Israeli police kill Palestinian in E. Jerusalem
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from
by Jeffrey Heller, Ali Sawafta, Dan Williams - October 3, 2010 - 12:00am

JERUSALEM, Oct 3 (Reuters) - Israeli paramilitary border police killed a Palestinian on Sunday after he entered East Jerusalem from the occupied West Bank without a permit. A police spokesman said the man, 37, was shot while trying to grab a border policeman's pistol. A Palestinian who said he witnessed the incident, which occurred before dawn, disputed the police account.

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'Arabs won't forget October 2000 killings'
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ynetnews
by Sharon Roffe-ofir - October 1, 2010 - 12:00am

Ten years on, Israel's Arabs hold memorial rallies in commemoration of the October 2000 riots. Arab towns throughout the north held memorial ceremonies on Friday for the 13 people killed in the October events. Other locales held quiet protest marches to mark the anniversary. Family members of the victims visited their loved ones' graves. There was a general strike in all Arab towns on Friday. Abdul Menem, from Sakhnin, whose son Walid was killed in the October events, said that even a decade later, the families feel disrespected by the country.

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The second intifada, 10 years on
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Guardian
by Seth Freedman - (Opinion) October 1, 2010 - 12:00am

This week marks the 10th anniversary of the outbreak of the second intifada, an event that continues to have profound repercussions for millions on both sides of the Israel-Palestine divide. According to statistics released by B'Tselem, the Israeli human rights organisation, 6,371 Palestinians and 1,083 Israelis were killed during hostilities in the last decade, but on top of the list of casualties is the unquantifiable toll taken on the psyches of ordinary citizens throughout the region.

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Rachel Corrie, an Israeli bulldozer, and our shared global fate
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Christian Science Monitor
by Courtney E. Martin - (Opinion) September 30, 2010 - 12:00am

Last month, several state witnesses took the stand in a Haifa District Court to testify in the civil law suit filed by Rachel Corrie’s family against the state of Israel. Many may still recall the disturbing photographs that wallpapered the world’s media outlets of Ms. Corrie, a 23-year-old activist from Walla, Walla, Washington, being crushed under a military bulldozer while trying to defend a Palestinian home in Rafah, Gaza under threat of demolition.

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3 dead in Gaza airstrike
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'an News Agency
September 28, 2010 - 12:00am

Israel's air force bombed the Gaza Strip late Monday, killing three Palestinians, onlookers said. The dead, three young men in their 20s, were transferred to the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir Al-Balah, officials said. They were identified as Ala Abu Zbeida, Awni Abdul Hadi, and Muhammad Eid. According to witnesses, the bombardment targeted the Al-Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza, with one Israeli jet also firing a missile toward a house in the camp causing no injuries.

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B'tselem: Since 2000, 7,454 Israelis, Palestinians killed
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jerusalem Post
September 27, 2010 - 12:00am

Since September 29th, 2000, 6,371 Palestinians have been killed and 1,083 Israelis according to a report by B'tselem on the casualties of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict released on Monday.

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AP photographer wounded during West Bank protest
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Statesman
September 25, 2010 - 12:00am

An Associated Press photographer suffered a broken rib on Saturday while being detained by Israeli security forces during a protest in the West Bank. The photographer, Nasser Shiyoukhi, was injured in Beit Omar, a Palestinian village where residents, joined by foreign activists, hold a weekly protest against a nearby Jewish settlement. During Saturday's protest, Israeli security forces physically scuffled with activists who pushed them and yelled at them. The forces frequently fired tear gas to disperse the crowd.

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Israeli navy kills Gaza fisherman - Palestinians
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Reuters
by Dan Williams - September 24, 2010 - 12:00am

The Israeli navy fired on a Palestinian boat off the northern Gaza Strip on Friday, killing a fisherman, the territory's Hamas administration said. An Israeli military spokeswoman confirmed that naval vessels shot at a fishing boat after it approached the limits of waters where Israel, which keeps Gaza under blockade, permits Palestinian maritime traffic. "We fired warning shots to turn them back, and when they did not respond, we fired at the boat," the spokeswoman said. "We are checking the claim that there was a casualty."

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Fatah trying to calm tensions in east Jerusalem
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ynetnews
by Ali Waked - (Analysis) September 23, 2010 - 12:00am

Police forces remain on high alert in Jerusalem in view of the riots following the death of Silwan resident Samar Sarchan, as Fatah is trying to curb any further escalation in the situation. Radical elements in the east Jerusalem village threatened to renew the riots, but sources in Fatah said that the group has issued an order to its members in Jerusalem to ensure the riots do not spread further.

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Hope for peace talks remain despite tensions in east Jerusalem
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Independent
by Catrina Stewart - September 23, 2010 - 12:00am

The Palestinian leader, Mahmoud Abbas, has said he may remain in peace talks even if the Israelis resume construction in Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank after a 10-month building moratorium expires. His comments signal a dramatic about-turn days before the end of the moratorium, and could head off an early challenge to the newly revived peace negotiations.

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