Prisoner’s death fuels Palestinian protests, as Israel braces for more ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Washington Post by Joel Greenberg - February 25, 2013 - 1:00am   JERUSALEM – The death of a Palestinian prisoner under Israeli interrogation after a week of demonstrations for the release of four other inmates on hunger strikes triggered fresh clashes Sunday and heightened concerns in Israel about a swelling wave of unrest in the West Bank. » Read more

Palestinians Dispute Israel’s Findings on a Prisoner’s Death ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times by Khaled Abu Aker, Jodi Rudoren - February 25, 2013 - 1:00am   » Read more

Israel and Turkey Might be Headed for Reconciliation ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Media Line by Linda Gradstein - February 24, 2013 - 1:00am Economic Ties Continue Despite Tensions » Read more

Arab-Israeli in Haifa uses art to help Palestinian refugee sister ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz by Gideon Levy - February 22, 2013 - 1:00am   A childhood memory documented in a photo: A little boy is holding his mother's hand; his four siblings stand alongside them. The place is a refugee camp near Damascus. The year is 1950. This is where the Abdi family eventually fled to after escaping from their home in Haifa, which had been captured by the Haganah during the War of Independence. » Read more

Gaza court slashes jail term in Italian murder case ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Agence France Presse (AFP) February 24, 2013 - 1:00am A Palestinian military court in Gaza on Sunday cut by half the jail sentence of a man involved in the abduction and murder of Italian national Vittorio Arrigoni. An AFP reporter said the tribunal's judge accepted the appeal of former policeman Khadr Faruq Jerim, who last year was convicted of kidnapping Arrigoni, and cut his prison term from 10 to five years. Jerim's lawyer Mohammed Zaqut told AFP that "the conviction was adjusted from abduction for the purpose of murder to abduction for the purpose of holding captive." » Read more

Israel, US successfully test anti-missile system ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Associated Press by Ian Deitch - February 25, 2013 - 1:00am   » Read more

Hamas bans Fatah official from leaving Gaza: statement ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Xinhua February 24, 2013 - 1:00am Hamas security officers prevented an official from Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah party from leaving the Gaza Strip to the West Bank, Fatah said in a statement on Sunday. The move is part of finger-pointing between the rival groups over their failure to form a transitional unity government to achieve national reconciliation under the Egyptian-sponsored mediation efforts. » Read more

Palestinians Protest Route of Marathon to Sponsors ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times by Jodi Rudoren - February 22, 2013 - 1:00am A lawyer representing Palestinian government agencies sent letters this week to an American sneaker company and an international hotel chain threatening a boycott and legal action if they did not withdraw their sponsorship of the Jerusalem Marathon, which the Palestinians say violates international law. » Read more

Egypt seizes 20,000 liters of fuel en-route to Gaza ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'an News Agency (Editorial) February 24, 2013 - 1:00am   » Read more

Hamas calls on resistance to capture Israeli soldiers ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'an News Agency February 25, 2013 - 1:00am Senior Hamas leader Salah al-Bardawil on Sunday urged resistance fighters to kidnap Israeli soldiers at a rally to protest the death of a Palestinian in Israeli custody. Hamas organized two huge rallies in Khan Younis and Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip to protest the death of 30-year-old Arafat Jaradat in Megiddo prison. Palestinian officials say an autopsy conducted in Israel showed Jaradat died of extreme torture. » Read more