January 17th

Gov't issues tenders for 198 new settler homes ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ynetnews January 17, 2013 - 1:00am   The Housing Ministry released two government tenders for the construction of 198 new homes in the West Bank on Wednesday, less than a week before the national elections.   » Read more

Let Hagel have the last word ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Gulf News by George S. Hishmeh - (Opinion) January 16, 2013 - 1:00am   » Read more

Stop killing innocent citizens ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz (Editorial) January 17, 2013 - 1:00am   Samir Ahmed Awad, 16, of the West Bank village of Budrus, was killed by IDF soldiers. So was Uday Darwish, 21, of Dura and Anwar al-Mamluk, 21, of Gaza. None of them was a "ticking bomb." Their crime was attempting to cross the separation fence near Ramallah, or the one enclosing the Gaza Strip. » Read more

Dear Prime Minister Netanyahu: U.S. Jews are fed up with not being valued ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz (Opinion) January 17, 2013 - 1:00am   Dear Prime Minister Netanyahu: American Jews are exceedingly agitated about issues of religious freedom, and there are things that you—acting on your own—can do about it. » Read more

Did Israeli troops deliberately provoke boy, only to shoot him in the back? ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Independent January 16, 2013 - 1:00am   » Read more

Olmert: Israeli government rejecting peace ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ynetnews by Moran Azulay - January 17, 2013 - 1:00am With only five days left before the national elections, former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert warned that incumbent leader Benjamin Netanyahu could cause an irreparable rift between Israel and its closest ally.   » Read more

High Court to state: Don't evict Palestinians from south Hebron firing zone ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz by Amira Hass - January 16, 2013 - 1:00am   Israel's High Court of Justice on Wednesday ordered the state to refrain from evicting Palestinians living in an area of the West Bank that the Israel Defense Forces has designated a firing zone, pending further decision on the matter. » Read more

Gulf between Israel's female powerhouses highlights country's deepest tensions ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Christian Science Monitor by Christa Case Bryant - January 16, 2013 - 1:00am   Sparks flew in Hangar 11 at Tel Aviv’s Old Port last night. » Read more

Minister: Saudi Arabia pledges $100 million to PA ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'an News Agency January 16, 2013 - 1:00am Saudi Arabia has pledged $100 million to the Palestinian Authority to ease the government's financial crisis, the PA finance minister said Wednesday. » Read more

PNA calls for int'l intervention to save peace process with Israel ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Xinhua January 17, 2013 - 1:00am    The Palestinian National Authority (PNA) on Wednesday called for an international intervention to save the peace process with Israel. The call came after the Israeli government's announcement of plans to build some 200 housing units in Jewish settlements in the West Bank. » Read more