January 6th

An unwelcome intro to the binational state ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz by A.B. Yehoshua - (Opinion) January 2, 2012 - 1:00am In his op-ed last week ("Now it's your turn," Haaretz, December 23), Avraham Burg posited a new thesis holding that the time has come to prepare for the possibility that Israel is moving with blind, irreversible certitude toward the establishment of a binational state in Eretz Israel. » Read more

Plans for east J'lem national park anger residents ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jerusalem Post by Melanie Lidman - January 6, 2012 - 1:00am The National Parks Authority is creating a politically motivated network of parks in east Jerusalem aimed at stopping expansion of Arab neighborhoods in the area, charged officials at Bimkom: Planners for Planning Rights in a scathing report released this week. “[In Jerusalem], the National Parks are like green settlements,” said Efrat Cohen-Bar, an architect at Bimkom. “These are areas where the settlers felt they would not be able to develop settlement projects so they tried to make a national park out of it.” » Read more

An unwelcome intro to the binational state ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz by A.B. Yehoshua - January 2, 2012 - 1:00am In his op-ed last week ("Now it's your turn," Haaretz, December 23), Avraham Burg posited a new thesis holding that the time has come to prepare for the possibility that Israel is moving with blind, irreversible certitude toward the establishment of a binational state in Eretz Israel. » Read more

An unwelcome intro to the binational state ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz by A.B. Yehoshua - January 2, 2012 - 1:00am In his op-ed last week ("Now it's your turn," Haaretz, December 23), Avraham Burg posited a new thesis holding that the time has come to prepare for the possibility that Israel is moving with blind, irreversible certitude toward the establishment of a binational state in Eretz Israel. » Read more

An unwelcome intro to the binational state ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz by A.B. Yehoshua - January 2, 2012 - 1:00am In his op-ed last week ("Now it's your turn," Haaretz, December 23), Avraham Burg posited a new thesis holding that the time has come to prepare for the possibility that Israel is moving with blind, irreversible certitude toward the establishment of a binational state in Eretz Israel. » Read more

2 Arab Israelis suspected of aiding Hamas ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ynetnews by Yoav Zitun - January 5, 2012 - 1:00am Cleared for publication: Two Arab-Israelis residents of the northern town of Kafr Kanna are accused of joining Hamas ranks in the West Bank. Brothers Amir Asaad, 29, and Mahmad Asaad, 20, were arrested by the Shin Bet and police last month and their interrogation revealed that they were actively involved with terrorists planning attacks on both sides of the 1967 border. » Read more

A Dose of Nuance: Prophets and guardians ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jerusalem Post by Daniel Gordis - (Opinion) January 5, 2012 - 1:00am There is, it seems, a bit of an occupational hazard to this column-writing business. It probably holds for all sorts of topics, but it’s undoubtedly true when thinking aloud about Israel. Here’s the choice: You can either plant yourself firmly on one side of the political divide, being predictably “right wing” or “left wing,” or you can, depending on the issue, say what you think but appear a bit less consistent. The advantages of the first option are clear. » Read more

A Dose of Nuance: Prophets and guardians ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jerusalem Post by Daniel Gordis - (Opinion) January 5, 2012 - 1:00am There is, it seems, a bit of an occupational hazard to this column-writing business. It probably holds for all sorts of topics, but it’s undoubtedly true when thinking aloud about Israel. Here’s the choice: You can either plant yourself firmly on one side of the political divide, being predictably “right wing” or “left wing,” or you can, depending on the issue, say what you think but appear a bit less consistent. The advantages of the first option are clear. » Read more

U.S.: Muslim Brotherhood gave assurances on Egypt-Israel peace treaty ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz by Natasha Mozgovaya - January 6, 2012 - 1:00am The Muslim Brotherhood gave the United States assurances regarding the maintaining of Egypt's peace deal with Israel, a top U.S. official said on Thursday, despite recent comments by party leaders claiming that the 1979 treaty did not bind Cairo's new regime. Earlier this week, the Muslim Brotherhood, the overwhelming victor in the first round of elections for the Egyptian Parliament, announced that would not recognize Israel and intends to bring the Israeli-Egyptian peace treaty to a referendum. » Read more

Jordan seeks to defend its strategic interests, boost image by hosting Palestinian-Israeli talks ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Xinhua (Analysis) January 6, 2012 - 1:00am AMMAN, Jan. 5 (Xinhua) -- As Israeli and Palestinian negotiators convened in Jordan's capital Amman this week, analysts says Jordan is seeking to bring the Palestinian issue back onto the international agenda as it has been overshadowed by the unrest across Middle East and North Africa in the past year. » Read more