November 29th

U.S. and Israel Look to Limit Impact of U.N. Vote on Palestinian Authority ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times by Michael R. Gordon - November 28, 2012 - 1:00am WASHINGTON — After failing to head off a vote in the United Nations on Thursday that would upgrade the Palestinian Authority’s status, the United States and Israel are looking ahead to how they can contain the damage from the approval of a resolution that even some European allies have signaled they will support. » Read more

November 28th

Why U.S., Israel should welcome Palestinian move at U.N. ATFP World Press Roundup Article from CNN by Rabbi Michael Lerner - (Opinion) November 28, 2012 - 1:00am (CNN) -- Israel's security can only be assured when its neighbors believe that it is no longer oppressing the Palestinian people but instead living in peace and harmony with them. » Read more

The Peace Process Tooth Fairy ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Foreign Policy by Aaron David Miller - (Opinion) November 27, 2012 - 1:00am I'd love to believe in the peace process tooth fairy. I really would. In the wake of the Israeli-Hamas ceasefire in Gaza, I'd love to believe: » Read more

Why Iran Still Controls Gaza ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Al-Monitor by Daniel Nisman - (Opinion) November 27, 2012 - 1:00am   » Read more

Likud: The Party of Annexation ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Daily Beast by Elisheva Goldberg - (Opinion) November 27, 2012 - 1:00am Leaders of the organized American Jewish community often claim that across the political spectrum, Israelis have embraced the two-state solution. But as the gates of the Likud primary polls swung shut late last night, the doors to a one-state solution swung open.  » Read more

Israel Missed Its Chance—Again ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Daily Beast by Carlo Strenger - (Opinion) November 27, 2012 - 1:00am Abbas’s bid for UN recognition of Palestine as a non-member state seems set to succeed. Israel has missed another golden opportunity to capitalize on this move to undermine Islamist extremism and assure Israel’s future as the democratic homeland of the Jews. » Read more

We are with Hezbollah, let it fight Israel ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Arab News by Abdul Rahman Al-Rashed - (Opinion) November 27, 2012 - 1:00am The leader of Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, has finally threatened that he will initiate an attack against Israel and bombard it with thousands of “Alfajr” bombs. » Read more

Misguided UN bid ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jerusalem Post (Editorial) November 27, 2012 - 1:00am Tomorrow, November 29, the PLO will attempt to erase a colossal historic mistake. Sixty-five years to the day after foolishly squandering their opportunity for national self-determination by rejecting the 1947 UN Partition Plan for Palestine and instead launching a war to snuff out the Jewish State at its very inception, the Palestinian people – under the PLO’s leadership – hope to go back in time. » Read more

Give the Palestinians a state ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz by Zvi Barel - (Opinion) November 28, 2012 - 1:00am Exactly 65 years after the United Nations passed the Partition Plan, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas will ask the General Assembly to grant Palestine the status of a non-member state. Nineteen years after the signing of the Oslo Accords, 10 years after U.S. President George W. » Read more

Israel’s motto on Palestinian UN bid: Speak loudly, but carry a small stick ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz by Chemi Shalev - (Analysis) November 28, 2012 - 1:00am With France supporting, Britain leaning, and even bosom buddy Australia abstaining, the Palestinian request to be recognized as a “non-member observer state” at the United Nations appears to be a done deal and is set to be approved by an overwhelming majority. » Read more