Not so easy ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Economist (Editorial) July 28, 2012 - 12:00am EVEN if an Israeli government were determined to remove Jewish settlements in the West Bank in order to make way for a Palestinian state, it would now be exceptionally hard to remove Jews living in the settlement of Kiryat Arba and in the nearby ancient city of Hebron, which has sites that are holy both to Jews and Muslims. » Read more

The Munich massacre: A survivor's story ATFP World Press Roundup Article from CNN by James Montague - (Interview) July 27, 2012 - 12:00am Professor Shaul Ladany has a busy schedule to keep these days but lays down one important condition before agreeing to speak to CNN. "Every morning I roll up the carpet and do my exercises," he explains. » Read more

Probing the bureaucracy of occupation ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz by Vered Lee - (Book Review) July 26, 2012 - 12:00am "The Bureaucracy of Occupation: The Permit Regime in the West Bank 2000–2006," by Yael Berda, allows us to peek “over the shoulder of the military bureaucrat,” as Max Weber, one of the founders of modern sociology, put it. Berda, a practicing lawyer, specializes in administrative and constitutional law and is a research student at Princeton University. » Read more

Lara Friedman Responds to Dani Dayan ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Daily Beast by Lara Friedman - (Opinion) July 26, 2012 - 12:00am Today’s New York Times features an op-ed by Dani Dayan, the head of the Yesha Council (the group that represents settlers and their interests). » Read more

Give Palestinian Third Parties a Chance ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Daily Beast by Michael Sharnoff - (Opinion) July 26, 2012 - 12:00am No, Dani Dayan, the status quo in the West Bank cannot continue.  » Read more

Latest Target For Palestinians' Protest? Their Leader ATFP World Press Roundup Article from National Public Radio (NPR) by Lourdes Garcia-Navarro - July 26, 2012 - 12:00am The Kalandia checkpoint between Jerusalem and Ramallah in the West Bank is best known as a flashpoint between Palestinian protesters and Israeli security forces. Images of masked youths throwing rocks by the painted concrete wall here are ubiquitous. Protesters gathered at Kalandia again last week, but their focus wasn't Israeli soldiers: It was Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. » Read more

Gaza Christians, Hamas at Odds Over Conversions to Islam ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Al-Monitor by Saleh Jadallah - July 27, 2012 - 12:00am The recent conversion of Palestinian Christians to Islam has sparked tensions between Hamas, the Islamist group ruling the Gaza Strip, and the Christian minority here. Both publicly traded barbs for the first time since Hamas took over Gaza Strip from its rival, Fatah, after the 2006 parliamentary elections. » Read more

Birthright’s triumphs and flaws ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA) by Rachel Cohen - (Opinion) July 25, 2012 - 12:00am After being privileged last year to go on a Taglit-Birthright trip with 40 students from Johns Hopkins University, last month I traveled with 12 other student leaders to Israel and the West Bank with J Street U. Since then I’ve been reflecting a great deal on these two very different experiences. » Read more

Adviser to Palestinian president Abbas visits Auschwitz memorial ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Associated Press July 27, 2012 - 12:00am An adviser to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas visited the memorial at the German Nazi death camp of Auschwitz to pay respect to camp victims on Friday. Ziad al-Bandak, who advises Abbas on Religious affairs, visited prisoner blocs, gas chambers and a crematorium in the Auschwitz-Birkenau complex that the Germans built and operated in southern Poland during their World War II occupation of the country. Some 1.5 million people, mostly Jews, were killed in the camp from 1940-45. » Read more

West Bank stalemate keeps the Right in power ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jerusalem Post by Jay Bushinsky - (Opinion) July 26, 2012 - 12:00am Under normal circumstances, the rash of suicides and attempted suicides by veteran Israelis unable to cope with their financial problems would be a powerful catalyst for change. » Read more