Internal Egyptian power struggle encouraging Sinai threat to Israel
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Xinhua
by Adam Gonn - June 20, 2012 - 12:00am

One Israeli was killed and several others wounded in a terrorist ambush Monday on their way to work on Israel's border fence with Egypt, in an attack that bodes ill for future bilateral relations. Militants crossed into Israel from Egypt and carried out a combined shooting, bombing and rocket-propelled grenade attack against two vehicles carrying the Israeli workers. Israeli troops were dispatched to the area and killed two of the three gunmen.

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Israel Weighs Response After Attacks by Hamas
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times
by Fares Akram, Isabel Kershner - June 19, 2012 - 12:00am

Hamas, the Islamic militant group that governs here, fired barrages of rockets into southern Israel on Tuesday after a break of more than a year during which the group largely adhered to an informal cease-fire. By evening, Israel had issued a stern warning that it was examining all possible responses, signaling the potential for a sharp escalation in the area.

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At least 3 killed in attack on Israel-Egypt border
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Reuters
by Maayan Lubell - June 18, 2012 - 12:00am

Militants fired on an Israeli crew building a border barrier on the Egyptian frontier on Monday, killing one of the workers, and Israeli soldiers shot dead two of the infiltrators, the military said. The incident, hours after Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood declared victory in the country's presidential election, raised Israeli concern about lawlessness in Egypt's Sinai desert since the fall of Hosni Mubarak in 2011.

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Israeli driver kills 2 Palestinians, wounds 1
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Associated Press
June 17, 2012 - 12:00am

An Israeli tow truck driver shot dead two Palestinians and wounded one Sunday during what police said was an attempted car robbery in the West Bank. Israeli police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said the Palestinian men ambushed the Israeli's vehicle and beat him over the head with chains and bars before the driver opened fire in self-defense. He said the driver is being treated for head wounds at an Israeli hospital, and a police investigation is continuing. The Palestinian men have criminal records, according to Palestinian police.

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Chronicle of a West Bank murder: Transcripts of the reenactment of Itamar murder revealed for first time
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
by Chaim Levinson - June 15, 2012 - 12:00am

A year and three months have passed since the murder of the Fogel family in the Itamar settlement near Nablus. Haaretz has obtained the transcripts of both the interrogation of those who were eventually convicted and their reenactment of the murder. On Friday night, March 11, 2011, at about 9 P.M., Amjad and Hakim Awad (the two are not related ) left their West Bank village of Awarta in the direction of nearby Itamar. They passed the settlement fence, broke into two empty houses, and afterward continued to the adjacent house, where the Fogels lived.

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Court determines Teitel murdered Palestinians
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jerusalem Post
by Joanna Paraszczuck - May 29, 2012 - 12:00am

The Jerusalem District Court on Monday approved an unusual plea bargain made between the district attorney and lawyers representing Jack Teitel, and determined that the defendant had murdered two Palestinians and committed other violent crimes. Judges Segal, Moshe Hacohen and Moshe Yair Drori said that the court determined that Teitel committed the acts attributed to him in an amended indictment.

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Fayyad: Netanyahu Responsible for Health of Striking Prisoners
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'an News Agency
May 4, 2012 - 12:00am

RAMALLAH (Ma’an) -- The prime minister in Ramallah said Thursday that his counterpart in Israel was ultimately responsible for the wellbeing of Palestinian prisoners. 

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Palestinians Go Hungry to Make Their Voices Heard
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times
by Jodi Rudoren - May 3, 2012 - 12:00am

KHARAS, West Bank — The newest heroes of the Palestinian cause are n

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Medics: Palestinian Teen Shot During Israeli Military Training
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'an News Agency
April 20, 2012 - 12:00am

TUBAS (Ma'an) -- Israeli soldiers shot an 18-year-old shepherd in the chest on Thursday evening during military training exercises in the northern West Bank, medics said. Yasir Suleiman Nijad Kaabnah was shot while herding sheep and camels near Wadi al-Maleh in the northern Jordan Valley, medics told Ma'an. Salem Kaabneh, the victim's uncle who was with him when he was shot, told Ma'an that Israeli troops who were training in the area fired at Suleiman injuring him in the chest.

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Grilling of Top Palestinian Militant Exposes Arafat’s Link to Terror Attacks on Israelis, papers Show
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
by Amos Harel, Avi Issacharoff - April 20, 2012 - 12:00am

On April 15, 2002, 10 years ago this week, Marwan Barghouti, the secretary general of Fatah's Tanzim militia, was arrested by members of the undercover Duvdevan unit of the Israel Defense Forces in Ramallah. His capture was preceded by two weeks of cat-and-mouse games with the IDF and the Shin Bet security service, during which the Israelis also disseminated threatening hints about an intention to assassinate him.

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