May 26th

Israelis See Netanyahu Trip as Diplomatic Failure ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times by Ethan Bronner - May 25, 2011 - 12:00am Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel returned from Washington on Wednesday to a nearly unanimous assessment among Israelis that despite his forceful defense of Israel’s security interests, hopes were dashed that his visit might advance peace negotiations with the Palestinians. One of the widely articulated goals of his trip, where he met with President Obama and addressed Congress, was to find a way to lure the Palestinians back to direct negotiations, thereby preempting their plan to approach the United Nations in September for recognition of statehood within the pre-1967 lines. » Read more

Israelis See Netanyahu Trip as Diplomatic Failure ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times by Ethan Bronner - May 25, 2011 - 12:00am Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel returned from Washington on Wednesday to a nearly unanimous assessment among Israelis that despite his forceful defense of Israel’s security interests, hopes were dashed that his visit might advance peace negotiations with the Palestinians. One of the widely articulated goals of his trip, where he met with President Obama and addressed Congress, was to find a way to lure the Palestinians back to direct negotiations, thereby preempting their plan to approach the United Nations in September for recognition of statehood within the pre-1967 lines. » Read more

Parties See Obama’s Israel Policy as Wedge for 2012 ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times by Jackie Calmes, Helene Cooper - May 25, 2011 - 12:00am Few issues in American politics are as bipartisan as support for Israel. Yet the question of whether President Obama is supportive enough is behind some of the most partisan maneuvering since the Middle East ally was born six decades ago, and that angling has potential ramifications for the 2012 elections. » Read more

Parties See Obama’s Israel Policy as Wedge for 2012 ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times by Jackie Calmes, Helene Cooper - May 25, 2011 - 12:00am Few issues in American politics are as bipartisan as support for Israel. Yet the question of whether President Obama is supportive enough is behind some of the most partisan maneuvering since the Middle East ally was born six decades ago, and that angling has potential ramifications for the 2012 elections. » Read more

Parties See Obama’s Israel Policy as Wedge for 2012 ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times by Jackie Calmes, Helene Cooper - May 25, 2011 - 12:00am Few issues in American politics are as bipartisan as support for Israel. Yet the question of whether President Obama is supportive enough is behind some of the most partisan maneuvering since the Middle East ally was born six decades ago, and that angling has potential ramifications for the 2012 elections. » Read more

Parties See Obama’s Israel Policy as Wedge for 2012 ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times by Jackie Calmes, Helene Cooper - May 25, 2011 - 12:00am Few issues in American politics are as bipartisan as support for Israel. Yet the question of whether President Obama is supportive enough is behind some of the most partisan maneuvering since the Middle East ally was born six decades ago, and that angling has potential ramifications for the 2012 elections. » Read more

May 25th

How Palestinians will use the GA to advance statehood ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jerusalem Post by David Horovitz - (Opinion) May 25, 2011 - 12:00am Editor's Notes: Israel’s complacent assumption has been that even an overwhelming vote to establish ‘Palestine’ at the GA in September would have merely ‘declaratory’ impact. Wrong. Jerusalem had forgotten about UNGA Resolution 377. Early in the Korean War, frustrated that the Soviet Union’s repeated use of its UN Security Council veto was thwarting council action to protect South Korea, the United States initiated what became known as the UN General Assembly’s “Uniting for Peace” resolution. » Read more

Netanyahu's end game ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Arab News by Osama Al-Sharif - (Opinion) May 24, 2011 - 12:00am There are now two divergent views/policies on the issue — a settlement based on Israeli withdrawal to the June 4, 1967 armistice borders, with mutually accepted land swaps, allowing for an independent Palestinian state to be created in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, and a unilateral arrangement that does not recognize these borders or any of the fundamentals needed to achieve a just and sustainable deal. » Read more

What do the Mideast speeches tell us? ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Daily Star by Rami Khouri - (Opinion) May 25, 2011 - 12:00am So what can we conclude after the past week’s jamboree of speeches on the Middle East by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Barack Obama? » Read more

The speech of panic ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Asharq Alawsat by Tariq al-Homayed - (Opinion) May 25, 2011 - 12:00am There can be no doubt that the Arabs and Palestinians will preoccupy themselves with refuting the speech made by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in front of the US Congress, which was full of mistakes and which represents an attempt to frustrate the peace efforts. However the Arabs and Palestinians must pay attention to one important thing in Netanyahu's speech, which is as follows: » Read more