September 10th

Protesting Palestinian truck drivers block streets ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Associated Press September 9, 2012 - 12:00am RAMALLAH, WEST BANK — Dozens of Palestinian truck drivers have blocked the main streets of the West Bank city of Ramallah to protest rising prices. » Read more

Palestinian protests turn violent in West Bank ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Associated Press by Mohammed Daraghmeh - September 10, 2012 - 12:00am HEBRON, WEST BANK — Palestinian protests against the high cost of living have turned violent in the West Bank city of Hebron. » Read more

‘Forgotten Neighborhood’ Underscores the Poverty of an Isolated Enclave ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times by Jodi Rudoren - September 9, 2012 - 12:00am GAZA CITY — In the Forgotten Neighborhood, houses have walls but no floors: people sit, eat and sleep on the sand. » Read more

September 7th

Obama on the fence ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ynetnews by Yoaz Hendal - (Opinion) September 6, 2012 - 12:00am   n Hebrew there is a slight difference between in the pronunciation and spelling of "obligation" and "commitment." There is a big difference when it comes to the nuclear threat. The Obama administration has said everything it had to say in order to convince us that it is committed to Israel's security. But what it isn’t saying is that it is obligated – because it isn't. » Read more

You Don't Have to Live Like a Refugee ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Daily Beast by Hussein Ibish - (Opinion) September 7, 2012 - 12:00am Recently Israel's Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon announced on twitter that he was launching a new “viral campaign” about Jewish refugees and migrants in Israel from the Arab world. From his official perch, Ayalon has jumped into a debate that already engendered much back-and-forth, including on Open Zion, when it was introduced in the U.S. Congress in late July. » Read more

The Triumph and Tragedy of Greater Israel ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The National Interest by Henry Siegman - (Opinion) September 6, 2012 - 12:00am The Middle East peace process is dead. More precisely, the two-state solution is dead; the peace process may well go on indefinitely if this Israeli government has its way. » Read more

Peel back time: Should Israelis revisit the partition plan of 1937? ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz by Eyal Chowers - (Opinion) September 6, 2012 - 12:00am In the summer of 1937, the Yishuv − the Jewish community in Mandatory Palestine − was in uproar over the Peel Commission’s publication of its conclusions concerning the Arab-Jewish dispute in the country. For several decades the Zionist movement’s political vision remained vague, with the very revival of Jewish nationalism still in doubt. However, in the 1930s, Jews fleeing Europe’s darkening skies reached Palestine in increasing numbers and the Yishuv stepped up its land purchases. » Read more

Barak now opposes Israeli strike on Iran, sources say ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz by Yossi Verter - (Opinion) September 7, 2012 - 12:00am Word is that Defense Minister Ehud Barak is no longer as gung ho about an attack on Iran as his media interviews suggest. Haaretz's Amir Oren reported this week that Barak opposes launching an attack on the eve of the U.S. elections, and that he may be aiming to join a party headed by Tzipi Livni and to become defense minister in a Livni government. » Read more

The Democrats' misstep on Jerusalem and Israel's place in the US election ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Guardian by Chris McGreal - (Opinion) September 6, 2012 - 12:00am Just off the main road through West Jerusalem toward Bethlehem sits a prime but barren piece of real estate surrounded by luxury flats. It's the site of a future American embassy to Israel that, for nearly two decades, the US Congress has demanded be built immediately. But once American presidents begin navigating the minefield of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, they quickly realise they don't need to add to their problems by shifting the US embassy from Tel Aviv - a unilateral statement on the status of Jerusalem. » Read more

More Than Disgrace, 'Price-Tag' Violence Is Israeli Security Threat ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Al-Monitor by Yedioth Ahronoth - (Opinion) September 6, 2012 - 12:00am Considering the Israeli public’s hesitation with regard to the acts of atrocious violence committed by “price-tag” perpetrators, it may be fitting to open an article dealing with this group of thugs with a few decisive statements: “Price-tag” crimes are a mark of disgrace on Israeli society. Beating a 67-year-old shepherd with sticks and a razor simply because he is Arab is a shameful act that contradicts all the basic values of Judaism. » Read more