Palestinian statehood doesn’t threaten Israel — but stalled peace process might, internal Foreign Ministry report says
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Times of Israel
by Raphael Ahren - November 5, 2012 - 1:00am

The Palestinian statehood bid at the United Nations does not delegitimize Israel, Jerusalem’s demand for recognition as a Jewish state does nothing for the country’s legitimacy, and the stalled peace process harms Israeli interests. All these assertions, which read like the talking points of a European government or a pro-Palestinian NGO, are found in a report written by a senior official in the Foreign Ministry, of Israel.

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The Palestinian Guy Fawkes
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Atlantic
by Michael Koplow - (Opinion) November 5, 2012 - 1:00am

Today is Guy Fawkes Day, which commemorates the plot by a group of English Catholics to blow up the Houses of Parliament and King James I along with it. The plot was disrupted on November 5, 1605, when Fawkes was discovered with the cache of gunpowder underneath Westminster. Ever since, Fawkes has been associated with the Gunpowder Treason and fated to be burned in effigy by English schoolchildren every November 5.

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Israeli Report Cites a Thwarted 2010 Move on Iran
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times
by Jodi Rudoren - (Analysis) November 4, 2012 - 12:00am



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Barak to Haaretz: Netanyahu government should have done more to advance peace
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
by Barak Ravid - November 4, 2012 - 12:00am

Defense Minister Ehud Barak this weekend criticized the way Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman have handled relations with the Palestinian Authority over the last four years, telling Haaretz in an interview: "The last government should have done much more to advance the peace process vis-a-vis [Palestinian President Mahmoud] Abbas."

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Avigdor Lieberman's New Role Raises Worries
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jewish Daily Forward
by Nathan Guttman - November 4, 2012 - 12:00am

Washington D.C. — Pro-Israel activists who have long depicted Israel’s firebrand foreign minister, Avigdor Lieberman, as a marginal figure are now pondering how to explain his enhanced role to American politicians and others following Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to merge his party with Lieberman’s and effectively make Lieberman his chief deputy.

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Can Bibi Make Nice?
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jewish Daily Forward
by J.J. Goldberg - (Opinion) November 4, 2012 - 12:00am

Regardless of who is sworn in as president next January 20, Israeli-American relations are headed for a period of profound uncertainty. We’ve been so focused on debating whether and how Barack Obama gets along with Israel that we’ve completely overlooked a more important question: Can Benjamin Netanyahu can get along with the United States?

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Israeli PM reacts coolly to Abbas' remarks on borders, violence
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Xinhua
(Analysis) November 3, 2012 - 12:00am

 

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Poll shows Israel opposition party wiped out
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Associated Press
(Analysis) November 2, 2012 - 12:00am

   

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Defense official: Appalling dictatorship in Egypt
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ynetnews
by Boaz Fyler - (Analysis) November 2, 2012 - 12:00am

  "Out of the desire for democracy, an appalling dictatorship has emerged in Egypt," said defense official Amos Gilad said Friday in rare criticism of the new regime in Cairo.

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Christian leaders spar over IDF enlistment
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ynetnews
by Hassan Shaalan - (Analysis) November 2, 2012 - 12:00am

  The issue of the enlistment of Christians in the IDF has sparked unexpected tensions in Israel's Arab Christian community.

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