August 10th

Who killed the Egyptian soldiers? ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Asharq Alawsat by Hussein Shabokshi - (Opinion) August 10, 2012 - 12:00am The recent terrorist incident that took place in Sinai, and led to the deaths of a large number of Egyptian soldiers, was a huge shock to the people of Egypt. They were stunned by the extent of the attack and the resultant victims, and the sheer aggression of the perpetrators. » Read more

A crucial alliance ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz (Editorial) August 10, 2012 - 12:00am "Peace between the two countries has been, and still is, an interest common to both peoples," read the condolence message from Israel's Foreign Ministry to Egypt after the attack on the border this week. Indeed, we have a key common interest in rooting out terror from the Sinai. This week's tragedy has led to what neither Israel nor Egypt dreamed would happen since the signing of the Camp David Accords in 1978. » Read more

The Palestine Romney doesn’t know ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Washington Post by Zahi Khouri - (Opinion) August 9, 2012 - 12:00am I am a proud American. I am a hardworking businessman and job creator. I am a faithful Christian. And I am Palestinian. Much as my multiple identities might drive Mitt Romney to head scratching, it is he who needs a lesson in, to borrow his recent words, “culture and a few other things.” » Read more

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. » Read more

UC report on anti-Semitism draws ire ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The San Francisco Chronicle by Nanette Asimov - August 9, 2012 - 12:00am Katherine Orr had just started her freshman year at UC Berkeley last August when she was stunned to see five students in military fatigues carrying what looked like rifles and stopping students at Sather Gate.   » Read more

Syria's Palestinians flee to Lebanon, but for how long? ATFP World Press Roundup Article from USA Today by Stephen Starr - August 10, 2012 - 12:00am At the edge of a sprawling Palestinian camp in south Beirut, Syrian volunteers unload two dozen boxes from the trunk of a taxi. Young boys help carry them into the dark, narrow alleyways where families peer out from underground houses that were bomb shelters during Lebanon's past civil wars. » Read more

'Netanyahu, Barak mulling fall strike on Iran' ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ynetnews August 10, 2012 - 12:00am Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak advocate an attack of Iran's nuclear facilities in the upcoming fall, Yedioth Ahronoth's senior commentators Nahum Barnea and Shimon Shiffer reported Friday.  » Read more

IDF court convicts Palestinian of lynching Israeli soldier in 2000 ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz by Chaim Levinson - August 10, 2012 - 12:00am The military appeals court last week convicted Wisam Radi of murdering a soldier during the 2000 Ramallah lynching, overturning a lower court's decision to acquit him. » Read more

Minister: Most public sector salaries to be paid Monday ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'an News Agency August 9, 2012 - 12:00am Palestinian Authority Minister of Finance Nabil Qassis said Thursday that most public sector salaries will be paid next Monday. » Read more

VAT tax rise to be implemented in September ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'an News Agency August 5, 2012 - 12:00am The Palestinian Authority will put into effect a recently approved decision to raise Value Added Tax by 1 percent by the beginning of September, a VAT official said Sunday. » Read more