Encountering Peace: Netanyahu, the peace maker
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jerusalem Post
by Gershon Baskin - (Opinion) February 13, 2013 - 1:00am

 

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Australia to Investigate Suspected Spy’s Death in Israeli Prison
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from
February 13, 2013 - 1:00am

Australia’s foreign minister on Wednesday ordered an investigation into his government’s handling of the 2010 detention and death of an Australian immigrant to Israel who was known as Prisoner X and may have b

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Poll: 71.5% of young Israeli Arabs oppose national service
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
by Jack Khoury - February 12, 2013 - 1:00am

More than 70 percent of Israeli Arabs between 16 and 22 who have heard of the national service project oppose taking part, according to a survey by the Mada al-Carmel Arab Center for Applied Social Research. The poll comes out as efforts increase to get more ultra-Orthodox Israeli Jews to do army service, and more Israeli Arabs to do national service.

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It's How Badly She Said It
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Daily Beast
by Gershom Gorenberg - (Opinion) February 12, 2013 - 1:00am

So what did Judith Butler actually say?

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Netanyahu’s coalition options seen to be closing
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jerusalem Post
by Gil Hoffman - February 12, 2013 - 1:00am

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s efforts to build a broad national unity government suffered multiple setbacks on Monday when his potential coalition partners refused to compromise on key issues.

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PNA: Israel responsible for death of any hunger striker
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Xinhua
February 12, 2013 - 1:00am

The Palestinian National Authority (PNA) on Tuesday shouldered Israel the responsibility for the life of hunger-striking prisoners. "Some of the hunger strikers reached a high level of danger and they could die anytime as their health deteriorating," said Ziad Abu Ein, deputy minister of prisoners' affairs. Six prisoners have gone into a hunger strike for different periods, with two -- Ayman Al-Sharawneh and Samer Issawi having been fasting since July and August, respectively.

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In Israel, hatred begins at home. Every home. So does hope.
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
by Bradley Burston - February 12, 2013 - 1:00am

I was born into an America of segregation and skewed horizons, of ingrained prejudice of word, of heart, of workplace, of residence. Yet it was not until I came to live in Israel that I began to understand racism. I was born into an America where the Ku Klux Klan and the American Nazi Party taught people to hate people like me. But I was taught to be a minority secreted inside a majority, and it was only when I came to live in the Middle East that I began to understand extremism.

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Does the Mossad still use the passports of immigrants to Israel?
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
by Anshel Pfeffer - February 12, 2013 - 1:00am

Despite repeated promises by the Israeli government that the Mossad will cease to use the passports and identities of citizens of foreign countries, it seems that the practice has continued in recent years. Among countries involved have been Australia, Britain, France and Germany.

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Soccer racism raises concern in Israel
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Washington Post
by Joel Greenberg - February 11, 2013 - 1:00am

With 10 minutes left to play, Dzhabrail Kadiev, a Muslim soccer player from Chechnya, took the field for the first time for Beitar Jerusalem, a local team notorious for fan violence and racism. A chorus of catcalls went up from the stands, quickly drowned out by a welcoming ovation. Yet every kick of the ball by the newly signed player was met with jeers and whistles, punctuating Sunday night’s tense game that ended in a 2-2 tie with a squad from the Israeli Arab town of Sakhnin.

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Hard Questions, Tough Answers with
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Americans For Peace Now
by Yossi Alpher - (Opinion) February 11, 2013 - 1:00am

Alpher discusses the interaction of the dynamics of President Obama coming to Israel shortly after PM Netanyahu is expected to present his new coalition, where does Netanyahu's coalition-forming project currently stand, the positions Netanyahu and Obama will present to one another on the key issues at stake, and what should the administration consider proposing when Obama comes to Jerusalem, in order to ensure a degree of harmony and the prospect of progress on the Palestinian issue. 

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