November 1st, 2012

The forgotten refugees of Gaza ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'an News Agency by Siraj Davis, Yasmin Omar Lulu - (Analysis) October 30, 2012 - 12:00am The Gaza camp in Jordan, near the northwestern historical ruins of Jerrash where the Greco Roman Empire once flourished, was set up by the UN as an em » Read more

The Next US Administration and Palestine ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Al-Hayat by Hussein Ibish - (Opinion) October 31, 2012 - 12:00am Whoever wins the election, President Barack Obama or his Republican challenger Mitt Romney, will face the same fundamental problem regarding Palestine. » Read more

Palestinians campaign for UN recognition ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Associated Press by Mohammed Daraghmeh - November 1, 2012 - 12:00am RAMALLAH, West Bank —Palestinians are launching a last-minute diplomatic offensive to a series of European countries to vote in favor of their partial statehood bid at the United Nations, a senior official said Wednesday. Palestinian envoys were dispatched to Germany, Austria, the United Kingdom, Denmark, Sweden and Finland this week, hoping to persuade those countries to vote in favor of giving Palestinians non-member observer status at the U.N. Some of the countries are opposed, and others are undecided. » Read more

East Jerusalem streets get names, easing confusion ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Associated Press by Tia Goldenberg - November 1, 2012 - 12:00am JERUSALEM —When he drives around east Jerusalem, taxi driver Samer al-Risheq doesn't use GPS and tucks away his maps. In many parts on this side of the city, those tools are useless: The streets have no names. It's a sign of overall neglect. Now Jerusalem's municipality is trying to at least solve the part that involves signs. » Read more

October 31st

Is Israel's Nuclear Ambiguity Worth Preserving? ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'ariv by Adam Raz - October 30, 2012 - 12:00am Since the 1960s, Israel has maintained a "nuclear ambiguity policy" under which it will not be the first nation to introduce nuclear weapons to the Middle East. This policy, according to which Israel refrains from declaring what it does and doesn't have is a "diplomatic fiction," and it isn't for nothing that it was deemed by some to deserve the Israel Defense Prize. It is a "fiction" since it is no secret that, according to foreign sources, Israel is a nuclear state, as even a child can discover reading Wikipedia. » Read more

Bibi's Mistake ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Foreign Policy by Michael Koplow - (Opinion) October 30, 2012 - 12:00am In an announcement last Thursday that shocked the Israeli political establishment, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman stated their intention to merge Netanyahu's Likud Party with Lieberman's Yisrael Beiteinu. Despite the contention made by some -- notably Haaretz editor Aluf Benn -- that this move creates a war cabinet that will make it easier for Israel to strike Iranian nuclear facilities, it's more likely the two men had domestic politics at the forefront of their minds. » Read more

Palestinian Economy Is Teetering On Brink of Collapse, Study Finds ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Al-Monitor by Danny Rubenstein - (Analysis) October 30, 2012 - 12:00am Last Saturday [Oct. 13], I visited a folk festival in the [West Bank Palestinian] Christian village of Taybeh, east of Ramallah — not to be confused with the Arab city [of Tayibeh] within the Green Line. The village of Taybeh is known primarily thanks to the beer-producing Taybeh Brewery, which is marketing to Israel as well and is quite popular in some of the pubs in the country. » Read more

Virtual debate ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Daily Star (Editorial) October 31, 2012 - 12:00am Arab officials and politicians are fond of spending an inordinate amount of time talking about the Palestine issue. They engage in the most Byzantine discussions of the need to support the Palestinian people in their struggle, how to offer this support, and who deserves “traitor” status for taking a given position. » Read more

The case for President Obama’s reelection ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jerusalem Post by Alan Dershowitz - (Opinion) October 30, 2012 - 12:00am The case for the reelection of President Barack Obama is compelling for several important reasons. » Read more

A party in denial ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz by Zvi Barel - (Opinion) October 31, 2012 - 12:00am It took some effort to get worked up about the jubilant fanfare with which the Likud Central Committee welcomed the product of Benjamin Netanyahu and Avigdor Lieberman's fusion. One might mistakenly suppose that two noble metals had just blended in the blistering crucible of the right wing. » Read more