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Our celebration of democracy
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jerusalem Post by Gershon Baskin - (Opinion) January 22, 2013 - 1:00am Today is the holiest day in the calendar of democracy. It is also the holiest day in the calendar year for the future of Israel. On this day we stand before ourselves, our values in hand, our world views and visions for our shared future, and we add our voice to those of millions of our countrymen and women in determining what will happen here over the next years. |
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A wasted vote is a vote for Bibi
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz by Sefi Rachlevsky - (Opinion) January 22, 2013 - 1:00am |
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U.S. Inaction, Mideast Cataclysm?
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times by Bernard Avishai - (Opinion) January 22, 2013 - 1:00am |
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Following the elections in Israel, a reset
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Washington Post (Editorial) January 22, 2013 - 1:00am |
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Looting books from Palestinian libraries: Dark stories
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Economist January 22, 2013 - 1:00am |
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UN: Psychological trauma 'doubled' in Gaza since war
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'an News Agency January 22, 2013 - 1:00am Incidence of psychological trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder have more than doubled in Gaza since Israel's November war in the enclave, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees says. Since Israel's eight-day bombardment of Gaza, which ended on Nov. 21, 42 percent of patients treated by UNRWA for psychological trauma have been under the age of nine, the agency says. |
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Obama's dysfunctional relationship with Netanyahu likely to trundle on
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Guardian by Chris McGreal - January 22, 2013 - 1:00am |
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3 shot, injured by PA security in Ramallah camp
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'an News Agency January 22, 2013 - 1:00am Three Palestinian youth were shot and injured Sunday evening in clashes with Palestinian security forces in the al-Amari refugee camp near Ramallah. The men were wounded by live ammunition in the legs, Palestinian medics said. Clashes broke out after a group of youth closed the main road between Ramallah and Jerusalem during a demonstration in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails. PA police officers and national security forces deployed to reopen the road, and protesters pelted them with stones. |
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Malaysian premier arrives in Gaza Strip
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'an News Agency January 22, 2013 - 1:00am The prime minister of Malaysia arrived in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, the first visit of its kind in diplomatic relations between both governments. Prime Minister Muhammad Najib Abdul Razak arrived in Gaza via the Rafah crossing, accompanied by his wife, and was welcomed by a Hamas delegation led by Gaza premier Ismail Haniyeh. The Malaysian premier held a brief press conference, praising the Palestinian people for enduring Israel's oppression and urging Palestinian factions to unite. |
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UK says two-state solution almost dead
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Reuters January 22, 2013 - 1:00am Britain said on Tuesday prospects for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict are almost dead because of expanding Jewish settlement in occupied territory, and warned Israel it was losing international support. Foreign Secretary William Hague spoke as Israelis voted in an election likely to yield a hardline rightist government keener to thicken settlement on land where Palestinians want to establish statehood than seek peace. |