The Israel-Palestine Conflict Won't Go Away
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times
by Yossi Alpher - (Opinion) November 16, 2012 - 1:00am

Tel Aviv THE Israel-Hamas clash in and around the Gaza Strip offers an important reminder to the second Obama administration: You can ignore the Israeli-Palestinian conflict for only so long.

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Middle East peace takes a beating
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Los Angeles Times
(Editorial) November 16, 2012 - 1:00am

After months of relative quiet — broken, in this country, only by the pandering of the presidential candidates — the century-old Palestinian-Israeli conflict has burst back into the news.

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Morsi's Gaza Challenge
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Daily Beast
by Hussein Ibish - (Opinion) November 15, 2012 - 1:00am

Reports that open areas near Tel Aviv or waters off its coast were struck by rockets fired from the Gaza Strip have transformed the politics and psychology of the conflict, making a major Israeli ground offensive in the Gaza Strip much more likely.

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With Gaza Attacks, Egypt’s President Balances Hamas Against Israeli Peace
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times
by Mayy El Sheikh, David Kirkpatrick - November 15, 2012 - 1:00am

CAIRO — The escalating conflict in Gaza has confronted President Mohamed Morsi of Egypt with a wrenching test of his commitments — to his fellow Islamists of the militant group Hamas and to Egypt’s landmark peace agreement with Israel.

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Obama presses Egypt to help rein in Hamas as Gaza conflict escalates
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Guardian
by Chris McGreal, Harriet Sherwood - November 15, 2012 - 1:00am

Barack Obama is pressing the Egyptian leadership to help de-escalate the bloody conflict in Gaza amid concern that a further ratcheting up of violence, such as a major Israeli ground assault, could damage the peace accords between Cairo and Jerusalem.

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Egypt asks US to end Israel’s operation in Gaza
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Times of Israel
November 15, 2012 - 1:00am

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt asked the United States to push Israel to stop its offensive against Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip, warning that the violence could “escalate out of control,” the Foreign Ministry said Thursday.

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Muslim Brotherhood mobilizes protests against Israel in Cairo
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from USA Today
November 15, 2012 - 1:00am

10:36AM EST November 16. 2012 - CAIRO – Thousands of Egyptians took to the streets Friday protesting Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip, waving Palestinian flags across the Egyptian capital and demanding the Egyptian government cut ties with Israel. "We're here today to say to Israel: Go to Hell," said Mustafa Kamel from a Cairo neighborhood called Imbaba at a demonstration outside Al-Azhar Mosque that was planned by the Muslim Brotherhood. "Muslims are strong. In Egypt, we refuse Israel and the politics of America."

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Israel minister: Iran slowed down enrichment push
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Associated Press
by Tia Goldenberg - (Analysis) November 9, 2012 - 1:00am

  Israel's defense minister has said that Iran has slowed the timetable for enriching enough uranium to build nuclear weapons, implying that Israel would have more time to decide whether to strike Iran's enrichment facilities.

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Israel warns Assad over stray Syrian fire on Golan
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Reuters
by Dan Williams - (Analysis) November 9, 2012 - 1:00am

   Israel warned Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Friday to prevent his anti-insurgency sweeps from spilling over into the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, saying it was prepared to defend itself.

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Sudan's Bashir vows "painful response" to alleged Israel bombing
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Reuters
by Alexander Dziadosz - (Analysis) November 9, 2012 - 1:00am

  President Omar Hassan al-Bashir promised on Thursday that Sudan would respond robustly to what he believes was an Israeli bombing of a Khartoum arms factory.

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