January 14th

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. » Read more

Failures of Palestinian Reconciliation ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Al-Monitor by Rajab Abu Sariya - (Opinion) January 14, 2013 - 1:00am   » Read more

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. » Read more

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. » Read more

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. » Read more

Arabs in Israel must vote ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz by Oudeh Basharat - (Opinion) January 14, 2013 - 1:00am   » Read more

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." » Read more

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   » Read more

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. » Read more

Obama, Netanyahu: Bad blood between key allies ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Associated Press by Steven R. Hurst - (Opinion) January 14, 2013 - 1:00am     » Read more