Yes He Can Make Peace ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Daily Beast by Gershon Baskin - (Opinion) November 9, 2012 - 1:00am The Palestinians and the Israelis will not give the newly re-elected President time to breathe. In November, Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas will request that the General Assembly recognize Palestine as a non-member state with observer status. » Read more

Abu Mazen Pressured By New Hamas Alliances ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Al-Monitor by Nervana Mahmoud - (Opinion) November 9, 2012 - 1:00am   It may be subtle, it may be slow, but undoubtedly the uprisings in the Arab world — particularly in Egypt — have resulted in new dynamics on the Palestinian front. Hamas, whose members were once shunned and isolated by the Egyptian leadership under former President Hosni Mubarak, is now slowly gaining strength and support, not just from the Brotherhood in Egypt and Jordan, but also from Turkey and Qatar. » Read more

Israeli affront to Obama ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Arab News (Editorial) November 9, 2012 - 1:00am JUST in case he had any illusions that the Israeli government has any interest whatsoever in supporting a new Palestinian peace initiative, on the very day of his re-election, president Obama received a slap in the face from Premier Benjamin Netanyahu.Even as the echo of the victory cheers of the president’s supporters were still » Read more

The line Obama needs to learn ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jordan Times by George S. Hishmeh - (Opinion) November 9, 2012 - 1:00am   Barack Obama is back at the White House for four more years — a step that delighted many in a shockingly divided United States and elsewhere, despite the fact that the American president and his right-wing Republican opponent virtually split the popular vote — 50.4 per cent of the votes went to the African-American president and 48 per cent to Mitt Romney. » Read more

Powder keg in Gaza ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jerusalem Post by Michael Herzog - (Opinion) November 9, 2012 - 1:00am The violent blows exchanged between Israel and armed Islamist groups in Gaza over the past few weeks mark a dangerous shift. The pattern of occasional clashes established after Israel’s 2008-2009 Operation Cast Lead has given way to protracted fire with very short lulls. » Read more

The 'Exodus' effect: The monumentally fictional Israel that remade American Jewry ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz by Bradley Burston - (Opinion) November 9, 2012 - 1:00am   The pantheon of Jewish-American novelists is as populous as it is distinguished. Among its titans are two Nobel laureates, Chicago native Saul Bellow and Polish-born Isaac Bashevis Singer; a justly celebrated string of Pulitzer winners from Edna Ferber through Philip Roth to Michael Chabon; and the creators of such works as "The Catcher in the Rye" and "Catch 22." » Read more

Does Bibi Need to Worry About His Relationship With Obama? ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Al-Monitor by Eli Bardenstein - (Opinion) November 9, 2012 - 1:00am   » Read more

Netanyahu can relax, Obama won't punish him ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz by Aluf Benn - (Opinion) November 9, 2012 - 1:00am   National interests determine relationships between states, not the love or loathing between their leaders. So, despite the mutual antipathy between the reelected American president and the Israeli prime minister, Barack Obama is not likely to "punish" Benjamin Netanyahu for interfering in the election through his open support for Republican contender Mitt Romney. » Read more

Betting on the wrong horse: The night Benjamin Netanyahu will not soon forget ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz by Yossi Verter - (Opinion) November 9, 2012 - 1:00am   » Read more

Israel historian Benny Morris responds to critics left and right ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Los Angeles Times by Edmund Sanders - (Interview) November 9, 2012 - 1:00am   Historian Benny Morris has a knack for enraging Israelis of every political stripe. » Read more