US 'would repeat Bin Laden raid'
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from BBC World News
(Interview) May 21, 2011 - 12:00am

Here is the full transcript of the BBC's interview with President Barack Obama. Andrew Marr: could I start by going back to that extraordinary moment a fortnight ago when you know that you had got Bin Laden. This was not simply presumably another difficult decision. As an American, never mind as president, there was something personal about it.

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The U.S. Policy Shift on 1967 Borders Explained
Media Mention of ATFP In ABC News - May 20, 2011 - 12:00am

In what was billed as a major address on recent developments in the Middle East, President Obama today backed pre-1967 borders as the basis for negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians on the contours of an eventual peace deal. How does this shift U.S. policy?

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Obama Draws the Line
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times
by Roger Cohen - (Opinion) May 20, 2011 - 12:00am

On the eve of an election year, with Jewish donors and fund-raisers already restive over his approach to Israel, President Obama made a brave speech telling Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that “the dream of a Jewish and democratic state cannot be fulfilled with permanent occupation” and urging him to accept Israeli borders at or close to the 1967 lines.

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The U.S. Policy Shift on 1967 Borders Explained
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from ABC News
by Terry Moran, Kirit Radia - (Blog) May 19, 2011 - 12:00am

In what was billed as a major address on recent developments in the Middle East, President Obama today backed pre-1967 borders as the basis for negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians on the contours of an eventual peace deal. How does this shift U.S. policy?

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Obama and 'the Jewish lobby of one'
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Los Angeles Times
by Aaron David Miller - (Opinion) April 29, 2011 - 12:00am

Among the most durable pieces of conventional wisdom circulating in Washington these days is that President Obama would never risk a confrontation with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (when he comes to town in May) out of fear of angering Israel's supporters in America a year before the U.S. presidential election. The notion that domestic politics and the pro-Israel community hold the president's Middle East policy hostage seems to bind Washington like a hard-and-fast political law of gravity. The only problem is it's dead wrong and dangerous.

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Invitation to Israeli Leader Puts Obama on the Spot
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times
by Helene Cooper - April 20, 2011 - 12:00am

A Republican invitation for Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, to address Congress next month is highlighting the tensions between President Obama and Mr. Netanyahu and has kicked off a bizarre diplomatic race over who will be the first to lay out a new proposal to reopen the stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.

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House Newcomer Defies GOP Leaders on Israel, From the Right Read more
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from
by Nathan Guttman, Josh Nathan-Kazis - April 18, 2011 - 12:00am

For those who know him, it was no surprise when freshman Rep. Michael Grimm broke ranks with his party and became the first House Republican to call for the release of Jonathan Pollard. The freshman member from New York has made Israel a key element of his political work. And while the Republican House leadership has thus far refrained from speaking out in favor of a commutation of Pollard’s life sentence for spying for Israel, Grimm pays small heed to political consensus.

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US Senate asks UN to rescind Gaza War report
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Agence France Presse (AFP)
April 15, 2011 - 12:00am

The US Senate asked the United Nations to rescind a report on the Gaza War after its lead author expressed doubt over his conclusion that Israel targeted civilians during the 2008-2009 offensive. The Senate resolution calls on UN Human Rights Council members "to reflect the author's repudiation of the Goldstone report's central findings, rescind the report and reconsider further Council actions with respect to the report's findings." The text was adopted by unanimous consent.

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Calif. law school draws fire for disavowing Palestinian rights conference
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA)
April 14, 2011 - 12:00am

A San Francisco Bay Area law school is under fire for withdrawing its support of a Palestinian rights conference on its campus. On Tuesday, officials at the University of California at Hastings College of the Law revealed that they had made a last-minute decision to remove the school's name from “Litigating Palestine,” a conference devoted to using the courts to promote Palestinian rights. At a March 24 meeting, the school’s board of directors also canceled a welcoming speech by the university dean scheduled for the next morning, when the two-day conference opened.

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Poll: 51% in US oppose unilateral creation of Palestinian state
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ynetnews
by Yitzhak Benhorin - April 12, 2011 - 12:00am

A new survey released Monday by the Israel Project, revealed support for Israel among the American public is strong. The national survey, which included 800 registered voters from both major parties, and stated a margin of error of 3.46%. According to the data, 51% of US voters oppose the unilateral declaration of a Palestinian state without a signed peace treaty with Israel; and 54% believe that without a peace agreement, the United States should not recognize a Palestinian state.

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