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Obama administration: PLO’s U.N. elevation broke no laws
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA) January 10, 2013 - 1:00am The Obama administration said the Palestinians' ascension in U.N. membership status did not violate U.S. law. |
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Palestinians erect outpost in E1 zone
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ynetnews by Elior Levy - January 11, 2013 - 1:00am A group of 200 Palestinians, backed by foreign activists, have been erecting an outpost in the disputed E1 zone, near Ma'aleh Adumim, since the early hours of Friday morning. |
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Snapshot: Foul play in the West Bank fields
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz by Tal Niv - January 10, 2013 - 1:00am |
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UAE donates $50 million to 'prisoner city' in Gaza
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'an News Agency January 10, 2013 - 1:00am Gaza's housing minister said Thursday that the United Arab Emirates has donated $50 million to build a housing project for Palestinians released from Israeli jails. |
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Nablus gunmen warn PA security services
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'an News Agency January 10, 2013 - 1:00am A group of masked gunmen claiming affiliation to Fatah's military wing warned on Thursday that they would fight back against the imprisonment of their members by Palestinian security forces. |
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Official: Settlers destroy over 200 olive trees in Nablus
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'an News Agency January 11, 2013 - 1:00am Settlers destroyed over 200 olive trees in a Nablus village on Friday, an official said. |
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Critics of Likud's new vanguard say party has abandoned founder's ideals
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Christian Science Monitor by Ben Lynfield - January 10, 2013 - 1:00am |
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Israel's arms exports reached 7 bln USD in 2012
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Xinhua January 10, 2013 - 1:00am According to estimates published Thursday by the defense ministry, Israeli defense equipment exports reached 7 billion U.S. dollars in 2012. The figure marks a 20-percent increase from the amount of defense-related exports in 2011. Official data will be provided by the ministry in March 2013. |
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Israeli officials try to expedite construction of controversial East Jerusalem neighborhood
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Xinhua January 11, 2013 - 1:00am The Israeli government along with the Jerusalem municipality are working hard at marketing the controversial East Jerusalem construction project prior to the Jan. 22 elections, local media reported Thursday. |
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Walls and winter rains afflict Palestinian towns
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Associated Press by Noah Browning - January 9, 2013 - 1:00am Heavy winter downpours have turned some Palestinian lands in the occupied West Bank into a morass of filth and flooding as an Israeli barrier blocks the waters from draining away. |