Hamas seeks to reopen airport in southern Gaza
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jerusalem Post by Khaled Abu Toameh - December 5, 2012 - 1:00am The Hamas government is working toward reopening the only airport in the Gaza Strip. Named after Yasser Arafat, the airport, which is located close to the Egyptian border, opened in 1998, when the Palestinian Authority was still in control of the Gaza Strip. |
Merkel to warn Netanyahu: Promote peace process or face world seclusion
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz by Barak Ravid - December 5, 2012 - 1:00am With Israel and European Union states embroiled in a diplomatic crisis, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to meet with German Chancellor Angela Merkel Wednesday night in Berlin. |
Israel's High Court hears appeal against controversial 'Boycott Law'
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz by Jack Khoury - December 5, 2012 - 1:00am Israel's High Court of Justice will hear an appeal against the controversial "Boycott Law," on Wednesday, and decide whether to fulfill requests to issue an order nisi against it. |
Europe mulls new Mideast peace plan: Palestinian official
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Xinhua December 4, 2012 - 1:00am RAMALLAH, Dec. 4 (Xinhua) -- European countries are mulling a new plan to revive the peace talks that have been stalled since 2010 between Israel and the Palestinian National Authority (PNA), a Palestinian official said Tuesday. |
UK downplays economic sanctions against Israel
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Associated Press December 4, 2012 - 1:00am LONDON — British Foreign Secretary William Hague has downplayed the possibility of European economic sanctions against Israel for its latest settlement-building plans, saying there is "no enthusiasm around the European Union" for such measures. |
Blunt Israeli diplomat dropped from election list
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Associated Press December 4, 2012 - 1:00am JERUSALEM — Israel's foreign minister has dropped his deputy, known for international incidents, from his list of candidates for Israel's January 22 election. |
Netanyahu says Israel still committed to Palestinians peace deal
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Reuters December 5, 2012 - 1:00am PRAGUE, Dec 5 (Reuters) - Israel remains committed to a negotiated settlement with the Palestinians, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday, despite worries among the Jewish state's European allies over its plans to build more settlements. |
Palestinians: settlement expansion means 1 state
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Associated Press by Karin Laub - December 4, 2012 - 1:00am RAMALLAH, West Bank — The Palestinians will ask the U.N. Security Council to call for an Israeli settlement freeze, President Mahmoud Abbas and his advisers decided Tuesday, as part of an escalating showdown over Israel's new plans to build thousands more homes on war-won land in and around Jerusalem. |
Palestinian war crimes case faces long road
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Associated Press by Josef Federman - December 4, 2012 - 1:00am JERUSALEM — Days after winning upgraded status at the United Nations, the Palestinians are threatening to join the world's first permanent war crimes court and pursue charges against the Israelis. |
Abbas says new Israeli settlements 'red line'
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Associated Press by Dalia Nammari - December 5, 2012 - 1:00am RAMALLAH, West Bank — An Israeli-Palestinian showdown over plans for new Jewish settlements around Jerusalem escalated on Wednesday. Israel pushed the most contentious of the projects further along in the planning pipeline, and the Palestinian president said he would seek U.N. Security Council help to block the construction. |