Netanyahu: tactical genius, strategic idiot ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Financial Times by Gideon Rachman - (Opinion) January 14, 2013 - 1:00am   In a normal time, in a normal country, Benjamin Netanyahu would be a political giant. He is already the second-longest serving prime minister in Israel’s history. Next week, when the country goes to the polls, he is likely to win a third spell in office. He has presided over an economic renaissance in Israel, during which the country has become a byword for high-tech flair. At a time when the world economy has been in turmoil, Israel has kept growing strongly.   » Read more

Israeli Settlements Are Irreversible ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Al-Monitor (Opinion) January 15, 2013 - 1:00am   Is there a prime minister, from the right or the left, who will evacuate Jewish neighborhoods in East Jerusalem or settlements in Judea and Samaria? » Read more

Peace is not an ‘issue’ ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jordan Times by Hassan Barari - (Opinion) January 14, 2013 - 1:00am   » Read more

Israel’s political cycle not stuck on the right ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA) by David Bernstein - (Opinion) January 14, 2013 - 1:00am With Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu poised to win re-election later this month, some critics of Israel’s peace and security policies worry out loud that Israel’s political cycle -- its pattern of cycling alternately between the political left and right -- is stuck on the right. » Read more

Likud or Jewish home? ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jerusalem Post by Yoel Meltzer - (Opinion) January 15, 2013 - 1:00am One of the hottest topics currently being discussed in the broadly defined national camp is whether to vote for a seemingly more right-wing Likud or for a revitalized Bayit Yehudi (Jewish Home) in the upcoming elections.With quality candidates such as Yariv Levin, Tzipi Hotovely and Moshe Feiglin in t » Read more

It’s deceit, stupid ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz by Uzi Benziman - (Opinion) January 15, 2013 - 1:00am   » Read more

An Israeli in awe of a Palestinian act of non-violence ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz by Bradley Burston - (Opinion) January 15, 2013 - 1:00am   An act of non-violence is a fuse playing the role of a bomb. If the act of non-violence is creative enough, appropriate and resonant and shocking, and, therefore, dangerous enough, it will do what no bomb can: Change things for the better. Persuade. Put the lie to the liar. And cause a man like Benjamin Netanyahu to panic. » Read more

Obama: ‘Israel Doesn’t Know What Its Best Interests Are’ ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Bloomberg by Jeffrey Goldberg - (Opinion) January 14, 2013 - 1:00am   » Read more

Winter Storm Brings More Misery to Gaza ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Al-Monitor by Abeer Ayyoub - January 14, 2013 - 1:00am   Om Sobhi Awaja gathers her seven children around a small fire as the cold winter air blows into her home that has no flooring, windows or doors. The smoke from the fire stings the children’s eyes, but there’s no other way to keep them warm. » Read more

Peace process dead if Netanyahu wins Israeli election, academics warn ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Guardian January 15, 2013 - 1:00am   » Read more