Uncle Herzl Wants You ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Daily Beast by Dov Waxman - (Opinion) May 10, 2012 - 12:00am Among the justifications (or excuses) offered by Netanyahu and Mofaz for the creation of Israel’s new national unity government is that they will soon try to institute mandatory national service for all Israeli citizens. Intended to replace the much-maligned Tal Law, which allowed ultra-Orthodox yeshiva students to avoid military service and was declared unconstitutional by Israel’s Supreme Court, the promised law will ensure that all Israelis share the national burden, as Netanyahu put it. » Read more

Ambassador Oren Gets it Right on "Pro-Israel" ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Daily Beast by Lara Friedman - (Opinion) May 10, 2012 - 12:00am Thank you, Ambassador Oren.  On Sunday you told an audience in Detroit what “pro-Israel” means.  » Read more

National unity, but not national decisions ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jerusalem Post by Uri Savir - (Opinion) May 10, 2012 - 12:00am At the beginning of the week, I intended to write an article about the decision processes that would have been necessary in Israel and United States following the 2012 national elections in each country. The elections in the United States are still taking place; the elections in Israel have been postponed and may take place on time in 2013 or earlier. » Read more

Will Netanyahu stay obsessed with Iran or use his new coalition to help Israel? ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Christian Science Monitor by Nir Eisikovits - (Opinion) May 10, 2012 - 12:00am Love him or hate him, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is a stargazer, a strategic thinker. » Read more

Broad coalition in Israel shows Netanyahu's centrist colors ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Christian Science Monitor by Niv Elis - (Opinion) May 10, 2012 - 12:00am Israel woke up to an astounding new political reality Tuesday morning, one in which religious and far-right parties had lost considerable influence. » Read more

What an Israeli attack on Iran will mean for the Muslims ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz by Ahmed Rashid - (Opinion) May 11, 2012 - 12:00am Iran's nuclear program, which could have the capacity to produce weapons-grade nuclear material sooner rather than later, remains a principal focus of international attention, despite a vast international policy crisis vis-a-vis the Middle East, due to the developments engendered by the so-called Arab Spring. » Read more

Israel's Spy Revolt ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Foreign Policy by Natan Sachs - (Opinion) May 10, 2012 - 12:00am Something has gone very wrong with Israel's posture on Iran's nuclear program. While Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak lead a confrontational approach -- including dramatic interviews and speeches to U.S. » Read more

Is Israel Bluffing? ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'ariv by Nadav Eyal - (Opinion) May 4, 2012 - 12:00am In the capitals of the world, from Washington eastward to Europe and Asia, everyone is asking the same simple question: Have the Israelis been bluffing all along? The effects of the confrontation between Dagan and Erdogan in New York were also felt in Tehran. » Read more

Echoes of ‘67: Israel unites ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Washington Post by Charles Krauthammer - (Opinion) May 11, 2012 - 12:00am In May 1967, in brazen violation of previous truce agreements, Egypt ordered U.N. peacekeepers out of the Sinai, marched 120,000 troops to the Israeli border, blockaded the Straits of Tiran (Israel’s southern outlet to the world’s oceans), abruptly signed a military pact with Jordan and, together with Syria, pledged war for the final destruction of Israel. » Read more

Hamas says it will not go to war for Iran ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Reuters by Samia Nakhoul, Michael Stott - (Interview) May 10, 2012 - 12:00am GAZA, May 10 (Reuters) - The Islamist movement Hamas will not let itself be dragged into a war against Israel if it attacks the nuclear facilities of Hamas ally Iran, Gaza leader Ismail Haniyeh said on Thursday. "Hamas is a Palestinian movement that acts within the Palestinian arena and it carries out its political and field actions in a way that suits the interests of the Palestinian people," he said at his headquarters in the enclave. » Read more