November 15th, 2012

Egypt asks US to stop Israel's Gaza offensive ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Associated Press November 15, 2012 - 1:00am CAIRO — Egypt asked the United States to push Israel to stop its offensive against Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip, warning that the violence could "escalate out of control," the Foreign Ministry said Thursday. » Read more

Qassam members killed in Israeli airstrike east of Jabaliya ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'an News Agency November 15, 2012 - 1:00am GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- Israeli airstrikes on Thursday killed two Hamas militants in the northern Gaza Strip, bringing the Palestinian death toll to 13 in less than 24 hours. Al-Qassam Brigades members Rami Hamad and Khaled Abu Nasr were killed in an airstrike east of Jabaliya refugee camp. Their bodies were taken to the Kamal Adwan hospital, medics told Ma'an. » Read more

Rocket Attacks and Airstrikes Resume in Gaza Conflict ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times by Fares Akram, Isabel Kershner - November 15, 2012 - 1:00am KIRYAT MALACHI, Israel — Israel and Hamas widened their increasingly deadly conflict over Gaza on Thursday, as a militant rocket killed three civilians in an apartment block in this small southern town. » Read more

November 14th

Is Israel Better Off With Assad in Power? ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Al-Monitor by Rafi Noy - (Opinion) November 13, 2012 - 1:00am Nobody knows who the insurgents really are or the kind of Syria Israel will have to grapple with once they seize power. With the incumbent regime, by contrast, we’ve been getting along for dozens of years.  » Read more

Obama in his Second Term: No Escaping the Middle East ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Al-Hayat by George Semaan - (Opinion) November 13, 2012 - 1:00am The United States cannot quit its responsibilities, regardless of the obstacles and the internal and objective difficulties getting in the way of the performance of its leading role around the world, knowing it does not wish to relinquish this position, which it has occupied since the end of the Cold War. » Read more

From his West Bank Italian villa, Palestinian billionaire Munib al-Masri calls for peace ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA) by Ben Sales - (Analysis) November 13, 2012 - 1:00am NABLUS, West Bank (JTA) -- Dozens of photographs line the wall of a room on the first floor of Palestinian billionaire Munib al-Masri's West Bank villa, depicting a man of global influence but also of divergent impulses. » Read more

State of Gaza ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jerusalem Post (Editorial) November 13, 2012 - 1:00am Our political leaders are reassessing their options in the wake of the latest escalation in the South. Israel’s current policy is to react to each new barrage from Gaza by identifying and singling out the specific terrorist organization that fired at our civilians, targeting rocket-launching crews and arms caches. » Read more

No Arabs allowed ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz by Zvi Barel - (Opinion) November 14, 2012 - 1:00am The Soho restaurant in Rishon Letzion apparently refused an Israeli couple's request for a reservation. Landlords deny requests from Arab citizens to rent their apartments. Businesses look for excuses to fob off Israeli applicants who seek employment, and residential communities make sure that only certain Israelis can live there. » Read more

Obama II and Israel: The faultlines are starting to show ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz by Daniel Levy - (Analysis) November 14, 2012 - 1:00am Ever since the U.S. news networks placed Ohio in the blue column last Tuesday night, the speculation has been as feverish as it was predictable - how will a re-elected Barak Obama square off to Sheldon Adelson’s more successful political investment, Benjamin Netanyahu? » Read more

An open letter to Akiva Eldar: Looking beyond the two-state solution ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz by Carlo Strenger - (Opinion) November 14, 2012 - 1:00am Dear Akiva. » Read more