Kerry Must Hurry
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Daily Beast by Yossi Beilin - February 6, 2013 - 1:00am Aaron David Miller is one of the most important American figures in the Middle East peace camp. Having served in the State Department for many years, he—like many of us, has oscillated between short phases of hope and long periods of frustration. However, unlike many of his colleagues, he has never sunk into pessimism but rather solely maintains a healthy dose of cynicism and much caution when advising new Secretary of State John Kerry. |
More Than a Land Grab
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from International Herald Tribune by Raja Shehadeh - (Opinion) February 6, 2013 - 1:00am |
Israelis Love to Argue...
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Foreign Policy by Natan Sachs - (Opinion) February 6, 2013 - 1:00am President Barack Obama's announced trip to Israel, Jordan, and the West Bank in March appears at once premature and long overdue. Premature because the tangible goals of this trip seem, as yet, unclear. Overdue because -- as many critics have suggested -- his failure to visit Israel and the Palestinian Authority in his first term contributed to a sense, among Israelis in particular, of a presidential cold shoulder. |
IDF breaks pledge to remove West Bank fences severing Palestinian land
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz by Chaim Levinson - February 7, 2013 - 1:00am The Israel Defense Forces broke a pledge to the High Court of Justice, and has not removed two illegal fences around settlements, which prevent Palestinian farmers from reaching their land. The IDF had pledged to remove the fences by the end of 2012, but work has not yet begun and no forecast has been made as to when it might start. |
The Death of Cinema in Gaza
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Al-Monitor by Asmaa Al-Ghoul - February 6, 2013 - 1:00am Heavy slabs of concrete seal the doors of al-Nasr Cinema in Gaza City. Not one aperture exists through which you can see the interior of the building, which has been abandoned for decades. Its towering walls loom over the street, stained black from the old fire. In the 1980s, these walls housed one of the largest cinemas in the Middle East, but now new generations in the Gaza Strip grow old having never been inside a cinema. Memories of better times |
British surgeons carry out first organ transplants in Gaza
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Guardian by Harriet Sherwood - February 7, 2013 - 1:00am A team of British surgeons has carried out Gaza's first organ transplants as a pilot for a long-term plan to train local medical staff to perform the operations. Two patients underwent kidney transplants at the Shifa, Gaza's biggest public hospital, which is beset by overcrowding, chronic power cuts and shortages of drugs and equipment. The operations were conducted a fortnight ago by a volunteer medical team from the Royal Liverpool hospital. |
Obama’s Reset Opportunity with Israel
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Council On Foreign Relations by Robert Danin - February 6, 2013 - 1:00am |
Memo to President Obama: Bypass Netanyahu - reach Israelis’ hearts
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz by Carlo Strenger - (Opinion) February 6, 2013 - 1:00am Dear President Obama, Like many millions around the globe, I celebrated your election as a triumph for the ideals of freedom and dignity four years ago, and, like many others, I called upon you to visit Israel. To this day I think you made a mistake in not doing so in your first term, but I still profoundly rejoiced in your reelection last month. |
ATFP Hosts Washington Briefing on Israeli and Palestinian Schoolbooks
Press Release - Contact Information: Hussein Ibish - February 7, 2013 - 1:00am ATFP Hosts Washington Briefing on Israeli and Palestinian Schoolbooks |
Netanyahu's top security adviser: Settlements impede Western support of Israel
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz by Chaim Levinson, Barak Ravid - February 7, 2013 - 1:00am The construction in West Bank settlements is causing Israel to lose the support even of its best friends in the West, National Security Adviser Yaakov Amidror was quoted as warning in recent weeks. |