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Israel wants Olympic silence for Munich
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Independent by Donald MacIntyre - May 18, 2012 - 12:00am Israel urged the international community yesterday to overturn the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) “unacceptable” rejection of its request for a minute’s silence during London 2012 in memory of the 11 athletes murdered at the 1972 Munich games. |
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N. Cyprus warns Israel against airspace violations
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jerusalem Post May 18, 2012 - 12:00am Northern Cyprus on Thursday warned Israel against violating its airspace, Anatolia news agency reported, just one day after Israel was accused of violating northern Cypriot airspace. According to the report, Turkish Cypriot leader Dervis Eroglu phoned Israel's ambassador to Cyprus over this issue, warning him against repeated offenses. |
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Israeli NGO: Police beat handcuffed detainees in Palestinian solidarity protest
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz by Akiva Eldar - May 18, 2012 - 12:00am The Justice Ministry has received complaints of severe police violence against demonstrators, including the use of Taser electroshock weapons, beating and kicking bound detainees, racist verbal abuse and sexual harassment of female detainees. The complaints were filed to the ministry's department for investigation of police officers by the Adalah advocacy group two weeks ago, after a demonstration in support of hunger-striking Palestinian prisoners outside the prison clinic in Ramle. |
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Palestinians see settlements thwarting state
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Reuters by Samia Nakhoul - May 18, 2012 - 12:00am JERUSALEM, May 18 (Reuters) - Surrounded by aides, including one whose only task seems to be light his cigarettes, Mahmoud Abbas sits in a vast presidential office and speaks of his ambition to create a Palestinian state. But outside his sprawling compound on the hills of the West Bank town of Ramallah reality on the ground is different - his dream is being built over by ever-expanding Jewish settlements. |
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Abu Marzouq: Hamas and Fatah to meet in Cairo
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'an News Agency May 18, 2012 - 12:00am BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- The leaderships of Hamas and Fatah will meet in Cairo next week to revive their stalled reconciliation agreement, the deputy head of Hamas' politburo said Friday. Moussa Abu Marzouq told the London-based newspaper Al-Hayat that the meeting would focus on the long-awaited unity government which the parties had pledged to form to prepare for elections. |
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Abbas amends election law by decree
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'an News Agency May 18, 2012 - 12:00am RAMALLAH (Ma’an) -- President Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday issued an executive order amending the 2005 election law as a precursor to holding a municipal vote sooner than scheduled, an official said. The minister of local governance, Khaled Qawasmi, told Voice of Palestine radio that the decree would help the new government take a decision to hold elections "as soon as possible." He added that the law would allow holding an election in more than one stage in case more than a day was needed. |
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Interpol 'refuses to help' in Arafat adviser case
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'an News Agency May 18, 2012 - 12:00am BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Interpol is refusing to cooperate with Palestinian prosecutors to summon a former presidential economic adviser to the West Bank to answer corruption charges, the attorney-general said Friday. Ahmad al-Mughni told Ma'an that Muhammad Rashid, who served former President Yasser Arafat, has failed to respond to repeated summons. |
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Is Israel united in obstruction?
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from NOW Lebanon by Hussein Ibish - (Opinion) May 15, 2012 - 12:00am The new coalition government suddenly formed last week by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the new leader of the Kadima party, Shaul Mofaz, remains something of a mystery. It is essentially a deal between two men, not two parties. Only Netanyahu and Mofaz really know the terms under which they joined forces. |
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Israel's Image Revisted
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Foreign Policy by Aaron David Miller - (Opinion) May 16, 2012 - 12:00am Writing in the Wall Street Journal this week on the occasion of Israeli Independence Day, Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren penned a powerful op-ed on the erosion of Israel's image. His conclusion: Israel's image has deteriorated in large part because of a "systematic delegitimization of the Jewish state." |