Reports of 14 projectiles launched into Israel as fliers warn Gazans ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'an News Agency (Editorial) January 7, 2010 - 1:00am Gaza – Ma’an – The Popular Resistance Committees claimed a third round of mortar launches Thursday afternoon, following two early morning barrages aimed at Israeli targets in and around the Gaza Strip, sources said. The total number of confirmed launches stood at 11 by the mid-afternoon, with three more reported after 2pm, while Israeli media sources said 10 of the mortars landed in the southern Negev. One of the projectiles landed near the Kerem Shalom crossing, prompting its closure. » Read more

ISRAEL, GAZA: Holocaust survivor explains why she became Palestinian rights activist ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Los Angeles Times by Daniel Siegal - (Analysis) January 6, 2010 - 1:00am Hedy Epstein is what some might see as a contradiction in terms: a survivor of the Holocaust and also a staunch advocate for the Palestinian people. Born in 1924 in Freiburg, Germany, Epstein was 14 when she escaped from Nazi persecution via the Kinderstransport to England. Since her 1948 arrival in the U.S., Epstein has been an advocate for peace and human rights. » Read more

Putting Lens on Lives in Suspended Animation in Gaza ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times by Ethan Bronner - (Opinion) January 5, 2010 - 1:00am GAZA — In the year since Israeli fighter jets and troops invaded this coastal Palestinian strip to stop rocket fire, time seems to have stood still. A blockade imposed by both Israel and Egypt to isolate the Hamas government bars the vast majority of goods and people from moving in or out. That means there is no reconstruction of destroyed buildings. Thousands remain homeless. Winter has arrived. » Read more

Gunfire at Gaza Protest Near Egypt ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times by Ethan Bronner - (Analysis) January 6, 2010 - 1:00am JERUSALEM — An anti-Egypt rally in southern Gaza turned deadly on Wednesday when demonstrators rushed the border fence and stoned Egyptian troops on the other side, leading to an exchange of gunfire and the death of an Egyptian soldier. Nine Egyptian soldiers and a dozen Palestinians were wounded from stones and gunfire, witnesses and medics said. » Read more