Journalists Punched by Israeli Officers After Fatal Shooting at West Bank Checkpoint
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times by Robert Mackey - December 14, 2012 - 1:00am |
Israeli election downplays Palestinian issue
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Associated Press by Amy Teibel - December 16, 2012 - 1:00am |
Israeli foreign minister officially resigns
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Associated Press December 16, 2012 - 1:00am |
Palestinian premier: Boycott Israeli goods
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Associated Press by Mohammed Daraghmeh - December 16, 2012 - 1:00am |
Abbas calls on warring Syrians to avoid Palestinian refugees
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Xinhua December 17, 2012 - 1:00am alestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday urged combatants in Syria to avoid Palestinian refugees and their camps. |
Palestinian faction leader Jibril leaves Damascus –rebels
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Reuters December 15, 2012 - 1:00am Ahmed Jibril, veteran leader of a Damascus-based Palestinian faction that backs President Bashar al-Assad, has left the Yarmouk district of the Syrian capital after 12 days of clashes, Syrian rebels and Palestinian sources said on Saturday. |
PA condemns Syrian regime after Yarmouk attack
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Reuters December 16, 2012 - 1:00am The Palestinian Authority leadership condemned the Syrian regime on Sunday after Bashar Assad's forces attacked a Palestinian refugee camp in Damascus, killing at least 25 people. "We hold Bashar Assad and his regime responsible for this crime in Yarmouk camp, which clearly reveals that this regime knows no limits in its approach to criminal murder and destruction," Senior PLO official Yasser Abed Rabbo told Reuters. |
Meshal's folly
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz by Henry Siegman - (Opinion) December 14, 2012 - 1:00am Just as the UN General Assembly overwhelmingly recognized Palestine as a state in the occupied territories beyond Israel's pre-1967 borders, providing new hope and encouragement to those who have not given up on the struggle for a Palestinian state living in peace alongside the State of Israel; and as major European countries condemned in unprecedentedly strong terms Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's decision to enlarge the settlement project in the Jerusalem area and elsewhere, a move that would prevent such a two-state outcome, Hamas' political bureau chief Khaled Meshal las |
After Abbas
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Foreign Policy by Jonathan Schanzer - (Opinion) December 13, 2012 - 1:00am Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas went to the United Nations last month and brought his people one step closer to statehood. But amid all the fanfare, Western diplomats quietly conceded that the General Assembly vote to upgrade the Palestinians' U.N. mission was not simply a step taken to advance their national project. It also reflected a desire to counter Hamas's growing influence, particularly after the Gaza-based terrorist group claimed victory in its war with Israel in November. |