Jordan denies reports over importing gas from Israel
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Xinhua
February 18, 2013 - 1:00am

Jordanian Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources dismissed on Sunday reports alleging that it imports natural gas from Israel, the state-run Petra news agency reported. "There are no secret talks between Jordan and Israel to import natural gas," said the ministry in a statement. The ministry added that the Arab Potash Company in Jordan is in talks with its Israeli counterpart to discuss the possibility to import natural gas from Israel as a cheaper alternative for fuel.

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Uproar Over Netanyahu’s Ice Cream Is Welcome in One Parlor
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times
by Isabel Kershner - February 18, 2013 - 1:00am

Israel over the weekend: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stands accused of dipping into state coffers for an ice cream budget of $2,700 a year.

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Israel: Obama to Receive Award
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times
by Jodi Rudoren - February 18, 2013 - 1:00am

President Shimon Peres plans to give President Obama a special award at a state dinner next month when Mr.

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Netanyahu seeks broad coalition to push forward Israeli-Palestinian peace talks
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
by Barak Ravid - February 18, 2013 - 1:00am

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wants to establish as broad a coalition as possible to promote an agreement with the Palestinians, he told a meeting of Likud ministers Sunday morning.

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Pro-Israel group's primer on West Bank settlements shows just how disastrous they are
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
by Eric H. Yoffie - (Opinion) February 18, 2013 - 1:00am

Finally, a serious effort has been made to offer college students a compelling explanation of Israel’s settlement policy. To be sure, it did not succeed, but it was an effort worth making, if only to demonstrate just how vulnerable Israel is on the settlement issue.    

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Free Marwan Barghouti
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ynetnews
by Amnon Shamosh - (Opinion) February 18, 2013 - 1:00am

According to my understanding of the changing Middle East, the only person who can be elected enthusiastically by both segments of the Palestinian nation and be a real partner for peace is Marwan Barghhouti.

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Censorship in Israel’s media is widespread
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Gulf News
by Aluf Benn - (Opinion) February 18, 2013 - 1:00am

Israel’s media operate under official censorship. That has been a fact of my professional life as a journalist covering foreign policy and national security. Here’s how it works: any story involving defence, intelligence or nuclear matters must be submitted to the military censor’s office. It can run only after being stamped for approval.

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Israeli public asked to choose logo for Obama visit
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Agence France Presse (AFP)
February 18, 2013 - 1:00am

The Israeli prime minister's office is asking the public to choose an official logo for next month's state visit of the US president by voting for one of three proposed designs on Facebook. Participants have until 1400 GMT on Tuesday to choose their favourite design by clicking "like' on Benjamin Netanyahu's Facebook page, a statement from the prime minister's office said.

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Prisoner in Israeli isolation for 2 years 'forgets speech'
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'an News Agency
February 17, 2013 - 1:00am

A Palestinian man held in solitary confinement by Israel for two years is losing his ability to recall language and has speech impairments, a lawyer who visited him in jail said Sunday. The lawyer for the Palestinian prisoners society said Dirar Abu Sisi, an engineer from Gaza, is suffering from a number of health problems in his isolation cell. Abu Sisi disappeared in February 2011 while traveling on a train in Ukraine and Israel later announced that it was holding him in a southern Israeli jail.

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Rivals' pact in Israel blocks Netanyahu from forming coalition
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Los Angeles Times
by Edmund Sanders - February 17, 2013 - 1:00am

A new odd couple in Israeli politics has become the biggest obstacle to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's effort to form the next government.

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