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Israel's risky option on Iran
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Los Angeles Times by Dalia Dassa Kaye - (Opinion) February 21, 2012 - 1:00am Talk of a military strike on Iranian nuclear facilities is not subsiding. If diplomacy can't head off Iran's nuclear ambitions, advocates for a military strike in Israel and the United States will only gain strength. While proponents may believe that Israel can endure the short-term military and diplomatic fallout of such action, the long-term consequences are likely to be disastrous for Israel's security. |
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Israel faces strategic uncertainty over Syrian uprising
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Arab News by Hassan Barari - (Opinion) February 23, 2012 - 1:00am The unfolding events in Syria have posed a question that Israelis still grapple with: How should Israel react to the crisis in Syria? The public debate in Israel with regard to the best scenario that can happen in Syria is far from conclusive. While, Israelis on the whole find Syria under President Bashar Assad a hard nut to crack, yet his demise is not necessarily in the best interest for Tel Aviv for the short run. |
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Palestinian Unity Talks in Crisis
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jerusalem Post by Khaled Abu Toameh - February 23, 2012 - 1:00am Palestinian unity talks in Cairo faced a crisis on Thursday as President Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal agreed to postpone talks about the formation of a new government, a PA official in Ramallah said. A sharp dispute within Hamas over the recent Qatari-brokered reconciliation deal between Abbas and Mashaal was hindering the establishment of a Palestinian unity government, the official said. On Wednesday, Hamas’s political bureau announced its support for the deal following a 14-hour stormy meeting in the Egyptian capital. |
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Israeli Warplanes Fire on Gaza City, Injure 2
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'an News Agency February 24, 2012 - 1:00am GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- Israeli warplanes fired on a Gaza City neighborhood early Friday, lightly injuring two Palestinian fighters. The airstrike on the Zeitoun neighborhood injured two militants who were evacuated to hospital, emergency services' spokesman Adham Abu Salmiya said. Their identities and affiliations were not immediately identified. An Israeli army statement said the warplanes hit "two terror activity sites in the northern Gaza Strip...in response to the rockets fired at Israel." |
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Similarities, but no similar response
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Bitterlemons (Interview) February 23, 2012 - 1:00am An interview with John Dugard Bitterlemons-InternationaI (BI): You wrote recently that, while there are differences in Israel's practices and those of apartheid South Africa (namely that black South Africans were citizens), there are similarities in the areas of discrimination, repression and territorial fragmentation. Can you touch briefly on those areas? |
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UN Security Council Condemns Terrorist Attacks aimed at Israel in India and Georgia
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Associated Press February 23, 2012 - 1:00am UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Security Council is strongly condemning the terrorist attack aimed at Israel in India and the attempted terrorist attack in Georgia. The bombing in New Delhi injured the wife of an Israeli diplomat and her driver while an attempted attack the same day in Georgia was thwarted. The Security Council said late Thursday that “any acts of terrorism are criminal and unjustifiable regardless of their motivations, whenever and by whomsoever committed.” It reaffirmed the need to combat threats to peace caused by terrorist acts. |
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Palestinian Negotiator: Israel Presented No Position or Offer in Amman Talks
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz by Akiva Eldar - February 24, 2012 - 1:00am The only document Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has so far presented to the Palestinians during the recent peace talks in Amman is a list of 21 topics for discussion in negotiations on a final-status agreement, Haaretz has learned. |
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French Jews Mostly Side With Sarkozy
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jewish Daily Forward by Robert Zaretsky - (Opinion) February 22, 2012 - 1:00am Like the United States, France will choose a president this year. Little more than two months away from the elections, the conservative president, Nicolas Sarkozy, is running behind the Socialist candidate, François Hollande. Several other candidates are polling well: Marine Le Pen of the extreme right-wing Front National hovers at about 20%, followed by the centrist candidate, François Bayrou, and by Jean-Luc Mélenchon, who represents a coalition of parties to the left of the Socialists. |
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Friendship Under Fire
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Foreign Policy by David Makovsky - (Opinion) February 22, 2012 - 1:00am Next month, U.S. President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will hold a key meeting over the Iranian nuclear challenge that will test their sometimes rocky relationship. After a weekend visit by National Security Advisor Tom Donilon to Israel, the White House announced this week that Obama will host Netanyahu in Washington on March 5. This will be an opportunity for the two leaders to synchronize their positions on Iran. |