October 22nd, 2012

5 Broken Cameras – review ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Guardian by Phillip French - (Film Review) October 20, 2012 - 12:00am Back in the late 70s and early 80s, before he embarked on the grander works that made him famous such as his Decalogue series and his Tricolor trilogy, Krzysztof Kieslowski made a succession of films about politics and personal responsibility. One of the most notable is Camera Buff about Filip, a minor functionary in a provincial Polish town who buys an 8mm camera to photograph his baby daughter. » Read more

Will Netanyahu change the status of the settlements? ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jerusalem Post by Susan Hattis Rolef - (Opinion) October 21, 2012 - 12:00am As yet we do not know whether prior to the general elections Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will actually bring to the cabinet for approval parts of the report former Supreme Court justice Edmond Levy submitted to him concerning the legalization of the allegedly illegal outposts in Judea and Samaria. » Read more

The Man on a Mud-Stained Horse ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Daily Beast by Gershom Gorenberg - (Opinion) October 22, 2012 - 12:00am Somewhere in Israel, a printing house awaits Ehud Olmert's decision on his political plans before printing a Hebrew version of that most despairing of election slogans, "Vote for the Crook. It's Important." Or so you might think while reading Israeli headlines of recent days. » Read more

The general from Jeddah must shout louder ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz by Akiva Eldar - (Opinion) October 22, 2012 - 12:00am About a month ago, I participated in one of the many seminars on the Arab Spring taking place around the world. One of the outstanding speakers was a retired general from the Saudi Arabian army who now heads a research institute in Jeddah. The general went out of his way to praise the Arab Peace Initiative that had been the brainchild of Saudi King Abdullah more than a decade ago. » Read more

Israel's missed opportunities ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz by Khaled Diab - (Opinion) October 22, 2012 - 12:00am It is 39 years since the 6th October/Yom Kippur war of 1973. After the peace talks in Geneva following the war, Israel’s then-foreign minister, Abba Eban, the ever-articulate founding father of Israeli diplomacy, quipped that, “The Arabs never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity.” » Read more

W. Bank: Vandals graffiti, try to burn Palestinian cab ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jerusalem Post by Ben Hartman - October 22, 2012 - 12:00am Vandals unsuccessfully tried to torch a Palestinian taxi cab at the entrance to the village of Danya in the southern Hebron Hills region late Sunday night, in what police are investigating as a 'price tag' incident. The vandals also spray-painted "tag mahir" (price tag) on a nearby wall. » Read more

IDF source: Hamas gaining strength in West Bank ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jerusalem Post by Yaakov Lappin - October 21, 2012 - 12:00am Hamas is getting stronger in the West Bank, but is focusing its activities on indoctrinating Palestinians in its extremist ideology and creating social assistance programs, an IDF source said Sunday. » Read more

Salafis' rise in Gaza robs Hamas of resistance banner ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Christian Science Monitor by Joshua Mitnick - October 15, 2012 - 12:00am Tel Aviv Israel and Hamas are seeking to restore the relative calm that has prevailed for months after a weekend flare-up in fighting between Israel and Gaza that left at least five Palestinians dead.  » Read more

Israeli local board green lights war college on disputed east Jerusalem plot, objection aroused ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Xinhua October 22, 2012 - 12:00am JERUSALEM, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- A Jerusalem district planning board has okayed construction of a National Defense College near the Mount of Olives on land in dispute with the Palestinians. The 42,000-square-meter structure, according to The Jerusalem Post, is to be erected adjacent to The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Mount Scopus campus, from where it overlooks the Old City, less than one kilometer away. » Read more

Israeli PM defers cabinet decision on report legalizing settlements ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Xinhua October 22, 2012 - 12:00am JERUSALEM, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday postponed a cabinet vote on a controversial report advocating legalizing the status of settlements and outposts in the West Bank. » Read more