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. |
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. |
Activists: Israeli forces enter Egypt for migrants
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Associated Press by Mark Lavie - August 10, 2012 - 12:00am Israel has been sending soldiers into Egypt's Sinai desert to stop African migrants before they reach the border, handing them over to Egyptian forces, human rights groups charged in a report released Friday. |
Sinai buildup shifts tenet of Egypt-Israel peace
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Associated Press by Hamza Hendawi - August 10, 2012 - 12:00am Egyptian troops, light tanks, armored vehicles and attack helicopters are pouring into the Sinai desert to root out increasingly aggressive Islamic militants in the most significant easing to date of a key provision in the landmark 1979 peace treaty with Israel: The demilitarization of the peninsula. |
Another Look at Palestinian Culture
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Huffington Post by Ziad Asali - (Blog) August 9, 2012 - 12:00am Given the current conversation about issue of Palestinian culture and its relationship to politics and economics, I feel it's appropriate for me to add my own Palestinian-American perspective. |
Sinai Attacks Help Israel Clamp Down on Palestinians
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Al-Monitor by Abdullah Iskandar - (Opinion) August 8, 2012 - 12:00am The bodies of those involved in the attack against an Egyptian police station in the Sinai were handed over to Egyptian authorities by Israel. Yet, until their identity is revealed, speculation regarding the nature and goals of the attack will abound. |
Imprisoned Palestinian Children Must Be Treated Justly
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Huffington Post by Gerard Horton - (Opinion) August 9, 2012 - 12:00am "UK ready to take on Israel over fate of children clapped in irons," read the headline in a leading UK newspaper the morning after the latest report on the treatment of Palestinian children held in military detention was released in London in June. The Foreign Office-funded report -- Children in Military Custody -- was written by a delegation of UK lawyers that included a former Attorney General and a judge of the Court of Appeal, following their visit to Israel and the West Bank last September. |
Israel is losing crucial support
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Gulf News by George S. Hishmeh - (Opinion) August 8, 2012 - 12:00am The level of understanding in the international community is changing and both Romney and Netanyahu had better wake up and smell the coffee. |
Neglecting Sinai
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Asharq Alawsat by Adel Al Toraifi - (Opinion) August 9, 2012 - 12:00am History shows us that disorder in Sinai spells trouble. |