October 23rd

Qatari emir visits Gaza in boost to Hamas rulers ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Associated Press by Ibrahim Barzak - October 23, 2012 - 12:00am GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip —The emir of Qatar received a hero's welcome in Gaza on Tuesday, becoming the first head of state to visit the Palestinian territory since the Islamist militant Hamas seized control of the coastal strip five years ago. » Read more

October 22nd

Romney’s big chance with Jewish voters ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Reuters by Keith Koffler - (Opinion) October 22, 2012 - 12:00am Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney at the Monday foreign policy debate, should play to the Jewish TV audience like he was the star of a Borscht Belt revue. » Read more

Obama’s bad for Israel? His record indicates otherwise ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Times of Israel by Steven L. Spiegel - (Opinion) October 19, 2012 - 12:00am President Obama has been criticized for being antagonistic to or wrong for Israel. Some go so far as to claim that he is the worst president for Israel in American history. Really? » Read more

Why I Refuse to Serve in the IDF ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Daily Beast by Moriel Rothman - (Opinion) October 19, 2012 - 12:00am American Jews actively supported the civil rights movement. Or so goes the popular narrative in the American Jewish community. For the purposes of this piece, let’s call it “The Narrative.” The values that come along with The Narrative are values that have guided me throughout my life: values of nonviolence, values of anti-racism, and values of disobeying unjust laws. » Read more

Christians’ letter is an unworthy tactic ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA) by Noam E. Marans - (Opinion) October 21, 2012 - 12:00am NEW YORK (JTA) -- Iran is threatening Israel, the Middle East and the world with the specter of nuclear weapons. Christians across the Middle East are persecuted and martyred in the repercussions of the so-called Arab Spring. But some American Christian leaders are busy dedicating time, money and resources to their habitual demonization of Israel. » Read more

We condemn Israel. So why the silence on Syria? ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Guardian by Jonathan Freedland - (Opinion) October 19, 2012 - 12:00am We know the government hopes to do nothing, but what about the rest of us? Exactly one year after the death of Muammar Gaddafi, the chances of another round of Libya-style western military intervention, this time for Syria, hover close to zero. Even the hawkish Mitt Romney promises no such thing. Few politicians speak even of non-military options – of which there are many – let alone taking up arms. » Read more

5 Broken Cameras – review ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Guardian by Phillip French - (Film Review) October 20, 2012 - 12:00am Back in the late 70s and early 80s, before he embarked on the grander works that made him famous such as his Decalogue series and his Tricolor trilogy, Krzysztof Kieslowski made a succession of films about politics and personal responsibility. One of the most notable is Camera Buff about Filip, a minor functionary in a provincial Polish town who buys an 8mm camera to photograph his baby daughter. » Read more

Will Netanyahu change the status of the settlements? ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jerusalem Post by Susan Hattis Rolef - (Opinion) October 21, 2012 - 12:00am As yet we do not know whether prior to the general elections Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will actually bring to the cabinet for approval parts of the report former Supreme Court justice Edmond Levy submitted to him concerning the legalization of the allegedly illegal outposts in Judea and Samaria. » Read more

The Man on a Mud-Stained Horse ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Daily Beast by Gershom Gorenberg - (Opinion) October 22, 2012 - 12:00am Somewhere in Israel, a printing house awaits Ehud Olmert's decision on his political plans before printing a Hebrew version of that most despairing of election slogans, "Vote for the Crook. It's Important." Or so you might think while reading Israeli headlines of recent days. » Read more

The general from Jeddah must shout louder ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz by Akiva Eldar - (Opinion) October 22, 2012 - 12:00am About a month ago, I participated in one of the many seminars on the Arab Spring taking place around the world. One of the outstanding speakers was a retired general from the Saudi Arabian army who now heads a research institute in Jeddah. The general went out of his way to praise the Arab Peace Initiative that had been the brainchild of Saudi King Abdullah more than a decade ago. » Read more