January 15th, 2013

Settlers confident Israel will lurch rightwards in election
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Reuters
by Maayan Lubell - January 14, 2013 - 1:00am


Entrenched in what they view as their biblical heartland, the hardline Jewish settlers of Hebron look forward with delight to next week's Israeli election.


Voter turnout push could challenge Israeli leader
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Associated Press
by Amy Teibel - January 14, 2013 - 1:00am


 


Illuminating Jewish Life in a Muslim Empire
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times
by Isabel Kershner - January 14, 2013 - 1:00am


 


Palestinians: Israel military shot dead teen
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Associated Press
by Mohammed Daraghmeh - January 15, 2013 - 1:00am


  The Israeli military shot dead a 17-year-old Palestinian near the West Bank separation barrier on Tuesday, Palestinians said. The Israeli military said he had breached the barrier, which separated soldiers from protesters.


Gaza: Farmer Killed at Border
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times
by Fares Akram - January 14, 2013 - 1:00am


A Palestinian farmer died M


Israel investing in disputed West Bank sites
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Associated Press
by Daniel Estrin - January 14, 2013 - 1:00am


 


January 14th

The Party Faithful
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New Yorker
by David Remnick - (Opinion) January 14, 2013 - 1:00am


 


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.


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


 


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.



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