The Goldberg Variations ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Daily Beast by Hussein Ibish - (Opinion) January 18, 2013 - 1:00am   » Read more

Embarrassment at Israeli President Shimon Peres's House ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Al-Monitor by Shlomi Eldar - (Opinion) January 18, 2013 - 1:00am   It was supposed to be a routine ceremony, just another one of those events that appear on the official calendar of the President’s House. People give speeches and applaud, someone receives a trophy or certificate, and the guests share in the excitement of participating in some official event or other. Then everyone goes back home to get on with their day-to-day business. » Read more

EU Trade Sustains Israeli Settlements in West Bank ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Al-Monitor by Dalia Hatuqa - (Opinion) January 18, 2013 - 1:00am   » Read more

Is Obama getting tougher on Israeli prime minister? ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Arab News by Hassan Barari - (Opinion) January 18, 2013 - 1:00am In closed-door briefings, President Barack Obama leveled tough criticisms at the Israeli leadership. “Israel doesn’t know what its own best interests are,” he told his associates. President Obama warned that the policies adopted by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had only complicated Israel’s status within the international community. » Read more

From whence the defense stink comes ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz by Yossi Sarid - (Opinion) January 18, 2013 - 1:00am   Yaakov Sharett this week reminded us of some things we had forgotten. Writing to Haaretz, he quoted directly from the documentation in the diary kept by his father Moshe Sharett, Israel’s second prime minister. “Sharett: ‘In the army there is no truth.’’’ » Read more

Whatever happens after Tuesday's elections, American Jews won’t abandon Israel ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz by Dov Waxman - (Opinion) January 18, 2013 - 1:00am   » Read more

Barak's Last Battle ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Foreign Affairs (Opinion) January 18, 2013 - 1:00am   » Read more

Israel's Left in the Dark ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Foreign Affairs by Noam Sheizaf - (Opinion) January 18, 2013 - 1:00am   » Read more

PM: Obama and I do have our differences on peace process ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jerusalem Post by Herb Keinon - (Opinion) January 18, 2013 - 1:00am He is in an enviable political position, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. He is in a political position most other world leaders would die for. » Read more

Israel Backs Away from Controversial Building Plan? ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Media Line January 18, 2013 - 1:00am   Senior Israeli Official Says Won’t Build Without New Permits   Israeli police tore down Palestinian protest tents in an area slated for Israeli building just outside Jerusalem after the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Israeli government. Some 50 Palestinian demonstrators were removed from the area earlier this week.   » Read more