November 1st

Syrian rebels arm Palestinians against Assad ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Reuters by Mariam Karouny - October 31, 2012 - 12:00am BEIRUT, Oct 31 (Reuters) - Syrian rebels said on Wednesday they had begun arming sympathetic Palestinians to fight a pro-Assad faction in a Palestinian enclave in Damascus - a move which could fuel spiralling intra-Palestinian violence. Two rebel commanders told Reuters they expected their Palestinian allies to fight the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine General Command (PFLP-GC) which dominates the Yarmouk enclave - a one-time refugee camp turned sprawl of apartment blocks which is run by the Palestinians themselves. » Read more

The forgotten refugees of Gaza ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'an News Agency by Siraj Davis, Yasmin Omar Lulu - (Analysis) October 30, 2012 - 12:00am The Gaza camp in Jordan, near the northwestern historical ruins of Jerrash where the Greco Roman Empire once flourished, was set up by the UN as an em » Read more

The Next US Administration and Palestine ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Al-Hayat by Hussein Ibish - (Opinion) October 31, 2012 - 12:00am Whoever wins the election, President Barack Obama or his Republican challenger Mitt Romney, will face the same fundamental problem regarding Palestine. » Read more

Palestinians campaign for UN recognition ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Associated Press by Mohammed Daraghmeh - November 1, 2012 - 12:00am RAMALLAH, West Bank —Palestinians are launching a last-minute diplomatic offensive to a series of European countries to vote in favor of their partial statehood bid at the United Nations, a senior official said Wednesday. Palestinian envoys were dispatched to Germany, Austria, the United Kingdom, Denmark, Sweden and Finland this week, hoping to persuade those countries to vote in favor of giving Palestinians non-member observer status at the U.N. Some of the countries are opposed, and others are undecided. » Read more

East Jerusalem streets get names, easing confusion ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Associated Press by Tia Goldenberg - November 1, 2012 - 12:00am JERUSALEM —When he drives around east Jerusalem, taxi driver Samer al-Risheq doesn't use GPS and tucks away his maps. In many parts on this side of the city, those tools are useless: The streets have no names. It's a sign of overall neglect. Now Jerusalem's municipality is trying to at least solve the part that involves signs. » Read more