Israel shells Gaza compounds after rocket attacks ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Reuters by Nidal al-Mughrabi, Dan Williams - August 27, 2012 - 12:00am Israeli forces shelled two compounds run by the Hamas government's security services in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, wounding two Palestinians, Hamas said. Israel described the targets as weapons manufacturing and storage sites and said they were hit in retaliation for recent short-range rocket salvoes launches from the coastal enclave into the Jewish state. Two such salvoes, on Sunday and Monday, caused no casualties and were claimed by ultra-conservative Salafi Islamists who have a presence in Gaza and the neighbouring Egyptian Sinai. » Read more

Anti-rocket school protects Israeli kids near Gaza ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Associated Press by Aron Heller - August 27, 2012 - 12:00am For the first time in years, the children of Sderot can study in peace. Living under a constant threat of rocket fire from militants in the nearby Gaza Strip, their schooldays were often interrupted by mad dashes to bomb shelters. But on Monday, they started the school year safe from attack in a new, fortified, rocket-proof school building. » Read more

After Attacks, Israeli Schools Confront Hate ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times by Isabel Kershner, Jodi Rudoren - August 27, 2012 - 12:00am Palestinian student who speaks accentless Hebrew after years in a bilingual school that is about half Jewish, said he was not at all surprised when a mob of Jewish teenagers beat an Arab teenager unconscious this month while hundreds watched and did nothing to help. » Read more

Court Rules Israel Wasn’t at Fault in U.S. Activist’s Death ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times by Jodi Rudoren, Danielle Ziri - August 28, 2012 - 12:00am Rachel Corrie, the young American woman who was run over by a military bulldozer in 2003 as she protested housing demolitions in the Gaza Strip. The lengthy verdict in the civil case, read to a courtroom packed with supporters of Ms. Corrie’s family here, called the death an accident that occurred during “a military activity meant to prevent terrorist activity.” » Read more