January 17th, 2013

Hamas Statements on Israel Show Flexibility ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Al-Monitor (Opinion) January 16, 2013 - 1:00am   Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal expressed a tough stance during his recent visit to the Gaza Strip, reaffirming the Islamists’ position on the liberation of historic Palestine from the river to the sea. » Read more

Israel and Obama's New Plan For the Middle East ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Al-Monitor by Ben Caspit - (Opinion) January 16, 2013 - 1:00am   Last week, former British prime minister Tony Blair sent an invitation to the sitting president of the United States, Barack Obama, calling on him to come visit Israel next June. » Read more

A judge and a rabbi from Israel push another peace process ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Daily Star (Opinion) January 16, 2013 - 1:00am   » Read more

Israeli-Palestinian/Arab conflicts enter new era ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jerusalem Post by Barry Rubin - (Opinion) January 16, 2013 - 1:00am The UN General Assembly made the Palestinian Authority-ruled entity a non-member state. » Read more

The Arab vote ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jerusalem Post (Editorial) January 15, 2013 - 1:00am Israel’s, who represent roughly one-fifth of the population, or 950,000 eligible voters, have been retreating from national politics. The voter turnout among Israeli Arabs has declined from 75 percent in 1999 to just 53% in 2009. » Read more

No Arabs, no united bloc ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ynetnews by Amnon Be'eri-Sulitzeanu - (Opinion) January 16, 2013 - 1:00am The leaders of the Left-Center parties discussed the possibility of forming a united bloc against Netanyahu ahead the elections to promote their key goals – a peace agreement with the Palestinians and an economic policy that will narrow the gaps in society. » Read more

Obama settles the score ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ynetnews (Opinion) January 16, 2013 - 1:00am Obama has proven that a second term president feels strong and liberated. The comments Obama made about Netanyahu are not new, but their accompanying music is, as is the timing: The American president is blaming Netanyahu directly for the lack of a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. » Read more

January 16th

Netanyahu: Listen to Obama's warnings ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz (Editorial) January 16, 2013 - 1:00am   Barack Obama and Benjamin Netanyahu began serving as their countries’ leaders at about the same time, in early 2009. Netanyahu’s term could have continued until the fall of 2013, but he chose to shorten it in an effort to obtain a new mandate in an early election, which will be held just a day after the president is to take the oath of office in Washington. » Read more

It's not Obama who's meddling in Israel's elections: it’s reality ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz by Chemi Shalev - (Opinion) January 15, 2013 - 1:00am   Likud stalwarts and their colleagues in the Israeli media are up in arms on Tuesday in the wake of Jeffrey Goldberg’s report on U.S. President Barack Obama’s critical remarks about Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. “He’s intervening in our elections,” Bibi champions protest, a complaint which, no pun intended, is a classic case of the pot calling the kettle black. » Read more

What does New Yorker interview teach us about Naftali Bennett? ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz by Anshel Pfeffer - (Opinion) January 16, 2013 - 1:00am   » Read more