A big thanks to Lieberman
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
by Avi Issacharoff - (Opinion) November 30, 2012 - 1:00am

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will certainly never admit it, but he owes a huge thank you to the Israeli government, especially Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman. Only a few days ago, it seemed Abbas might disappear from the Palestinian and international consciousness due to Hamas' achievements during Israel's Operation Pillar of Defense.

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Israel's Netanyahu to visit Germany
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Associated Press
November 30, 2012 - 1:00am

BERLIN - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

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Israel won't punish Palestinians for UN statehood bid
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
by Barak Ravid - November 28, 2012 - 1:00am

Avigdor Lieberman was asked on Tuesday during a closed meeting what will happen tomorrow night. The questioner hoped to hear the foreign minster's assessment of the vote due to be held in the UN General Assembly on recognizing Palestine as a non-member observer state, but Lieberman replied with typical cynicism: "It will be a good soccer game."

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Poll shows Israel's Netanyahu romping in election
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Associated Press
November 28, 2012 - 1:00am

JERUSALEM — A new poll shows Israeli prime minister's hardline Likud Party handily winning the Jan. 22 elections despite the entry of a dovish new party into the race.

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Israel’s motto on Palestinian UN bid: Speak loudly, but carry a small stick
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
by Chemi Shalev - (Analysis) November 28, 2012 - 1:00am

With France supporting, Britain leaning, and even bosom buddy Australia abstaining, the Palestinian request to be recognized as a “non-member observer state” at the United Nations appears to be a done deal and is set to be approved by an overwhelming majority.

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Former Israeli PM Olmert Supports Palestine U.N. Bid
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Daily Beast
by Bernard Avishai - November 28, 2012 - 1:00am

Tomorrow, Mahmoud Abbas stands before the U.N. General Assembly and presents a resolution to upgrade Palestine’s membership to the status of an “observer-state.” The Obama administration has signaled that it will oppose this resolution, as it vetoed a Security Council condemnation of settlements last year—putatively to emphasize the need for direct negotiations between the parties.

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Raising Israel's Altalena ship 'a lesson for the future'
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from BBC World News
by Matthew Bell - November 27, 2012 - 1:00am

A project to raise a sunken ship in Israel, the Altalena, is stirring up painful memories of a violent confrontation between the army of the newborn state and the Irgun Jewish paramilitary group, reports PRI The World's Matthew Bell.

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Israel Missed Its Chance—Again
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Daily Beast
by Carlo Strenger - (Opinion) November 27, 2012 - 1:00am

Abbas’s bid for UN recognition of Palestine as a non-member state seems set to succeed. Israel has missed another golden opportunity to capitalize on this move to undermine Islamist extremism and assure Israel’s future as the democratic homeland of the Jews.

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Likud: The Party of Annexation
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Daily Beast
by Elisheva Goldberg - (Opinion) November 27, 2012 - 1:00am

Leaders of the organized American Jewish community often claim that across the political spectrum, Israelis have embraced the two-state solution. But as the gates of the Likud primary polls swung shut late last night, the doors to a one-state solution swung open. 

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Israeli Defense Minister to Quit Politics
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times
by Jodi Rudoren - November 26, 2012 - 1:00am

JERUSALEM – The Israeli defense minister, Ehud Barak, announced Monday that he would soon “leave political life,” after a half-century career in the military and government that included two years as prime minister.

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