February 12th

Netanyahu’s coalition options seen to be closing ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jerusalem Post by Gil Hoffman - February 12, 2013 - 1:00am Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s efforts to build a broad national unity government suffered multiple setbacks on Monday when his potential coalition partners refused to compromise on key issues. » Read more

PA Employees in Gaza Key to Reconciliation ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Al-Monitor by Omar Shaban - (Editorial) February 11, 2013 - 1:00am In response to the Hamas takeover of the Gaza Strip in June 2007, the Palestinian Authority (PA) took several measures, all of which — according to their claims — aimed to render the Hamas government’s task of running the Gaza Strip impossible, and to push it to quickly be exposed and collapse. » Read more

Why a Palestinian settlement is elusive ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Daily Star by Lihi Ben Shitrit, Mahmoud Jaraba - (Editorial) February 12, 2013 - 1:00am In recent weeks Fatah and Hamas celebrated their movements’ founding in Gaza and the West Bank. It was the first time since the Hamas-Fatah rift of 2007 that thousands of Hamas supporters were allowed to rally in the West Bank in mid-December and thousands of Fatah supporters were able to show open support for Fatah in the Hamas stronghold of Gaza in early January. On Jan. » Read more

February 11th

Yasser Arafat's widow says her marriage was 'a big mistake' ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Guardian by Harriet Sherwood - February 10, 2013 - 1:00am Yasser Arafat's widow has said she tried to leave her husband hundreds of times and that had she known what marriage to the Palestinian leader would be like, she would never have gone through with it. » Read more

Cyprus gives Palestinians full diplomatic status ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Google News February 9, 2013 - 1:00am Cyprus said on Friday it has upgraded its relations with the Palestinians to full diplomatic mission status, one of just eight European Union countries to do so. » Read more

Israeli Says Syrian Media Misreported Exile’s Views ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times by Anne Barnard, Isabel Kershner - February 9, 2013 - 1:00am A public relations controversy erupted Saturday after a leading Israeli newspaper published comments from a brief interview with the leader of Syria’s main exile opposition group. » Read more

Witnesses: Settlers vandalize Hebron community center ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'an News Agency February 11, 2013 - 1:00am   » Read more

Israeli Goods Flood Gaza ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Al-Monitor by Rana B Baker - February 8, 2013 - 1:00am   » Read more

Palestinian delegation visits Syria ATFP World Press Roundup Article from United Press International (UPI) February 11, 2013 - 1:00am High-ranking Palestinian Authority officials are in Syria to discuss the plight of Palestinian refugees caught in fighting between government and rebel forces. The delegation, led by Zakaria al-Agha, was to meet with Syrian officials to discuss ways of keeping residents at the Yarmouk refugee camp in the city out of the two-year conflict in which more than 600 Palestinians have been killed, the Ma'an news agency reported. » Read more

Syria’s Palestinians Seek Refuge in Lebanon ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Daily Beast by Venetia Rainey - February 11, 2013 - 1:00am Like most conversations between strangers, it began with the weather.? Abul Nidal (not to be confused with the founder of Fatah, Abu Nidal) tells me there is a bizarre phenomenon occurring in the cramped confines of Sabra, one of Beirut’s refugee camps. “First it rains outside, on the roof. When it finishes raining there, it rains inside,” he says, pointing to the stains on the walls and ceiling.?? » Read more