Palestinian leader Abbas calls for urgent Arab meeting
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Reuters November 14, 2012 - 1:00am CAIRO, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called on Wednesday for an urgent Arab League meeting on Israel's strikes on Gaza, Egypt's news agency MENA said, quoting a Palestinian official in Egypt. |
Israel has long history of killing Hamas leaders
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Associated Press November 14, 2012 - 1:00am Ahmed Jabari, the Hamas military chief, is the latest of a number of Hamas leaders killed by Israel in airstrikes over the past decade. — July 2002: An Israeli warplane drops a bomb on the home of Salah Shehadeh, the head of the Hamas military wing, killing him and 14 others, including women and children. |
Oil rise following Israeli airstrikes on Gaza
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Associated Press by Pamela Sampson - November 15, 2012 - 1:00am BANGKOK — Oil prices rose slightly Thursday, a day after Israel launched an offensive against Islamic militants in Gaza as analysts downplayed the risk that the fighting poses to energy supplies. |
Obama works to avert Israel-Egypt break as Gaza violence persists
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz by Barak Ravid - November 15, 2012 - 1:00am The U.S. government is stepping up efforts to prevent any damage in the Israel-Egypt peace accord that might result from Operation Pillar of Defense taking place in the Gaza Strip. U.S. President Barack Obama spoke last night with Egypt's President Mohamed Morsi, and asked him not to take action that would worsen tensions with Israel. |
Egypt recalls envoy to Israel after Gaza strike
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Associated Press by Aya Batrawy - November 14, 2012 - 1:00am CAIRO — Egypt's Islamist president recalled the country's ambassador to Israel to protest its strikes in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday after coming under mounting domestic criticism for not taking a strong enough stance against Israel. |
Egypt asks US to stop Israel's Gaza offensive
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Associated Press November 15, 2012 - 1:00am CAIRO — Egypt asked the United States to push Israel to stop its offensive against Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip, warning that the violence could "escalate out of control," the Foreign Ministry said Thursday. |
Qassam members killed in Israeli airstrike east of Jabaliya
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'an News Agency November 15, 2012 - 1:00am GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- Israeli airstrikes on Thursday killed two Hamas militants in the northern Gaza Strip, bringing the Palestinian death toll to 13 in less than 24 hours. Al-Qassam Brigades members Rami Hamad and Khaled Abu Nasr were killed in an airstrike east of Jabaliya refugee camp. Their bodies were taken to the Kamal Adwan hospital, medics told Ma'an. |
Rocket Attacks and Airstrikes Resume in Gaza Conflict
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times by Fares Akram, Isabel Kershner - November 15, 2012 - 1:00am KIRYAT MALACHI, Israel — Israel and Hamas widened their increasingly deadly conflict over Gaza on Thursday, as a militant rocket killed three civilians in an apartment block in this small southern town. |
Is Israel Better Off With Assad in Power?
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Al-Monitor by Rafi Noy - (Opinion) November 13, 2012 - 1:00am Nobody knows who the insurgents really are or the kind of Syria Israel will have to grapple with once they seize power. With the incumbent regime, by contrast, we’ve been getting along for dozens of years. |