoshua - January 2, 2012 - 1:00am In his op-ed last week ("Now it's your turn," Haaretz, December 23), Avraham Burg posited a new thesis holding that the time has come to prepare for the possibility that Israel is moving with blind, irreversible certitude toward the establishment of a binational state in Eretz Israel. » Read more

An unwelcome intro to the binational state ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz by A.B. Yehoshua - January 2, 2012 - 1:00am In his op-ed last week ("Now it's your turn," Haaretz, December 23), Avraham Burg posited a new thesis holding that the time has come to prepare for the possibility that Israel is moving with blind, irreversible certitude toward the establishment of a binational state in Eretz Israel. » Read more

An unwelcome intro to the binational state ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz by A.B. Yehoshua - January 2, 2012 - 1:00am In his op-ed last week ("Now it's your turn," Haaretz, December 23), Avraham Burg posited a new thesis holding that the time has come to prepare for the possibility that Israel is moving with blind, irreversible certitude toward the establishment of a binational state in Eretz Israel. » Read more

2 Arab Israelis suspected of aiding Hamas ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ynetnews by Yoav Zitun - January 5, 2012 - 1:00am Cleared for publication: Two Arab-Israelis residents of the northern town of Kafr Kanna are accused of joining Hamas ranks in the West Bank. Brothers Amir Asaad, 29, and Mahmad Asaad, 20, were arrested by the Shin Bet and police last month and their interrogation revealed that they were actively involved with terrorists planning attacks on both sides of the 1967 border. » Read more

A Dose of Nuance: Prophets and guardians ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jerusalem Post by Daniel Gordis - (Opinion) January 5, 2012 - 1:00am There is, it seems, a bit of an occupational hazard to this column-writing business. It probably holds for all sorts of topics, but it’s undoubtedly true when thinking aloud about Israel. Here’s the choice: You can either plant yourself firmly on one side of the political divide, being predictably “right wing” or “left wing,” or you can, depending on the issue, say what you think but appear a bit less consistent. The advantages of the first option are clear. » Read more

A Dose of Nuance: Prophets and guardians ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jerusalem Post by Daniel Gordis - (Opinion) January 5, 2012 - 1:00am There is, it seems, a bit of an occupational hazard to this column-writing business. It probably holds for all sorts of topics, but it’s undoubtedly true when thinking aloud about Israel. Here’s the choice: You can either plant yourself firmly on one side of the political divide, being predictably “right wing” or “left wing,” or you can, depending on the issue, say what you think but appear a bit less consistent. The advantages of the first option are clear. » Read more