Israel pressures UN over Palestinian status report: diplomat ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Xinhua February 21, 2013 - 1:00am   » Read more

Editor's Notes: What about a mini-region? ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jerusalem Post by Steve Linde - (Editorial) February 21, 2013 - 1:00am Uriel Halbreich, an internationally respected professor of psychiatry, has devoted much of his long career to finding ways to combat depression. This year, after being awarded a Fulbright grant, he decided to spend some time away from his work at the State University of New York at Buffalo and return to Jerusalem, where he was born in 1943, to pursue a research program on resilience and stress-related disorders. » Read more

Jordan pledges continued efforts to revive Palestinian-Israeli peace process ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Xinhua February 22, 2013 - 1:00am   » Read more

Israel braces for action along the Syrian border ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Christian Science Monitor by Joshua Mitnick - February 21, 2013 - 1:00am   » Read more

Ayalon: Liberman portrayed Israel as belligerent ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jerusalem Post by Herb Keinon - (Opinion) February 22, 2013 - 1:00am Four more years of Avigdor Liberman in the foreign ministry would harm the country’s interest because he is irrelevant abroad and viewed as unnecessarily belligerent, Liberman’s former deputy, Danny Ayalon told The Jerusalem Post this week. » Read more

Report: Israeli police prepare for Jerusalem protests ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'an News Agency February 22, 2013 - 1:00am Israeli police are increasing manpower in East Jerusalem ahead of anticipated protests in support of Palestinian hunger strikers, Israeli media reported Friday. The Israeli news site Ynet said police would deploy at Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Old City amid growing protests in solidarity with Samer Issawi, a resident of Jerusalem who has been on hunger strike in Israeli prison for 205 days. Issawi and three other prisoners on hunger strike have been the focus of intensified clashes with Israeli forces throughout the West Bank. » Read more

Mossad identity crises ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz by Anshel Pfeffer - (Opinion) February 15, 2013 - 1:00am Reports in the foreign press that the espionage agency has for decades used the passports and identities of citizens who have immigrated here from various countries, including major Western states that have friendly relations with Israel, have been, of course, well documented. However, it is very hard to find someone who will admit on the record to having being asked to “lend” his or her passport to the agency. » Read more

Math and the Israeli Election ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Media Line by Linda Gradstein - (Editorial) February 21, 2013 - 1:00am Why is it taking so long to form a government? It is now a full month since the Israeli public went to the polls, but the winner, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, is not even close to forming a new government. He needs to reach the magic number of 61 parliament members out of a total of 120, who will join his coalition government. » Read more

Palestinian Security Forces Struggle to Maintain Security ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Media Line by Diana Atallah - February 21, 2013 - 1:00am   Calling the police for help in the Palestinian territories doesn't always mean they'll come to the rescue. Fight, murder, drug deal or theft, without Israeli approval the Palestinian security forces can go nowhere. Instead they fight an ongoing battle against what they calls Israeli limitations  and interference with their operations. » Read more

Palestinian may extend hunger strike, despite release date ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Reuters by Ali Sawafta - February 21, 2013 - 1:00am    A hunger-striking Palestinian jailed by Israel will likely continue his protest because he does not know when he will be freed, despite a court's annoucement that his sentence will end in two weeks time, a Palestinian official said on Thursday. » Read more