Syria's Palestinians flee to Lebanon, but for how long? ATFP World Press Roundup Article from USA Today by Stephen Starr - August 10, 2012 - 12:00am At the edge of a sprawling Palestinian camp in south Beirut, Syrian volunteers unload two dozen boxes from the trunk of a taxi. Young boys help carry them into the dark, narrow alleyways where families peer out from underground houses that were bomb shelters during Lebanon's past civil wars. » Read more

'Netanyahu, Barak mulling fall strike on Iran' ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ynetnews August 10, 2012 - 12:00am Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak advocate an attack of Iran's nuclear facilities in the upcoming fall, Yedioth Ahronoth's senior commentators Nahum Barnea and Shimon Shiffer reported Friday.  » Read more

IDF court convicts Palestinian of lynching Israeli soldier in 2000 ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz by Chaim Levinson - August 10, 2012 - 12:00am The military appeals court last week convicted Wisam Radi of murdering a soldier during the 2000 Ramallah lynching, overturning a lower court's decision to acquit him. » Read more

Minister: Most public sector salaries to be paid Monday ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'an News Agency August 9, 2012 - 12:00am Palestinian Authority Minister of Finance Nabil Qassis said Thursday that most public sector salaries will be paid next Monday. » Read more

VAT tax rise to be implemented in September ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'an News Agency August 5, 2012 - 12:00am The Palestinian Authority will put into effect a recently approved decision to raise Value Added Tax by 1 percent by the beginning of September, a VAT official said Sunday. » Read more

Abbas forms committee as violence against women rises ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'an News Agency August 9, 2012 - 12:00am President Mahmoud Abbas is forming a committee to study personal status laws to protect women, following a rise in violent attacks against women in the West Bank, state media reported. » Read more

UN agency, Jerusalem officials lock horns over trailers for homeless Palestinians ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Xinhua August 9, 2012 - 12:00am Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat has signed demolition papers for two trailers in east Jerusalem erected by the United Nation's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Israeli media reported Thursday. » Read more

Israel frees Palestinian prisoner after 78-day hunger strike ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Xinhua August 9, 2012 - 12:00am Israel on Thursday freed a Palestinian prisoner who has been on a hunger strike for more than two months, the fifth similar case this year. » Read more

West Bank settlers raise fund to purchase Palestinian land ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Xinhua August 9, 2012 - 12:00am Residents of a West Bank outpost slated for demolition on Thursday launched a fundraising campaign aimed at purchasing the land on which their community was built. » Read more

Hamas: Egypt briefly reopens border with Gaza ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Associated Press August 10, 2012 - 12:00am A Hamas official says Egypt has temporarily reopened its border with Gaza but only to allow the passage of Palestinians back to the coastal territory. » Read more