November 19th, 2012

Israeli leaders should think twice before launching a Gaza ground offensive ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz by Amos Harel - (Opinion) November 19, 2012 - 1:00am While Cairo is still applying pressure on Hamas to agree to a quick cease-fire with Israel, and while in Israel an airlift of diplomats has been landing seeking to stop a ground invasion of the Gaza Strip, the Israel Defense Force is continuing its intensive preparations for the ground phase of Operation Pillar of Defense. » Read more

Middle East peace takes a beating ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Los Angeles Times (Editorial) November 16, 2012 - 1:00am After months of relative quiet — broken, in this country, only by the pandering of the presidential candidates — the century-old Palestinian-Israeli conflict has burst back into the news. » Read more

Why is Israel tweeting airstrikes? Media Mention of Hussein Ibish In The Washington Post - November 19, 2012 - 1:00am Governments have always sought to manage public perception in wartime, but the Israel Defense Forces’ steady stream of updates on Twitter, YouTube and Facebook since it began airstrikes on the Gaza Strip on Wednesday seems different. » Read more

Why is Israel tweeting airstrikes? ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Washington Post by Max Fisher - (Opinion) November 16, 2012 - 1:00am Governments have always sought to manage public perception in wartime, but the Israel Defense Forces’ steady stream of updates on Twitter, YouTube and Facebook since it began airstrikes on the Gaza Strip on Wednesday seems different. » Read more

The Israel-Palestine Conflict Won't Go Away ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times by Yossi Alpher - (Opinion) November 16, 2012 - 1:00am Tel Aviv THE Israel-Hamas clash in and around the Gaza Strip offers an important reminder to the second Obama administration: You can ignore the Israeli-Palestinian conflict for only so long. » Read more

ATFP Calls for Immediate Cease-Fire Between Israel and Gaza ATFP World Press Roundup Article from American Task Force on Palestine by Ghaith Al-Omari - (Opinion) November 18, 2012 - 1:00am Nov. 18, Washington DC -- The American Task Force on Palestine (ATFP) today urged the US government and all concerned parties to spare no effort in securing a cease-fire between Israeli forces and militant groups in Gaza. Palestinian sources say at least 72 Palestinians, many of them civilians and some children, have been killed in Israeli attacks since the latest round of violence began following Israel's assassination of Hamas' military commander Ahmed al-Jabari last Wednesday. » Read more

West Bank mosque damaged by fire; locals blame settlers ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Reuters November 19, 2012 - 1:00am RAMALLAH, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Vandals set fire to the entrance of a West Bank mosque on Monday, damaging the door, in an attack that villagers blamed on Jewish settlers. » Read more

Overwhelmed Palestinian doctors run out of life-saving medicines ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Independent by Jeremy Lawrence - November 18, 2012 - 1:00am Health authorities in Gaza warned last night of a critical shortage of life-saving drugs and medical supplies as casualties threatened to overwhelm the main Al Shifa hospital in the city. » Read more

Obama: Preferable to avoid Gaza ground operation ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Reuters November 18, 2012 - 1:00am President Barack Obama insisted on Sunday that Israel had a right to defend itself but said it would be "preferable" to avoid an Israeli ground offensive in Gaza. He said persuading Israel not to attack would depend on the success of efforts by Middle East leaders to bring a halt to Hamas rocket fire into Israel. » Read more

Obama Defends Israel's Right to Defend Itself ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Statesman.com November 19, 2012 - 1:00am President Barack Obama on Sunday defended Israel's airstrikes on the Gaza Strip, but he warned that escalating the offensive with Israeli ground troops could deepen the death toll and undermine any hope of a peace process with the Palestini...