Was Arafat poisoned with polonium? If so, by whom?
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jerusalem Post
by Ely Karmon - (Opinion) July 11, 2012 - 12:00am

In an interview with Yaakov Lappin published in The Jerusalem Post on July 5, 2012, I asserted that considering polonium 210’s 138-day halflife, the abnormally high levels of polonium discovered by specialists at the Institut de Radiophysique in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Yasser Arafat’s belongings eight years after his death could mean the polonium was planted much later.

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This conflict in the Holy Land must end – for the children’s sake
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Independent
by Emanuel Stoakes - (Blog) July 9, 2012 - 12:00am

The enduring fact of the failure of peace in the so-called Holy Land is a royal spring of misery from which bitter tensions flow, with mournful consequences for the entire restive middle-east region, already strained by wars and rumours of wars. In the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, those who are innocent, small, defenceless or vulnerable are common, even inevitable, victims of the promiscuously-brutalising nature of this clash between the claimed descendants of Abraham.

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Israelis, Not MEK, Killed Iranian Scientists, New Book Says
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Al-Monitor
by Barbara Slavin - (Analysis) July 6, 2012 - 12:00am

Israelis, not Iranians working for Israel, killed five Iranian scientists connected to Iran’s nuclear program between 2007 and 2011 according to a new book by veteran US and Israeli journalists.

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Is the PA afraid of a third intifada?
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
by Amira Hass - (Opinion) July 2, 2012 - 12:00am

The light was still too dim to penetrate the cracks in the shutters when the rooster crowed. For a fraction of a second it felt like a village. But it was the Jenin refugee camp, circa two weeks ago. There, as in other refugee camps, the rooster's wake-up call is something more: nutrition for the unemployed, as well as the longing and the desire to maintain continuity, if only symbolic, with the village that once was, and has since been destroyed.

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Palestinians in Syria Are Reluctantly Drawn Into Vortex of Uprising
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times
by Dalal Mawad, Rod Nordland - June 30, 2012 - 12:00am

The body of a Hamas official was found in his home on Wednesday night, bearing marks of torture. A colonel in the Palestine Liberation Army was sprawled in his car on Tuesday, fatally shot near his home. Three Palestinians were shot down in the alleyways of a refugee camp late last Sunday by a group of unidentified gunmen.

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Israeli officer faces trial for shooting 10-year-old boy
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The National
by Hugh Naylor - June 28, 2012 - 12:00am

Omri Abu, an officer in Israel's Border Police, was travelling in a bulletproof vehicle four years ago when it came under a barrage of stones thrown by Palestinian demonstrators as it drove through the West Bank village of Na'alin. He opened the door of the SUV and shot twice, striking 10-year-old Ahmed Moussa in the forehead, killing him instantly. What is being decided in an Israeli court is whether Mr Abu is guilty of negligence by firing his weapon.

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Palestinian leaders ask Lebanon to lift military measures in camps
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Daily Star
June 28, 2012 - 12:00am

Local leaders of several Lebanon-based Palestinian factions asked the government Thursday to lift stringent military measures in the refugee camps and cease pursuing residents of the northern camp of Nahr al-Bared following clashes earlier this month. “We thank our brothers in the army’s leadership for facilitating the issue of permits and loosening security measuring until we reach an end to the military situation imposed on the camp,” a statement released by the factions said.

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Hamas flexes muscle after period of 'calm'
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from BBC World News
by Jon Donnison - June 21, 2012 - 12:00am

In and around Gaza is where it is played out. There are signs that following three days of fighting, the latest escalation in violence is subsiding after Egyptian efforts to mediate a ceasefire. In the long run, apart from for those directly involved, this flare-up will likely barely register on the timeline of this decades-long conflict. But it is a reminder that the conflict has not gone away. As is usually the case, in terms of casualties, it is the Palestinians who have paid a heavier price. Israeli air strikes have killed at least eight people in Gaza.

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Israel kills Gaza militant on 3rd day of fighting
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Reuters
by Dan Williams - June 20, 2012 - 12:00am

Israel killed a Gaza militant on Wednesday as a surge of fighting across the border of the Palestinian enclave entered a third day despite what Egypt said were its efforts to broker a truce. The militant, a Palestinian belonging to one of Gaza's fringe Islamist Salafi networks, died and a comrade was wounded in an air strike on their motorcycle in southern Rafah, near Gaza's frontier with the Egyptian Sinai, medical officials said.

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Toddler killed in Gaza explosion
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'an News Agency
June 20, 2012 - 12:00am

A Palestinian toddler was killed Tuesday evening in an explosion south of Gaza City, medics said. Emergency services spokesman Adham Abu Salmiya said in a statement that Hadil al-Haddad, 2, was killed and her brother was injured in the Zaitoun neighborhood of Gaza City. A Hamas medical official told Reuters the cause of the child's death was not clear. Witnesses said she was killed when militants launched a rocket close by.

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