As Bombs Fell in Gaza, a Rich Cactus Lover Could Cultivate Only Patience
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times by Jodi Rudoren - November 25, 2012 - 1:00am GAZA — Jawdat N. Khoudary is one of Gaza’s wealthiest men, and one of its boldest dreamers. |
Barak to Haaretz: Netanyahu government should have done more to advance peace
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz by Barak Ravid - November 4, 2012 - 12:00am Defense Minister Ehud Barak this weekend criticized the way Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman have handled relations with the Palestinian Authority over the last four years, telling Haaretz in an interview: "The last government should have done much more to advance the peace process vis-a-vis [Palestinian President Mahmoud] Abbas." |
Israeli Defense Minister to Quit Politics
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times by Jodi Rudoren - November 26, 2012 - 1:00am JERUSALEM – The Israeli defense minister, Ehud Barak, announced Monday that he would soon “leave political life,” after a half-century career in the military and government that included two years as prime minister. |
Israel-Hamas fight highlights role for U.S.
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Washington Post (Editorial) November 21, 2012 - 1:00am |
Palestinian Media on Gaza: Contrasting the PA and Hamas
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Washington Institute for Near East Policy (Opinion) November 20, 2012 - 1:00am |
Demonization Is No Excuse
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Daily Beast by Hussein Ibish - (Opinion) November 21, 2012 - 1:00am |
Unite, Don’t Divide, The Palestinians
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Daily Beast by Brent Sasley - (Opinion) November 20, 2012 - 1:00am |
The New Egypt Confronts An Old Crisis
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Al-Monitor (Opinion) November 20, 2012 - 1:00am |
Netanyahu’s game plan
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Arab News (Opinion) November 21, 2012 - 1:00am The Israeli attack on Gaza seems to be more of an attempt to draw lines and affect the emerging Middle East following the Arab Spring than just retaliating against Hamas.In fact, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to engage into a bigger military operation could be seen as sending a message to the newly re-elected President Barak Obama, a test to Egypt’s President Muhammad Mursi and the emerging Islamist forces in the region and on the top of that to ser |