All Options Open Against Israel After Peace Meet: Hamas ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Agence France Presse (AFP) November 30, 2007 - 5:14pm Hamas warned on Thursday that all options were open for the Islamists against Israel after a US conference that revived peace talks and five days in which troops had killed 12 militants in Gaza. "All options are open to answer any crime, expecially after the Annapolis conference, which gave the Zionists a green light to commit more and more crimes against our people," said a statement from the Ezzedine Al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas's armed wing. » Read more

After Annapolis, Abbas Faces Hamas Challenge ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Reuters by Mohammed Assadi And Adam Entous - (Analysis) November 30, 2007 - 5:09pm A U.S.-backed push for a future Palestinian state hinges on President Mahmoud Abbas doing what may seem impossible -- getting Hamas Islamists to give up the Gaza Strip and disarm. Abbas has done little to explain how he expects to achieve such a feat, either through new elections or militarily. He and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert launched their peoples' first formal peace talks in seven years this week with the goal of forging a deal next year to create a state in Gaza and the West Bank, together home to 4 million Palestinians. » Read more

When The Party’s Over: From Annapolis To Jerusalem ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Israel Policy Forum by Sadie Goldman With Jason Proetorius And Ipf Staff - (Opinion) November 30, 2007 - 4:57pm The only certainty at the outset of the Annapolis conference on Tuesday was that few predicted positive results.   » Read more

Why Annapolis Worked ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jewish Daily Forward (Editorial) November 30, 2007 - 4:54pm In the end, the Annapolis peace conference proved to be far less than the cataclysmic, watershed event that its sharpest critics had predicted. It unfolded, to everyone’s surprise, with very little upheaval. And for that reason, it might yet turn out to be far more than the pointless flop anticipated by the world-weary wise men. » Read more

Summit Surpasses Low Expectations ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Los Angeles Times (Editorial) November 30, 2007 - 4:52pm It started out like an office party that no one wanted to attend. Everyone felt obliged to put in an appearance in Annapolis, even though the first Middle East confab in six years wasn't billed as a peace conference, a forum for negotiation or, really, much more than a photo-op. Yet once the leaders were all there, with the TV cameras pouring an intoxicating adrenaline cocktail, the pressure to be seen to do something about the seminal conflict of our time couldn't be ignored. » Read more

A Payoff For Syrians: Seats At The Table, At Least ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times by Helene Cooper - November 30, 2007 - 4:51pm For almost three years, Syria has been in the diplomatic doghouse, shunned by the United States, disrespected by France, bombed by Israel and even scolded by its fellow Arab governments for cozying up to Iran. But now, in the post-Annapolis let’s-make-peace-in-the-Middle-East world, the kitchen door may have cracked slightly open to allow Syria back in the house. » Read more