May 29th

Israel gas finds launch navy into troubled waters ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Reuters by Dan Williams - May 29, 2012 - 12:00am TEL AVIV, May 29 (Reuters) - When Israeli economists contemplate their country's untapped natural gas finds far out in the Mediterranean, they dream of energy independence and lucrative export deals. Those charged with Israel's defence, however, worry that the navy - small and long a middling priority in budgets - may be hard put to protect the multinational drilling platforms and rigs out at sea. » Read more

Op-Ed: When Israel lacks leadership, we should speak up ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA) by James B. Klutznick - (Opinion) May 21, 2012 - 12:00am When a family member behaves self-destructively, what do you do? Do you become an apologist, an enabler, or do you call him out? Do you blame everyone else but him, or do you intervene? Do you sit back and just hope things will improve on their own, or do you take urgent action? » Read more

Israel curbing Arab enrollment in medical schools, activists say ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Los Angeles Times by Edmund Sanders - May 28, 2012 - 12:00am JERUSALEM — A Jerusalem court on Monday convicted two Israeli police of negligent homicide for abandoning an injured Palestinian man on a roadside, where he was found dead two days later. The case has raised questions about failures that led to the death of Omar Abu Jarban, a car thief from the Gaza Strip who illegally lived in Israel. The man was passed from medical officials to prison and police authorities before he died. » Read more

Use your imagination ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jerusalem Post by Gershon Baskin - (Opinion) May 28, 2012 - 12:00am Okay, for the sake of argument, let’s say all those (on the right and the left) who say it is too late for the two-state solution are correct. Let’s agree that the Oslo idea was nice in theory but in reality is/was not implementable. History, so far, is on their side; after all of the years of negotiations and attempts, there is no Palestinian state next to Israel. » Read more

2 Israeli police convicted in Palestinian death ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Associated Press by Diaa Hadid - May 28, 2012 - 12:00am JERUSALEM — A Jerusalem court on Monday convicted two Israeli police of negligent homicide for abandoning an injured Palestinian man on a roadside, where he was found dead two days later. The case has raised questions about failures that led to the death of Omar Abu Jarban, a car thief from the Gaza Strip who illegally lived in Israel. The man was passed from medical officials to prison and police authorities before he died. » Read more

Israeli court sentences Palestinian protest leader ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Associated Press by Rawhi Razim - May 29, 2012 - 12:00am OFER MILITARY BASE, West Bank — An Israeli military court Tuesday sentenced a Palestinian protest leader to 13 months in jail, time he already served for urging youths to throw rocks at Israeli soldiers. Bassem al-Tamimi, 45, walked free because he already spent that much time in jail while awaiting trial. The activist led weekly marches in his West Bank village of Nabi Saleh for years to protest Jewish settlers seizing a nearby well for their own use, mirroring other protests in Palestinian villages. » Read more

When the next intifada breaks out, Netanyahu will have only himself to blame ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz by Akiva Eldar - (Opinion) May 29, 2012 - 12:00am Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's sword-polishing hasn't frightened the Iranians, according to recent reports about last week's nuclear talks in Baghdad. Foot-dragging by Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei opposite the six world powers has been accompanied by an attempt to strengthen the Iranian foothold in Lebanon. » Read more

The frayed truth of Operation Magic Carpet ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz by Vered Lee - (Book Review) May 28, 2012 - 12:00am In Israel's collective memory, the aliyah from Yemen is remembered as a rescue: Jews were whisked from oppression and replanted safely in the Land of Israel. » Read more

Turkish Court Indicts 4 Israeli Military Leaders ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times by Isabel Kershner - May 28, 2012 - 12:00am JERUSALEM — An Istanbul court approved indictments on Monday against four senior Israeli military figures for involvement in a deadly raid on a Turkish passenger vessel trying to breach Israel’s naval blockade of » Read more

Hamas Takes Step Toward Palestinian Unity Government ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times by Fares Akram - May 28, 2012 - 12:00am Ismail Haniya, the Hamas prime minister in Gaza, made the first step on Monday toward ending his group’s disputes with the » Read more