January 3rd

PA cancels electricity debts for every West Bank resident ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'an News Agency January 2, 2013 - 1:00am The Palestinian Authority announced on Wednesday that it is cancelling outstanding electricity debts for each West Bank resident, on the heels of a deal that aims to help assuage the electricity companies' own arrears. » Read more

Abbas to visit Egypt on Jan. 11 ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Xinhua January 2, 2013 - 1:00am   Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is set to visit Egypt on Jan. 11 to discuss Palestinian reconciliation issues, Egyptian official MENA news agency reported Wednesday quoting a Palestinian source. » Read more

Israel completes bulk of Egypt border fence ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Reuters by Jeffrey Heller - January 2, 2013 - 1:00am   Israel completed the main segment of a razor-wire fence along its border with Egypt on Wednesday, a barrier against illegal migrants and Islamist militants hiding out in the lawless Sinai region. » Read more

Israel orders Bedouins to leave West Bank area ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Associated Press by Mohammed Ballas - January 3, 2013 - 1:00am   The Israeli military on Wednesday ordered dozens of Palestinian Bedouins to leave their communities so it could conduct military exercises in a remote area of the West Bank. » Read more

Construction in Jerusalem neighborhoods beyond Green Line peaked in 2012 ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz by Nir Hasson - January 3, 2013 - 1:00am   Last year was a record year with regard to construction in the Jerusalem neighborhoods over the Green Line, with tenders for 2,386 apartments issued in 2012 compared to only 726 in 2011. » Read more

Israel 'yet to decide' over tax revenue transfer to PA ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'an News Agency January 3, 2013 - 1:00am The Israeli government has not yet decided whether to transfer tax revenues to the Palestinian Authority this month, the spokesman of the Israeli Prime Minister said Thursday. » Read more

Tamoun reeling from IDF raid, riots ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ynetnews by Elior Levy - January 3, 2013 - 1:00am Residents of the West Bank village of Tamoun, south of Jenin, are still trying to reel from the raid that took place in their village on Tuesday, when a covert IDF force was dis » Read more

Israeli undercover raid sets off violent protests ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Associated Press by Mohammed Daraghmeh - January 3, 2013 - 1:00am     » Read more