Diplomacy with Palestinians Key to Ending Israel’s Isolation
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Calcalist
by Eitan Schwartz - (Opinion) November 9, 2012 - 1:00am

Our refusal to have any kind of a diplomatic dialogue is a weight that will drag us underwater, both politically and economically-socially. Seeing worsening international isolation, Israel’s prestige among Diaspora Jews is also declining.  For the last two years, countries across the globe have been grappling with an ongoing economic and social crisis. The importance of having a social alternative that prioritizes the welfare of the citizen is unquestionable. But make no mistake: Social platforms go inextricably hand in hand with a diplomatic horizon. 

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Gaza: Boy Killed as Militants Clash With Israeli Force
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times
by Fares Akram - (Analysis) November 8, 2012 - 1:00am

A Palestinian boy was kille

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A Teenage Druze Challenges his Compulsory Army Service
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Media Line
(Analysis) November 7, 2012 - 1:00am

Serving in a country’s army can be a source of pride for many, but for one young man from Galilee compulsory army service represents anything but honor. In August, 17-year-old Druze musician Omar Saad returned from a concert tour in Italy only to find a summons to attend Israeli army pre-enlistment phy

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A Teenage Druze Challenges his Compulsory Army Service
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Media Line
by Diana Atallah - (Analysis) November 7, 2012 - 1:00am

Serving in a country’s army can be a source of pride for many, but for one young man from Galilee compulsory army service represents anything but honor. In August, 17-year-old Druze musician Omar Saad returned from a concert tour in Italy only to find a summons to attend Israeli army pre-enlistment phy

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Netanyahu Sought to Provoke, Not Attack, Iran in 2010
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Al-Monitor
by Yossi Melman - (Opinion) November 7, 2012 - 1:00am

TEL AVIV — Sometime in 2010, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak met with their top five cabinet ministers for a routine yet secret meeting to discuss pressing security and foreign-policy issues. The group, which has no legal status and does not have the authority to make decisions,? is known as the "Secret Seven,” inspired by the “Secret Seven" series of adventure novels for children by the British author Enid Blyton.

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Israel preparing to ‘ensure collapse’ of Palestinian U.N. bid
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Agence France Presse (AFP)
November 6, 2012 - 1:00am

Israel is preparing to counter a Palestinian bid for enhanced United Nations status later this month, a foreign ministry spokesman told AFP on Tuesday. The comments came as Israel’s private Channel 10 reported that Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman last month pledged to ensure the “collapse” of the Palestinian Authority if the bid for non-member status at the General Assembly goes forward.

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Senior Israeli ministers to discuss 'retaliatory actions' against Palestinians over UN bid
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
by Barak Ravid - November 6, 2012 - 1:00am

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's forum of nine senior ministers will meet on Tuesday to discuss the Palestinian Authority's decision to request an upgrade of its status at the United Nations. During the meeting, the country's most senior ministers will consider a range of retaliatory actions against the Palestinian leadership, an official in Jerusalem said. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is expected to request the United Nations General Assembly to upgrade Palestine's status to "non-member observer state" during November.

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An open letter to Netanyahu: It's time to speak to Abbas
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
by David Grossman - (Opinion) November 6, 2012 - 1:00am

What are you waiting for, Benjamin Netanyahu? Mahmoud Abbas, the head of the Palestinian Authority, said in an interview on Israeli television that he is willing to return to Safed, his hometown, as a tourist. Implicit in his words is the most explicit renunciation of the "right of return" that an Arab leader is capable of uttering at this time, before the start of negotiations. So, why are you waiting?

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'Kahane For Kids'
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Daily Beast
by Elisheva Goldberg - (Opinion) November 6, 2012 - 1:00am

Last week, some four hundred followers—around 300 men, 100 women—marked Rabbi Meir Kahane's death in a dilapidated wedding hall in a poor religious neighborhood in Jerusalem. The lighting was poor, the food was cheap, but the guests were hardcore. Bentzi Gupstein, a graduate of the Kach movement and Kiryat Arba settler, announced that they picked the place it was where Kahane always held his public events. It is, he claimed, the only place in Jerusalem “where they never let Arabs in.”

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Netanyahu Says He’d Go It Alone on Striking Iran
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times
by Jodi Rudoren - November 5, 2012 - 1:00am

JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday reiterated his willingness to attack the Iranian nuclear program without support from Washington or the world, returning to an aggressive posture that he had largely abandoned since his United Nations speech in September.

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