August 14th

Preserving Israel's Uncertain Status Quo ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times by Aaron David Miller - (Opinion) August 14, 2012 - 12:00am If someone asked me to sum up in a sentence where Israel will be a decade from now, I’d paraphrase Dickens: It will be neither the best nor worst of times. The Israelis will prosper and keep their state, but the Arabs and Iranians will never let them completely enjoy it. » Read more

First Palestinian male ballet dancer battles prejudices ATFP World Press Roundup Article from BBC World News by Sylvia Smith - August 10, 2012 - 12:00am As the young ballet dancer stretches backwards lifting his leg over the barre and rising up on to demi-pointe, beads of sweat appear on his forehead. The two hour-long routine takes place daily in south London in a practice studio surrounded by mirrors. The practice is so demanding that it would break the will, not to mention the physical strength, of anyone less passionate about dance. But it is not just the gruelling requirements of ballet that this young dancer has to contend with but also entrenched cultural prejudices. » Read more

Sinai's Invisible War ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Foreign Policy by Mohamed Fadel Fahmy - (Opinion) August 13, 2012 - 12:00am Over the weekend, Mohamed Morsy cleaned house. Following weeks of deadlock with the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF), Egypt's first popularly elected president finally stepped out of the military's shadow, sacking a laundry list of top generals, including Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, and annulling a controversial military decree that curbed the president's powers. » Read more

Adviser: Morsy studying Camp David Accords amendment issue ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Egypt Independent August 13, 2012 - 12:00am President Mohamed Morsy is studying whether to amend the Camp David Accords to ensure Egypt’s full sovereignty and control over every inch of Sinai, said Mohamed Gadallah, legal adviser to the president. Calls for amending the peace treaty with Israel, which also governs the security presence in the Sinai Peninsula, have been on the rise since last week’s attack on a military checkpoint at the border left 16 Egyptian security officers dead. » Read more

Al-Malki to inaugurate Palestinian consulate in Dominican Republic ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'an News Agency August 14, 2012 - 12:00am The Palestinian Authority foreign minister will travel to the Dominican Republic on Wednesday to inaugurate a newly established Palestinian Consulate on the Caribbean Island. Riyad al-Malki told Ma'an he would participate in the opening ceremony in Santo Domingo, during which the Palestinian flag will be raised over the consulate. The ceremony will be attended by the newly elected president Danilo Medina Sanchez. » Read more

The Night that The Lights Went Out? ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Media Line by Linda Gradstein - August 14, 2012 - 12:00am The Palestinian Authority (PA) owes more than $170 million to the Israel Electric Company, and Israel is threatening to cut off the flow unless the debt is paid. Palestinian officials say that could cause widespread blackouts throughout the West Bank. » Read more

This Headline is About Very Important Quiet ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Daily Beast by Gershom Gorenberg - (Opinion) August 13, 2012 - 12:00am Have you read the news about the Israeli-Palestinian peace process? Of course you haven't. Nothing is happening in Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking. The lack of diplomacy is a desperately important matter. But headlines are written about things that happen. Peace agreements are news, as are explosions on downtown streets. A quiet, unstable no-peace-no-war that could collapse on an unknown date isn't a headline. » Read more

Palestinians face losing their home on the (firing) range ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Christian Science Monitor by Andreas Heckl - August 13, 2012 - 12:00am Khalid Jabareen's tone was frantic as he discussed the future of his village and family, even though he thought the moment he dreaded – when they would be expelled from their homes – was months away.  » Read more

Bibi and Barak: Enough Chatter, Decide Already ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'ariv by Ben Caspit - (Opinion) August 12, 2012 - 12:00am You can all relax — in the last two weeks, nothing new has happened with regard to an attack on Iran. The cabinet hasn’t convened, the defense minister hasn’t summoned the IDF general staff and no new information has been received. Everything that is known today was known two months ago. » Read more

Israeli rights group urges to reexamine police misconduct in East Jerusalem ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Xinhua August 14, 2012 - 12:00am The Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) wants the Justice Ministry to re-open cases of police misconduct filed by Arab residents living in East Jerusalem. The ministry's department in charge of investigating complaints against policemen closed several cases in recent months for lack of evidence or public interest, the Ha'aretz daily reported Monday. Israel annexed East Jerusalem after the 1967 war. Its 270,000 Arab residents carry Israeli ID cards and are eligible for all municipal services. » Read more