February 25th, 2013

Israel tries to calm nerves in the West Bank, but outbreak of third intifada depends on Palestinian Authority ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz by Amos Harel - (Editorial) February 25, 2013 - 1:00am Israel is currently making a huge effort to calm nerves in the West Bank, following a wave of turbulent protests that worsened over the weekend. » Read more

PA Seeks to Exploit West Bank Protests ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Al-Monitor by Dalia Hatuqa - (Editorial) February 24, 2013 - 1:00am   » Read more

The Israeli-Palestinian talks that never took place begin on the street ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz by Zvi Barel - (Editorial) February 24, 2013 - 1:00am The death of Arafat Jaradat in the Megiddo Prison, together with the 216-day-long hunger strike of Samer el-Issawi and the hunger strike of three other prisoners, the demonstrations commemorating the anniversary of the massacre perpetrated by Baruch Goldstein in Hebron in 1994, the clashes in the village of Kusra in the Nablus district – all these are supposedly “local incidents” that can be easily defeated by a few smoke grenades, rubber bullets and arrests. » Read more

West Bank demonstrations are not a third intifada – yet ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz by Chaim Levinson - (Opinion) February 24, 2013 - 1:00am There were protests in the West Bank all weekend long, and they continued Sunday. » Read more

February 22nd

First Palestinian Conference about Quality Teachers for Quality Education ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Palestine News Network February 22, 2013 - 1:00am   » Read more

First Palestinian Conference about Quality Teachers for Quality Education ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Palestine News Network February 22, 2013 - 1:00am   » Read more

Gaza's Only Music School May Close ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Al-Monitor by Asmaa Al-Ghoul - February 22, 2013 - 1:00am   During rehearsals in a music school in Gaza, Firas al-Sharafi, age 10, and his friend Abdel Aziz Abu Sharkh, age 11, were playing a song by Lebanese singer Fairuz. The two boys were playing the dulcimer, reading musical notes and occasionally glancing at each other with a smile on their faces. » Read more

Oscars: From West Bank to Hollywood ATFP World Press Roundup Article from BBC News by Kevin Connolly - February 22, 2013 - 1:00am   Two of the films nominated for the Academy Award for best documentary deal with the vexed issue of Israel and the Palestinians. » Read more

Poll: Yesh Atid would crush Likud in new election ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jerusalem Post by Gil Hoffman - February 22, 2013 - 1:00am MK Yair Lapid’s Yesh Atid party would easily defeat Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s Likud Beytenu if an election were to take place now, according to a Panels poll taken on Wednesday for Sof Hashavua, The Jerusalem Post’s weekend sister newspaper in Hebrew. » Read more

Arab couple denied medical care ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ynetnews by Noam Dvir - February 21, 2013 - 1:00am Are residents of Arab neighborhood expected to go without medical care due to their place of residence? Natali Seculife, a medical and emergency services company refused to send a physician for a house-call in Beit Safafa, a resident of Jerusalem's Arab neighborhood said. » Read more