A Silwan Story: Palestinian Child Arrested, Abused by Israeli Authorities and Barred From Finishing 9th Grade ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Huffington Post by Moriel Rothman - (Blog) May 31, 2012 - 12:00am Someone is pounding on the door. It is 3:45 a.m. The pounding gets louder. The father goes to open the door, and immediately they enter: two men dressed in civilian clothes, flanked by police officers bearing heavy guns. They go straight towards the boy, who has pulled on a baggy sweatshirt and stepped out of his room, snake their hands under his arms, and take him. "He will only be gone for a few hours," they say. "Don't worry." Outside the house, the boy's hands are tied with plastic packaging bands and he is pushed into the police car. » Read more

Infiltrated by History ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Daily Beast by Raphael Magarik - (Opinion) May 30, 2012 - 12:00am Israeli right-wingers have it rough. After last week’s Tel Aviv riot against African immigrants, likudniks like MKs Danny Danon (who said, “The infiltrators are a national plague”) and Miri Regev (who called immigrants “a cancer” and then backed off… sort of) came under fire for their inflammatory rhetoric. » Read more

Gaza's ripple effect ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The National (Editorial) May 31, 2012 - 12:00am Two years ago today, Israeli commandoes boarded the Mavi Marmara, part of an aid flotilla headed to Gaza, killing nine of the 40 activists on board. The relationship between Israel and Turkey, previously close regional allies, has never recovered. » Read more

The Curious Case of Benjamin Netanyahu ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Foreign Policy by Aaron David Miller - (Opinion) May 30, 2012 - 12:00am James Baker temporarily banned him from the State Department. Madeleine Albright described him as an Israeli Newt Gingrich (and it wasn't a compliment). Bill Clinton emerged from his first meeting with Benjamin Netanyahu in 1996 (then serving his first term as prime minister) more than a little annoyed by his brash self-confidence. "Who's the fucking superpower here?" Clinton exclaimed to aides. Netanyahu is the first Israeli premier to trigger truly bipartisan recoil. » Read more

The Nakba is alive for both Jews and Arabs ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz by Salman Masalha - (Opinion) May 31, 2012 - 12:00am Let's set aside for a moment the discourse about human rights and the debate about natural rights, because no salvation will come from them. Moreover, they will never lead to a solution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. On the contrary, they pour oil on the flames and encourage people to continue wallowing in the mud. » Read more

'Security officials oppose Iran strike' ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ynetnews by Attila Somfalvi - May 31, 2012 - 12:00am The majority of Israel's defense chiefs are against a military strike in Iran at this time, Ynet has learned. » Read more

Eli Yishai: Israeli women afraid to report rape by African migrants due to AIDS stigma ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz May 31, 2012 - 12:00am In further remarks on migrant workers from Africa, Interior Minister Eli Yishai said Thursday that many Israeli women have been raped by migrant workers “but do not complain out of fear of being stigmatized as having contracted AIDS.” In an interview with Israeli newspaper Maariv, Yishai stated that the solution to the current problem is “more prisons and migrant detention camps," and that Israel must “prepare more military bases where we can jail all of them without exception.” » Read more

Abbas committee declares largest Palestinian workers union illegal ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'an News Agency May 31, 2012 - 12:00am BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- A committee set up by President Mahmoud Abbas has found the union of public sector employees has no legal standing, six years after it first started representing government workers. The committee report, of which Ma'an obtained a copy, concludes: "There is no legal body or organized legal framework for the so-called 'public sector workers union'." » Read more

2 American tourists kidnapped in Egyptian Sinai ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'an News Agency May 31, 2012 - 12:00am El-ARISH, Egypt (Ma'an) -- Two American tourists were kidnapped by armed men in the Sinai peninsula early Thursday, Egyptian security sources said. Jonathan Shizarlasky and Carter Brabon were kidnapped in the Red Sea city of Nuweiba. The two US citizens were seized at gunpoint from a car near the Hilton hotel and taken to a mountainous area, security sources said. » Read more

Israeli leaders skeptical of new diplomatic efforts on Iran nuclear program ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Washington Post by Joel Greenberg - May 31, 2012 - 12:00am JERUSALEM — After an inconclusive round of talks this month between world powers and Iran about its nuclear program, Israeli leaders are expressing deep skepticism about the chances for a diplomatic breakthrough and urging tougher international demands. Following months of advocating stricter sanctions against Iran, Israeli officials are now pushing for a halt to all its uranium enrichment activity, warning that further delays could put the Iranian nuclear program beyond the reach of an effective military strike. » Read more