Rice Says “god Willing” There Is Hope For Israeli- Palestinian Peace, Criticizes Israelis
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Associated Press
by Matthew Lee - August 27, 2008 - 12:00am

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Tuesday there is hope for a Mideast peace deal but she offered no reason for optimism beyond the fact that the two sides are speaking.

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Rice: 'a Lot Of Work Ahead' To Reach Mideast Peace Deal
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Agence France Presse (AFP)
August 26, 2008 - 12:00am

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice admitted on Monday that the Israelis and Palestinians have a lot of work to do if they are to strike a peace deal by the end of the year. At the start of her 18th visit to Israel and the Palestine in the past two years, Rice welcomed Israel's release of 198 Palestinian prisoners but urged both sides to make much more progress. "We continue to have the same goal, which is to reach agreement by the end of the year," Rice told reporters traveling with her on the plane from Washington to Tel Aviv.

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Israel Group Reports Sharp Increases In Settlement Activity
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times
by Ethan Bronner - August 26, 2008 - 12:00am

Peace Now, the Israeli advocacy group, said in a report released Tuesday that in the last year Israel has nearly doubled its settlement construction in the occupied West Bank, in violation of its obligations under an American-backed peace plan. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, in Jerusalem on a short visit to help Israeli and Palestinian leaders in their negotiations, said when asked about the report that she has told Israeli officials that such building does not advance the cause of peace.

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Israel Group Reports Sharp Increases In Settlement Activity
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times
by Ethan Bronner - August 26, 2008 - 12:00am

Peace Now, the Israeli advocacy group, said in a report released Tuesday that in the last year Israel has nearly doubled its settlement construction in the occupied West Bank, in violation of its obligations under an American-backed peace plan. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, in Jerusalem on a short visit to help Israeli and Palestinian leaders in their negotiations, said when asked about the report that she has told Israeli officials that such building does not advance the cause of peace.

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Rice clings to Mideast peace hopes in visit
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Associated Press
by Matthew Lee - August 25, 2008 - 8:00pm

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Tuesday there is hope for a Mideast peace deal but she offered no reason for optimism beyond the fact that the two sides are speaking.

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Israel Group Reports Sharp Increases in Settlement Activity
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times
by Ethan Bronner - August 25, 2008 - 8:00pm

Peace Now, the Israeli advocacy group, said in a report released Tuesday that in the last year Israel had nearly doubled its settlement construction in the occupied West Bank, in violation of its obligations under an American-backed peace plan. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, in Jerusalem on a short visit to help Israeli and Palestinian leaders in their negotiations, said when asked about the report that she had told Israeli officials that such building did not advance the cause of peace.

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Israeli Settlers Look for Compensation to Leave
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Der Spiegel
by Christoph Schult - August 24, 2008 - 8:00pm

When Benny Raz comes home in the evening and gets out of his car, his neighbors turn their backs on him and disappear into their houses. Ras is wearing a short black jacket and jeans. His head looks like a coarsely modeled sculpture, with his protruding cheekbones and eyes set deeply in their sockets. He is 55, and he says: "I have lost all of my friends here."

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In The Business Of Peace - U.s. Billionaire Pursues His Dream Of Mideast Peace
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
by Akiva Eldar - August 22, 2008 - 12:00am

Between meeting in the Knesset with Deputy Prime Minister Haim Ramon and visiting his friend, President Shimon Peres, S. Daniel Abraham felt like pouring his heart out. The 84-year-old billionaire, who visited Israel earlier this month, says that for the last seven years, since meeting Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Saud - who has since been crowned king - he has not known peace. Abrams' eyes become dewy as he talks about the meeting in Riyadh.

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Palestinians Relaunch Soccer League In West Bank
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Guardian
August 22, 2008 - 12:00am

Palestinian soccer saw the start of a revival in the West Bank on Thursday with the relaunch of a league suspended after an uprising against Israeli occupation erupted in 2000. Twenty-two teams across the territory will compete in a seven-month-long tournament, but teams from the Hamas-run Gaza Strip will not take part. Israel sharply restricts travel and trade to and from the coastal enclave. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's authority has been restricted to the Israeli-occupied West Bank since Hamas Islamists took over the Gaza Strip by force a year ago.

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Route Of Security Fence Realigned To Leave 1,000 Acres To East
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ynetnews
by Aviad Glickman - August 21, 2008 - 12:00am

The State Prosecution informed the High Court of Justice on Thursday that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Defense Minister Ehud Barak have decided to significantly alter the course of the security fence near the settlement of Maale Adumim, moving it to the west and leaving some 1,000 acres east of the fence. The decision was made following to petitions regarding the route of the fence in the area of Maale Adumim.

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