Israel not top priority for new Egyptian president ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Xinhua by Adam Gonn - (Analysis) June 26, 2012 - 12:00am A new era in the Israeli- Egyptian relations has started as the Muslim Brotherhood's candidate Mohamed Morsi was declared the winner of Egypt's presidential election. While Egypt's former leader Hosni Mubarak, toppled in February 2011, was a secularist and military man, Morsi is a member of the Islamist Brotherhood, which maintains close ties with Hamas, the ruler of the Gaza Strip, a haven of anti-Israel militants. » Read more

Israel arrests 3 for attack on Holocaust memorial ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Associated Press June 26, 2012 - 12:00am Israeli police have arrested three ultra-Orthodox Jewish suspects in connection with hate graffiti sprayed at the national Holocaust memorial and two Israeli army memorials. Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld says the suspects admitted to vandalizing the sites. The Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial complex was sprayed earlier this month in 12 different places with slogans such as "Hitler, thank you for the Holocaust." One was signed "world ultra-Orthodox Jewry." » Read more

The perils of alienation over Palestine ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Daily Star by Ghaith Al-Omari - (Opinion) June 26, 2012 - 12:00am Critics of the American Task Force on Palestine get one thing right: Palestinian Americans have largely failed to make their voices heard in the mainstream American political and foreign-policy conversation. However, this is the fault of self-styled “pro-Palestinian” advocates who operate in a cult-like echo-chamber and advocate an approach that does considerable harm to the Palestinian cause. » Read more

Putin visits West Bank, tours key Christian shrine ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Associated Press by Mohammed Daraghmeh - June 26, 2012 - 12:00am Visiting Russian President Vladimir Putin praised his Palestinian counterpart Tuesday for what he said was a "responsible" position in negotiations with Israel, frozen for nearly four years, and said Russia has no problem recognizing a Palestinian state. Putin also offered veiled criticism of Israel, saying unilateral actions — an apparent reference to continued Israeli settlement expansion on war-won land — is not constructive. » Read more

Settlers Begin Evacuation of a West Bank Outpost ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times by Jodi Rudoren - June 26, 2012 - 12:00am BEIT EL, West Bank — The moving trucks arrived here on Tuesday morning while the men were in the middle of morning prayers, their heads covered by prayer shawls, and so began the first peaceful evacuation of a Jewish settlement from the occupied territories in memory. » Read more