Finish Rabin’s Work
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times
by Bill Clinton - (Opinion) November 3, 2010 - 12:00am

TODAY marks 15 years since an assassin’s bullet killed my friend, Yitzhak Rabin, the Israeli prime minister. Since his death, not a week has gone by that I have not missed him. I loved him and his wife, Leah, very much. On the occasion of the anniversary of his death, his yahrzeit, the world would do well to remember the lessons of his life: his vision for freedom, tolerance, cooperation, security and peace is as vital now as it was 15 years ago, when he happily spoke and sang for peace at a huge rally in Tel Aviv just before he was killed.

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Israel takes aim at Palestinian 'incitement'
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Statesman
by Ian Deitch - November 3, 2010 - 12:00am

Israel announced Wednesday it will officially monitor "incitement" by the Palestinians, taking aim at what it says are widespread provocations against the Jewish state that undermine efforts to reach Mideast peace. The announcement further strained an atmosphere that has grown increasingly tense in recent weeks following the breakdown of U.S.-sponsored Mideast peace talks. Palestinians accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of trying to divert attention away from the impasse in the negotiations and its own failures to live up to obligations, such as a settlement freeze.

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MI chief: Next conflict will be bigger, broader, deadlier
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jerusalem Post
by Rebecca Anna Stoil - (Opinion) November 3, 2010 - 12:00am

Outgoing head of Military Intelligence Maj.-Gen. Amos Yadlin may have initially waxed sentimental on Tuesday during his final appearance before the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, but the MI head later gave a stark warning regarding Iran’s nuclear program, and painted a grim portrait of what Israel’s next war could look like.

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Israeli tour guides back in Palestinian areas after 10 years
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Xinhua
November 3, 2010 - 12:00am

The Israeli Tourism Ministry is touting a recent decision to allow 50 Israeli tour guides and drivers to work in Bethlehem and Jericho, after a decade-long absence. Officials deemed the move, which was jointly taken with the Civil Authority coordinating civilian affairs between Israel and the Palestinian National Authority (PNA), a success and plan to increase the numbers of permits.

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Bleak future for the Mideast
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jordan Times
by Hassan Barari - November 2, 2010 - 12:00am

Few could forget the fourth of November 1995 when Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin delivered his last speech. Some 400,000 - of the once vibrant peace camp - had gathered to express their support for his policies of peace with the Palestinians. Few moments after, a zealot student from Bar Ilan University shot him dead.

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State-sanctioned torture in Israeli detention
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'an News Agency
November 2, 2010 - 12:00am

RAMALLAH (Ma’an) -- PA Minister of Prisoners' Affairs Issa Qaraqe released new information Monday revealing cases of child torture under Israeli interrogation. The announcement came one day ahead of the release of an Israeli rights group document charging Israel with "state sanctioned ill-treatment of interrogees" in at least one detention facility in Petah Tikva, in central Israel.

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Obama's message to Israel: Freeze settlements or get rid of Dimona
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
by Amir Oren - (Opinion) November 2, 2010 - 12:00am

Maj. Gen. Benny Gantz will retire from his post as deputy chief of staff at the end of the month and begin his demobilization leave. It is hard to believe he will be offered another senior defense post. In the view of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak, his strategic approach is too moderate, just like that of his boss, Lt. Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi. The chief of staff and his deputy failed to volunteer grave security assessments and enthusiastic recommendations for operations to their political superiors.

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Jewish-Arab relations in Israel hit boiling point
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Statesman
by Diaa Hadid - November 2, 2010 - 12:00am

Relations between Israel's Jewish majority and its Arab minority have never been warm, but they appear to have hit a new low that has activists on both sides worried the troubled relationship is beyond repair. In the past month alone, Israeli lawmakers have introduced a series of bills that aim to marginalize Arabs. Rabbis in a northern town have urged followers not to rent homes to Arabs. Extremist Jews marched through this town and set off a violent riot. And a prominent Arab activist has admitted in a plea bargain to spying for the Lebanese guerrilla group Hezbollah.

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Likud Wing Plays Tea Party Over Israeli Talks
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times
by Isabel Kershner - November 1, 2010 - 12:00am

TEL AVIV — There were plenty of tea bags around: Wissotzky, the Israeli brand. But the inaugural event of the Israeli version of the Tea Party, organized by the right flank of Benjamin Netanyahu’s conservative Likud Party in this Mediterranean city on Sunday night, felt less like the start of a popular rebellion and more like a tepid political stunt.

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Meridor cancels UK visit for fear of arrest
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ynetnews
by Attila Somfalvi - November 1, 2010 - 12:00am

Deputy Prime Minister Dan Meridor has canceled a scheduled trip to the UK for fear he would be arrested upon his arrival, Ynet reported Monday evening. Meridor, who was due to speak at a fund-raising dinner organized by the Britain Israel Communications & Research Centre instead of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, called off the trip after officials in the justice and foreign ministries warned that he may be arrested because the UK has yet to pass legislation preventing the arrest of senior Israeli officials over lawsuits filed by local political elements.

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