U.S. Backers of Israel Pressure Obama Over Policy on Iran ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times by Mark Landler - March 3, 2012 - 1:00am WASHINGTON — On the eve of a crucial visit to the White House by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, that country’s most powerful American advocates are mounting an extraordinary public campaign to pressure President Obama into hardening American policy toward Iran over its nuclear program. » Read more

Israel Guards Against Increased Terror Peril From a Laxly Patrolled Sinai ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times by Isabel Kershner, David Kirkpatrick - March 2, 2012 - 1:00am NEGEV DESERT, Israel — For decades, the striking ridges and shady passes of the western Negev Desert along Israel’s border with Egypt were an alluring gateway to the pristine beaches of the Sinai Peninsula. Today, though, from the Israeli side at least, the jagged landscape of red-brown mountains seems to cast longer shadows and has grown more menacing. » Read more

Anger and Compassion for Arab Justice Who Stays Silent During Zionist Hymn ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times by Ethan Bronner - March 4, 2012 - 1:00am JERUSALEM — It was supposed to be a passing of the torch, yet another solemn state ceremony at the president’s residence in Jerusalem. But the retirement last week of Israel’s chief justice and the swearing in of her successor turned into a kind of Rorschach inkblot test about the nature of Israeli democracy. » Read more