November 9th

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

Palatial West Bank homes cost Palestinians dear ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jordan Times (Analysis) November 9, 2012 - 1:00am   Subhi Mustafa spent 35 years abroad, including a decade in the United States, but now that he has built his dream home in his West Bank village, he isn’t planning on going anywhere else. » Read more

Irish FM: No chance for E.U. ban on settlement goods ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA) (Analysis) November 9, 2012 - 1:00am    Ireland would support a European Union ban on settlement goods, but "there is no prospect for reaching an agreement" on such a ban, the Irish foreign minister said. » Read more

Snapshot: (Palestinian) Girl, interrupted ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz by Tal Niv - (Analysis) November 8, 2012 - 1:00am   Everything is inverted in this sad, wrenching photograph by AP’s Majdi Mohammed, taken November 2. Inverted, because it is not possible to know whether the small, brazen, bold, desperate fist, held fearlessly and on the brink of mortal threat by the daughter of the Palestinian activist Nariman Tamimi, marks the moment in which a freedom fighter is forged and steeled, or the moment in which this girl is vanquished. » Read more

Senior Palestinian official claims Abbas may postpone UN move, report says ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Times of Israel by Yoel Goldman - (Analysis) November 9, 2012 - 1:00am   A senior Palestinian official said Friday that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas may be willing to postpone a move for upgraded UN status if the US were to offer a “clear objective” for negotiations, Israel Radio reported. » Read more