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1967 has been bad for Palestinians and Israelis alike
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Hill by Hanan Ashrawi - (Opinion) June 8, 2012 - 12:00am Forty-five years ago this week, catastrophe befell the Palestinian people for the second time in as many decades, when Israel occupied the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Gaza Strip during the 1967 War. Nearly half a century later, the catastrophe continues, as millions of Palestinians still live under Israeli military rule, denied the most basic civil and political rights, while their land is relentlessly colonized with illegal, Jewish-only settlements that are destroying their hopes for the future. |
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Israeli, Palestinian negotiators quietly meet
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Statesman by Mohammed Daraghmeh - June 10, 2012 - 12:00am Israeli and Palestinian negotiators have been meeting quietly in recent weeks in hopes of ending a three-year standstill in peace efforts, both sides confirmed Sunday. Officials acknowledged the agenda of the recent talks has been modest, and stressed there is no breakthrough in sight. Nonetheless, the revelations gave a small sign of hope that a formula can be found to restart formal negotiations addressing core issues. |
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June 1967 was good for the Arabs
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz by Oudeh Basharat - (Opinion) June 11, 2012 - 12:00am Last week marked the 45th anniversary of the "Six-Day War" which has so far lasted for 16,448 days, and still counting. Apparently because the calendar is so crowded, the first Lebanon War did not find any other time to break out other than during the cursed month of June. A special offer - two wars in one month. |
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UN envoy: All settlements contrary to international law
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'an News Agency June 8, 2012 - 12:00am The UN special coordinator for the Middle East peace process on Thursday reiterated the international community's view that settlements in occupied Palestinian territory are illegitimate. In a statement, Robert Serry said that Israel's settlements were contrary to international law "whether on private Palestinian land or elsewhere in occupied Palestinian territory." |
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The Time for a Palestinian State Is Now
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Wall Street Journal by Maen Areikat - (Opinion) June 8, 2012 - 12:00am This week marks the 45th anniversary of the Arab-Israeli War, when Palestinians living in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip fell under Israel's occupation. Since 1967, the power relationship that ensued has had deep and wide ramifications. What is remarkable is how each side has observed the anniversary. |
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Facing the Lords of the Land
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'ariv by Yael Paz-Melamed - (Opinion) June 7, 2012 - 12:00am A young committed man brimming with public courage stands today almost alone against the settlers, mainly those who reside on private Palestinian lands in illegal settlement outposts. His name is Yariv Oppenheimer, and he drives the settlers mad because he has succeeded time and again in placing a few boundaries for this band of people, who are certain that the entire area beyond the Green Line is their private domain, and they can do with it as they please without interference. |
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Camp David Pact May Be Revised No Matter Who Wins Egypt Vote
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Al-Monitor by Ashraf Khalil - (Opinion) June 6, 2012 - 12:00am Egyptians are a domestically-obsessed population right now. It’s understandable given the state of the country 15 months after Hosni Mubarak was ousted from power. |
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Time for American Jews to shun racist Israeli legislators
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA) by Ben Rothschild - (Opinion) June 6, 2012 - 12:00am NEW YORK (JTA) -- Avigdor Lieberman, Israel’s foreign minister, is no one’s idea of a soft touch. Hawkish on Israel’s settlement policy and a practitioner of a muscular, even bullying brand of diplomacy, Lieberman has a well-earned reputation as a hard-liner, no mean feat in Israel’s current rightist government. So when Lieberman becomes the voice of moderation on an issue, it’s worth a closer look. |
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Segregating Gazans has made them easier to demonise
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Guardian by Amira Hass - (Opinion) June 8, 2012 - 12:00am A stout sense of humour and self-irony is the least most Israelis expect of Gazans. It is certainly true today, when they are spoken of almost solely through the hyperbole of military commentators who jump frantically from discussing the Iranian threat to the danger that the tiny, overcrowded, impoverished and besieged enclave poses to the state of Israel, a global military power. |