November 28th, 2012

Why Iran Still Controls Gaza ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Al-Monitor by Daniel Nisman - (Opinion) November 27, 2012 - 1:00am   » Read more

Likud: The Party of Annexation ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Daily Beast by Elisheva Goldberg - (Opinion) November 27, 2012 - 1:00am Leaders of the organized American Jewish community often claim that across the political spectrum, Israelis have embraced the two-state solution. But as the gates of the Likud primary polls swung shut late last night, the doors to a one-state solution swung open.  » Read more

Israel Missed Its Chance—Again ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Daily Beast by Carlo Strenger - (Opinion) November 27, 2012 - 1:00am Abbas’s bid for UN recognition of Palestine as a non-member state seems set to succeed. Israel has missed another golden opportunity to capitalize on this move to undermine Islamist extremism and assure Israel’s future as the democratic homeland of the Jews. » Read more

We are with Hezbollah, let it fight Israel ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Arab News by Abdul Rahman Al-Rashed - (Opinion) November 27, 2012 - 1:00am The leader of Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, has finally threatened that he will initiate an attack against Israel and bombard it with thousands of “Alfajr” bombs. » Read more

Misguided UN bid ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jerusalem Post (Editorial) November 27, 2012 - 1:00am Tomorrow, November 29, the PLO will attempt to erase a colossal historic mistake. Sixty-five years to the day after foolishly squandering their opportunity for national self-determination by rejecting the 1947 UN Partition Plan for Palestine and instead launching a war to snuff out the Jewish State at its very inception, the Palestinian people – under the PLO’s leadership – hope to go back in time. » Read more

Give the Palestinians a state ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz by Zvi Barel - (Opinion) November 28, 2012 - 1:00am Exactly 65 years after the United Nations passed the Partition Plan, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas will ask the General Assembly to grant Palestine the status of a non-member state. Nineteen years after the signing of the Oslo Accords, 10 years after U.S. President George W. » Read more

Israel’s motto on Palestinian UN bid: Speak loudly, but carry a small stick ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz by Chemi Shalev - (Analysis) November 28, 2012 - 1:00am With France supporting, Britain leaning, and even bosom buddy Australia abstaining, the Palestinian request to be recognized as a “non-member observer state” at the United Nations appears to be a done deal and is set to be approved by an overwhelming majority. » Read more

Hamas is no winner in the Gaza ceasefire with Israel (+video) ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Christian Science Monitor by Johnathan Adelman - November 27, 2012 - 1:00am Denver The Hamas leadership has claimed total victory in the truce that started the day before Thanksgiving after eight days of brutal warfare with Israel. And on the surface, this seems to make sense. » Read more

Raising Israel's Altalena ship 'a lesson for the future' ATFP World Press Roundup Article from BBC World News by Matthew Bell - November 27, 2012 - 1:00am A project to raise a sunken ship in Israel, the Altalena, is stirring up painful memories of a violent confrontation between the army of the newborn state and the Irgun Jewish paramilitary group, reports PRI The World's Matthew Bell. » Read more

Senior diplomatic source: Qatar is a bitter enemy ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jerusalem Post by Herb Keinon - November 28, 2012 - 1:00am Reflecting intense anger and frustration at Qatar for its diplomatic and financial support of Hamas, a senior diplomatic source on Wednesday characterized the Persian Gulf state as a “bitter enemy of Israel.” » Read more