On This, 2 Sides Agree: Fighting Hardened Positions ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times by Isabel Kershner, Jodi Rudoren - November 24, 2012 - 1:00am GAZA — The eight days of fighting between Hamas and Israel left more than 160 Palestinians and six Israelis dead, but there may be another casualty from the sudden burst of violence: whatever small chance there was for reviving a long-moribund peace process. » Read more

Hamas Claim Complicates Talk of Truce With Israel ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times by Jodi Rudoren - November 24, 2012 - 1:00am GAZA — Confusion continued Saturday over the status of cease-fire talks Egypt is conducting between Hamas and Israel, as the Hamas prime minister announced progress regarding restrictions on the movements of fishermen and farmers in the border area, which the Israeli prime minister’s office denied. » Read more

As Bombs Fell in Gaza, a Rich Cactus Lover Could Cultivate Only Patience ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times by Jodi Rudoren - November 25, 2012 - 1:00am GAZA — Jawdat N. Khoudary is one of Gaza’s wealthiest men, and one of its boldest dreamers. » Read more

Barak to Haaretz: Netanyahu government should have done more to advance peace ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz by Barak Ravid - November 4, 2012 - 12:00am Defense Minister Ehud Barak this weekend criticized the way Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman have handled relations with the Palestinian Authority over the last four years, telling Haaretz in an interview: "The last government should have done much more to advance the peace process vis-a-vis [Palestinian President Mahmoud] Abbas." » Read more

Israeli Defense Minister to Quit Politics ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times by Jodi Rudoren - November 26, 2012 - 1:00am JERUSALEM – The Israeli defense minister, Ehud Barak, announced Monday that he would soon “leave political life,” after a half-century career in the military and government that included two years as prime minister. » Read more