Syria’s Palestinians Seeking Help in Lebanon ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Media Line by Stephen Staff - August 6, 2012 - 12:00am On the streets of Hamra, a neighborhood of Beirut where young Lebanese men in expensive sports cars make their presence known by playing loud music, Syrian accents are clearly heard. They come from the young mothers begging for money and food on the sidewalks who have fled the violence that has racked their country, in what initially began as a peaceful uprising against President Bashar al-Assad’s rule. Their children run and play in the streets of Hamra past well-heeled and fashionably-dressed Lebanese women. » Read more

Gaza Water Increasingly Polluted and Expensive ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Media Line by Linda Gradstein - August 6, 2012 - 12:00am Gaza’s population is increasing, and the water supply is not keeping pace according to Oxfam, the British human rights organization. In a new report, the group asserts that Gazans are spending as much as one-third of their household income on drinking water, and are facing growing health risks. » Read more

Tel Aviv council rejects Arabic caption in city logo ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ynetnews by Gilad Morag - August 7, 2012 - 12:00am The city of Tel Aviv may aim to serve as a beacon of co-existence but as far as its official logo is concerned it may not be so liberal. The Tel Aviv city council on Monday rejected a motion to reimagine the emblem so it includes the city's name in Arabic as well as in Hebrew and English.   » Read more

Environmental concerns shadow Israel's offshore drilling ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Reuters by Ari Rabinovitch - August 7, 2012 - 12:00am Israeli officials said they recognise the need to protect the unique and fragile marine environment of the Levant basin in order to ensure the success of the oil and gas industry there. » Read more

Palestinian PM Fayyad calls for parliament vote ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Associated Press by Mohammed Daraghmeh - August 7, 2012 - 12:00am The Palestinian prime minister in the West Bank has said that Palestinians should hold parliament elections in the territory soon, instead of waiting for the elusive reconciliation with Gaza's Hamas rulers. » Read more

Sinai tribes 'warned Egyptian government about jihadi threat' ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'an News Agency August 7, 2012 - 12:00am Sinai tribes say they repeatedly warned the Egyptian government about a jihadi threat in the peninsula, before Sunday's attack which left 16 Egyptian police officers dead. » Read more

Egypt's Brotherhood blames Sinai raid on Israel's Mossad ATFP World Press Roundup Article from BBC World News August 7, 2012 - 12:00am Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood has accused the Israeli spy agency Mossad of being behind Sunday's attack on an Egyptian checkpoint on the border with Israel. » Read more

Abbas expresses solidarity to Morsi of Egypt against terrorism ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Xinhua August 7, 2012 - 12:00am Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas expressed on Monday deep solidarity with Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi and the Egyptian people against terrorism. » Read more

Gaza-linked Egypt attack hurts Hamas border bid ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Associated Press by Ibrahim Barzak - August 7, 2012 - 12:00am The weekend's deadly attack on the Egypt-Israel border by Islamic militants with purported ties to Gaza spells trouble for the territory's Hamas rulers. » Read more

Sinai attack seals up Gaza to outside world ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Christian Science Monitor by Ahmed Aldabba - August 6, 2012 - 12:00am Although Islamic militant group Hamas, which governs the Gaza Strip, has strongly condemned the killing of Egyptian guards at the border with Israel and Gaza yesterday, » Read more