US: Israel "supportive" on future Iran sanctions ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Associated Press by Dan Williams - June 4, 2012 - 12:00am The United States is conferring with Israel about new sanctions planned against Iran should international negotiations this month fail to curb the Islamic Republic's nuclear programme, a U.S. official said on Monday. The comment offered a strong hint that Washington is continuing to apply the brakes on any plan by Israel to attack Iranian nuclear facilities preemptively. » Read more

Netanyahu: Israel must bolster West Bank settlements and follow law ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz by Barak Ravid - June 3, 2012 - 12:00am Israel must bolster settlement activity in the West Bank while maintaining the rule of law, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Likud ministers on Sunday, in wake of a newly surfaced plan to relocate structures in the illegal outpost of Ulpana Hill so as to avoid their demolition. On Saturday, sources close to Netanyau told Haaretz that the prime minister is examining a two-par solution to the issue of the Ulpana Hill outpost that will avoid the need for legislation on the matter. » Read more

Israeli PM to remove West Bank outpost ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Associated Press by Ian Deitch - June 2, 2012 - 12:00am An Israeli official says Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has decided to remove a West Bank outpost ahead of a court deadline, and is mulling whether to demolish the buildings or relocate them. The official said Saturday that Netanyahu said in a meeting that if Ulpana is destroyed its five apartment buildings will be built tenfold elsewhere. Otherwise, the buildings will be moved to the nearby settlement of Beit El. He spoke on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the issue. » Read more