Gaza's Hard Truths ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jewish Daily Forward (Editorial) November 25, 2012 - 1:00am   Whatever happens in Gaza — and the news changes by the minute as this editorial is being written — all sides have to accept some very hard truths. If not, the bloodshed will resume, the anger and frustration will spread and the region, Israel’s neighborhood, will squander the hope and potential of the fragile cease-fire. » Read more

Israel Learned the Lessons of Last Gaza War ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jewish Daily Forward by Nathan Jeffay - (Opinion) November 26, 2012 - 1:00am   Operation Pillar of Defense was the military offensive fought in the shadow of the Goldstone Report. As a cease-fire was announced November 21 by Israel, Hamas, Egypt and the United States, there was broad agreement, spanning from former army chiefs to the biggest critics of Israel’s conduct during the Gaza War of 2008–9, that Israel showed it had learned some important lessons from this previous conflict. » Read more

Israel and Palestine's leaders – and cheerleaders – have failed them ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Guardian by Jonathan Freedland - (Opinion) November 23, 2012 - 1:00am   There used to be one for each decade, an Arab-Israeli war in 1948, 1956, 1967, 1973 and 1982. Now the eruptions into full-scale confrontation are coming more often, at four- or even three-year intervals: 2006, 2008-2009 and the eight days of November 2012. » Read more

Who won in Gaza? ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jerusalem Post by Barry Rubin - (Opinion) November 25, 2012 - 1:00am Naturally the question of who won any given war preoccupies people’s minds. » Read more

What Bill Clinton can teach Obama about the Israelis ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Washington Post by Natan Sachs - (Opinion) November 23, 2012 - 1:00am   » Read more

Lessons from Gaza ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Washington Post by Jackson Diehl - (Opinion) November 25, 2012 - 1:00am   » Read more

Gaza baby 'only knew how to smile' ATFP World Press Roundup Article from BBC World News November 26, 2012 - 1:00am The death of civilians on either side in the Israel-Gaza conflict is tragic - especially when children are among the casualties. The BBC correspondent in Gaza, Jon Donnison, witnessed just such a tragedy at close quarters. » Read more

Senators Cardin and Collins warn Abbas about U.N. bid ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA) November 22, 2012 - 1:00am (JTA) -- U.S. Sens Ben Cardin and Susan Collins sent a letter to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas opposing any unilateral attempts to pursue non-member state status at the United Nations General Assembly. » Read more

PLO: Vote against Palestine at UN will signal that only armed struggle works ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz by Amira Hass - November 26, 2012 - 1:00am Four days before the United Nations vote on recognition of Palestine as a non-member state, the Palestine Liberation Organization says it is expecting a "pleasant surprise" in the UN General Assembly in New York. According to PLO sources, representatives of seven more European countries have indicated they will vote to admit Palestine as a non-member state. » Read more

Abbas heads to NY ahead of UN statehood bid ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jerusalem Post by Khaled Abu Toameh - November 26, 2012 - 1:00am Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is set to head to New York on Monday to seek the UN’s approval for upgrading the PA’s status to non-member observer. » Read more