November 14th

Egypt's Brotherhood slams Israel over Gaza strikes ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Associated Press by Aya Batrawy - November 13, 2012 - 1:00am CAIRO — Egypt's powerful Muslim Brotherhood sharply criticized Israeli leaders on Tuesday over airstrikes in the Gaza Strip, accusing them of heating up the conflict to score political points ahead of elections. » Read more

Israel prepares new missile defense system ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Associated Press by Lauren E. Bohn - November 13, 2012 - 1:00am CARMIEL, Israel — Israel's newest missile defense system, designed to provide another layer of protection against enemy fire, is on schedule for deployment in 2014, defense officials said Tuesday. » Read more

‘Absolutely no way’ Arafat was poisoned, says top doctor who teaches at Paris hospital where Palestinian leader died ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Times of Israel by Anica Pommeray - November 13, 2012 - 1:00am PARIS — A leading French doctor who teaches at the Paris hospital where Yasser Arafat died in 2004 has broken the official French medical silence surrounding the case to tell The Times of Israel, based on Arafat’s medical report, that there is “absolutely no way” the Palestinian leader was poisoned. » Read more

Palestinians Prepare to Exhume Arafat to Check for Poison ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times by Isabel Kershner - November 13, 2012 - 1:00am JERUSALEM — The West Bank tomb of Yasir Arafat has been cordoned off and screened from public view ahead of an expected exhumation, a Palestinian Authority official said Tuesday, four months after a television investigation raised new suspicions that the Palestinian leader had been poisoned. » Read more

Four rockets fired from direction of Sinai strike southern Israel ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz by Gili Cohen, Yanir Yagna - November 14, 2012 - 1:00am Four rockets were fired on Wednesday from the direction of the Sinai Peninsula toward an Israeli community on the border with Egypt. One of the rockets exploded in a moshav in the Eshkol Regional Council. The other three landed in the moshav's citron field. » Read more

Lieberman mulling offer to Palestinians: Drop UN bid and Israel will recognize state within provisional borders ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz by Barak Ravid - November 14, 2012 - 1:00am Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman is considering a draft document that would offer the Palestinians immediate recognition of statehood within provisional borders as an incentive for dropping their UN bid.  » Read more

Fatah youth launches West Bank rallies, 6 injured ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'an News Agency November 14, 2012 - 1:00am BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Six people were wounded by Israeli forces on Wednesday as Fatah's youth organization organized rallies across the West Bank to kick off a week of activities to commemorate independence day, Ma'an's reporter said. Fatah youth organized demonstrations in Qalqiliya, Ramallah, Nablus and Hebron, blocking bypass roads linking Israeli settlement infrastructure in the West Bank. » Read more

PNA rejects Israeli threats to annul Oslo Accords ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Xinhua November 14, 2012 - 1:00am RAMALLAH, Nov. 14 (Xinhua) -- The Palestinian National Authority (PNA) on Wednesday rejected Israeli threats to annul Oslo Accords, though the interim peace deal is hardly functional. "Oslo agreement is no longer existed on the ground, since it was supposed expiring in 1999," said Saeb Erekat, the chief Palestinian negotiator. » Read more

Israel ministry paper proposes 'toppling' Abbas over UN bid ATFP World Press Roundup Article from BBC News November 14, 2012 - 1:00am A position paper by Israel's foreign ministry proposes "toppling" President Mahmoud Abbas if Palestine's bid for UN non-member state status is approved. The internal document says it is "the only option" if deterrence efforts do not succeed, despite the consequences. » Read more

New Israeli airstrikes rock Gaza City ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Associated Press by Ibrahim Barzak - November 14, 2012 - 1:00am GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Palestinian witnesses say Israeli airstrikes have hit a series of targets across Gaza City, shortly after the assassination of the top Hamas commander. » Read more