PA: Civil servants to be paid half salaries by Wednesday
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'an News Agency September 10, 2012 - 12:00am RAMALLAH (Ma’an) – The Palestinian Authority’s ministry of finance will pay civil servants half of their monthly salary by Wednesday, minister of finance Nabil Qassis announced on Sunday evening. |
Protests continue in West Bank as Israel unlikely to amend economic deal
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Xinhua September 10, 2012 - 12:00am RAMALLAH, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- An Israeli official on Monday ruled out that Israel would accept the Palestinians' request to modify Paris protocol that regulates economic relations between the two sides, as public sectors went on strike in the West Bank to protest the rising cost of living. |
Protesting Palestinian truck drivers block streets
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Associated Press September 9, 2012 - 12:00am RAMALLAH, WEST BANK — Dozens of Palestinian truck drivers have blocked the main streets of the West Bank city of Ramallah to protest rising prices. |
Palestinian protests turn violent in West Bank
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Associated Press by Mohammed Daraghmeh - September 10, 2012 - 12:00am HEBRON, WEST BANK — Palestinian protests against the high cost of living have turned violent in the West Bank city of Hebron. |
‘Forgotten Neighborhood’ Underscores the Poverty of an Isolated Enclave
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times by Jodi Rudoren - September 9, 2012 - 12:00am GAZA CITY — In the Forgotten Neighborhood, houses have walls but no floors: people sit, eat and sleep on the sand. |
You Don't Have to Live Like a Refugee
In Print by Hussein Ibish - The Daily Beast (Opinion) - September 7, 2012 - 12:00am Recently Israel's Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon announced on twitter that he was launching a new “viral campaign” about Jewish refugees and migrants in Israel from the Arab world. From his official perch, Ayalon has jumped into a debate that already engendered much back-and-forth, including on Open Zion, when it was introduced in the U.S. Congress in late July. |
Obama on the fence
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ynetnews by Yoaz Hendal - (Opinion) September 6, 2012 - 12:00am n Hebrew there is a slight difference between in the pronunciation and spelling of "obligation" and "commitment." There is a big difference when it comes to the nuclear threat. The Obama administration has said everything it had to say in order to convince us that it is committed to Israel's security. But what it isn’t saying is that it is obligated – because it isn't. |
You Don't Have to Live Like a Refugee
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Daily Beast by Hussein Ibish - (Opinion) September 7, 2012 - 12:00am Recently Israel's Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon announced on twitter that he was launching a new “viral campaign” about Jewish refugees and migrants in Israel from the Arab world. From his official perch, Ayalon has jumped into a debate that already engendered much back-and-forth, including on Open Zion, when it was introduced in the U.S. Congress in late July. |
The Triumph and Tragedy of Greater Israel
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The National Interest by Henry Siegman - (Opinion) September 6, 2012 - 12:00am The Middle East peace process is dead. More precisely, the two-state solution is dead; the peace process may well go on indefinitely if this Israeli government has its way. |