The Party Faithful
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New Yorker by David Remnick - (Opinion) January 14, 2013 - 1:00am |
The Most Hated Woman in Israel
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Foreign Policy by Larry Derfner - (Opinion) January 11, 2013 - 1:00am Sitting in a barren, slightly mildewy campaign office in this Arab village, I asked Haneen Zoabi, an Arab member of the Israeli Knesset, what it was like being the country's most hated politician. "It doesn't bother me at all," she said. |
Failures of Palestinian Reconciliation
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Al-Monitor by Rajab Abu Sariya - (Opinion) January 14, 2013 - 1:00am |
A national emergency government
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jerusalem Post by Uri Savir - (Opinion) January 13, 2013 - 1:00am I do not envy Binyamin Netanyahu on the morning of January 23.He will most probably wake up as a reelected prime minister with a hangover from a euphoric Netanyahu-style self-congratulatory victory speech. |
Distrust and the reality of coexistence
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jerusalem Post by Alon Ben-Meir - (Opinion) January 13, 2013 - 1:00am One of the main impediments to resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is the lack of trust between the two sides. |
The Shin Bet sewer cleaners
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz by Aluf Benn - (Opinion) January 13, 2013 - 1:00am "The Gatekeepers” isn’t just another leftist protest film against the occupation. Far from it. Dror Moreh’s documentary is the semi-official history of Israel’s Shin Bet security service since 1967, told from the mouths of six of its former leaders. This is the service’s version of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This is also the story of “the old elite,” which is fed up with the eternal war. |
Arabs in Israel must vote
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz by Oudeh Basharat - (Opinion) January 14, 2013 - 1:00am |
The Palestinian right of return to E-1
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz by Eyal Gross - (Opinion) January 14, 2013 - 1:00am On Friday, as part of the petition against the eviction order of the "outpost" established by Palestinians in the E-1 corridor between Jerusalem and Ma'aleh Adumim, High Court Justice Neal Hendel granted a temporary order prohibiting the evacuation or destruction of tents erected by Palestinians on the lands of A-Tur, unless there was "an urgent security need." |
When Palestinians Use Settler Tactics: A Beleaguered Netanyahu Responds
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Time by Karl Vick - (Opinion) January 14, 2013 - 1:00am |
E-1 protest marks change of tactics by Palestinian activists
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz by Amira Hass - (Opinion) January 14, 2013 - 1:00am The idea of setting up a protest tent village in E-1 gained momentum over the past few weeks among members of the Palestinian Popular Committees - the same committees that for 10 years have been organizing weekly demonstrations in the West Bank against the Israeli occupation in general, and against the separation fence and settlements in particular. |