November 8th

Last Call For A Two-state Solution ATFP World Press Roundup Article from International Herald Tribune by Immanuel Wallerstein - (Opinion) November 8, 2007 - 3:32pm The prevailing worldwide view of how to resolve politically the conflict of two nationalisms in Israel/Palestine is the so-called two-state solution - the creation of two states, Israel and Palestine, within the boundaries of the onetime British Mandate of Palestine. Actually, this position is not at all new. One might argue that it was the prevailing worldwide position throughout the 20th century. » Read more

Analysis: Rice's Shuttle Diplomacy ATFP World Press Roundup Article from World Peace Herald by Claude Salhani - (Blog) November 8, 2007 - 3:30pm U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has borrowed a chapter or two from Henry Kissinger's book of applied negotiations as she headed back out to the Middle East for her eighth visit to the region in the last six months.  » Read more

'failure Risks Devastating Consequences' ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Review Of Books by Zbigniew Brzezinski, Lee Hamilton , Carla Hills , Nancy Kassebaum-baker , Thomas R. Pickering, Brent Scowcroft - (Commentary) November 8, 2007 - 3:27pm The following letter on the Middle East peace conference scheduled for Annapolis, Maryland, in late November, was sent by its signers on October 10 to President George W. Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. The statement is a joint initiative of the US/Middle East Project, Inc. (General Brent Scowcroft, chairman, International Board, and Henry Siegman, president), the International Crisis Group (Gareth Evans, president), and the New America Foundation/American Strategy Program (Steven Clemons, director). » Read more

Mideast Religious Leaders Say They Vital To Peace ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Reuters by Deborah Charles - November 8, 2007 - 3:22pm In an unusual joint appearance, senior Israeli and Palestinian religious leaders said on Wednesday they were not a roadblock to peace in the Middle East but a vital part of the process. Dressed in traditional religious garb, the chief rabbis of Israel sat alongside Muslim leaders and Christian patriarchs and said they had agreed on steps to help resolve the conflict. » Read more

Gaza’s Reflection In A Foul Threat ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times by Steven Erlanger - November 8, 2007 - 3:20pm Fahmi al-Abrak, 70, was at home on March 27 when a lagoon of human waste broke through its sand embankment and hurtled downhill, inundating this poor village of Bedouins in northern Gaza. “It rose to here in 15 seconds,” he said, pointing to a discolored line on the walls, four feet above ground. Five people were drowned when the overflow pool for a lake of water and human waste failed in March. Residents of Umm al Nasser pulled belongings from their homes after the wave of sewage struck their village in March. » Read more

Israeli Settlements Burden Peace Push ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Associated Press by Amy Teibel - November 8, 2007 - 3:18pm The pounding chatter of jackhammers echoes over a wind-swept West Bank hilltop as workers lay bricks at a new apartment building rising in this sprawling Jewish settlement. The Israeli government says it's ready to make a deal that would give Palestinians their own state. But realities on the ground — outlined in a report Wednesday showing vigorous Israeli construction in the West Bank — hold important implications for the latest U.S. peace push. » Read more

November 6th

Yigal Amir's Thousands Of Sons ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz (Editorial) November 6, 2007 - 1:01pm It is no coincidence that the Yitzhak Rabin Center for Israel Studies stands deserted, while on the soccer fields, the murderer is cheered and the victim is booed. » Read more

Should American Jews Have A Voice In Shaping Israel's Policies? ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz by Shmuel Rosner - (Blog) November 6, 2007 - 1:00pm 1. The debate, or you might want to call it a war, over the role American Jews should play in Israeli politics is about to enter yet another round. » Read more

Fatah And Hamas: The Division Continues… ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Asharq Alawsat by Kifah Zaboun - November 6, 2007 - 12:58pm When Hamas seized control of the Gaza Strip last June; it emerged as a strong victorious army while Fatah was weak and defeated. Palestinians were awestruck by the force and speed of Hamas’s military takeover and believed that the already fragmented Fatah had been dealt a severe blow from which it would not recover. Meanwhile, others believed that the Gaza takeover represented the deadly blow for the victorious Hamas, which had fallen into the Gaza trap. » Read more

Misguided Priorities ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jordan Times November 6, 2007 - 12:57pm Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni recently told US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice that her country’s security comes ahead of the establishment of the Palestinian state. Livni cannot be more wrong. Her perception of realities and her grasp of politics, as expressed in these utterances, show poor statesmanship. » Read more