In Israel, pro-Palestinian activists get attention, if not entry ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Washington Post by Karin Brulliard - April 15, 2012 - 12:00am BETHLEHEM, West Bank — Israel blocked or detained all but a handful of hundreds of pro-Palestinian foreign activists who planned to gather here Sunday, and the event appeared to be something of a bust. Or maybe not. A media scrum stood alongside a phalanx of hundreds of police officers deployed at the airport in Tel Aviv, where travelers participating in the fly-in were scheduled to arrive. Present at an evening news conference in this biblical city were one French woman who had made it past immigration authorities and about a dozen cameras. » Read more

Israel Moves to Block Activists From Entering ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times by Isabel Kershner - April 15, 2012 - 12:00am BETHLEHEM, West Bank — Hundreds of police officers fanned out at Ben-Gurion International Airport on Sunday as Israel moved to block scores of pro-Palestinian campaigners from entering the country. » Read more