Barak: Lieberman's comments on Abbas harm Israel's interests
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
September 30, 2012 - 12:00am

Defense Minister Ehud Barak harshly criticized Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman over the weekend, for naming Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas as “the biggest obstacle to peace.”

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Politicians deride PM's UN speech
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ynetnews
by Moran Azulay - September 28, 2012 - 12:00am

  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's UN General Assembly address, during which he busted out a red marker and an illustration of a bomb to demonstrate Iran's worrisome nuclear progress, drew varied responses from his fellow politicians.

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Israelis see no Iran war this year after Netanyahu's speech
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Reuters
by Dan Williams - September 28, 2012 - 12:00am

JERUSALEM, Sept 28 (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's U.N. speech about Iranian nuclear advances has dampened speculation in Israel that he could order a war this year. Analysing Thursday's address in which Netanyahu literally drew a "red line" on a cartoon bomb to show how close Iran was to building nuclear weaponry, commentators saw his deadline for any military action falling in early or mid-2013, well after U.S. elections in November and a possible snap Israeli poll.

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Iran claims right to retaliate, after Israel UN speech
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from BBC News
by Jonathan Marcus - September 28, 2012 - 12:00am

Mr Netanyahu showed a drawing illustrating Iran's alleged progress towards nuclear weapons Iran has warned it is ready to retaliate against attack after Israel's prime minister urged a red line to be drawn to stop its nuclear programme. Benjamin Netanyahu told the UN time was running out to stop Iran having enough enriched uranium for a nuclear bomb. In response, Iran's deputy UN ambassador said his country was strong enough to defend itself.

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Netanyahu and Abbas offer little hope for future peace
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The National
by Hugh Naylor - (Opinion) September 28, 2012 - 12:00am

JERUSALEM // The Palestinians and Israelis diverge on almost every issue but what they do have in common is that they have done little to satisfy the administration of Barack Obama. In his address at the United Nations yesterday, Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian Authority president, called for world recognition of a Palestinian state while Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, demanded firmer international pressure on Iran.

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Activists: Now, yes now, is the time for US to push for MidEast peace
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Christian Science Monitor
by Ariel Zirulnick - September 28, 2012 - 12:00am

Cambridge, Mass. A major Israeli-Palestinian activist group is bucking conventional wisdom by arguing that now is the right time to engage Americans in the moribund Middle East peace process. The presidential campaign season is traditionally a terrible time to make any progress on foreign policy, especially during elections focused on pocketbook issues.

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Half of Israelis 'fear for the state's existence' if war breaks out with Iran
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
by Yossi Verter - September 27, 2012 - 12:00am

The Jewish New Year that began last week doesn't seem to hold much optimism for Israeli citizens: A majority rates the chance of a war breaking out with Iran in the coming year as "high" or "medium," according to a new Haaretz-Dialog survey. And half of Israelis say they either "fear" or "greatly fear" for the state's continued existence if such a war breaks out.

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Inside Out: Barak’s unilateral proposition
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jerusalem Post
by Jonathan Rosen - (Opinion) September 27, 2012 - 12:00am

Defense Minister Ehud Barak gave a lengthy interview to Israel HaYom on Tuesday in which he called on the government and the public to consider a partial unilateral withdrawal from large swathes of the West Bank, in the absence of a peace agreement with the Palestinians. Such a withdrawal would involve abandoning Israeli control over dozens of settlements and the creation of a Palestinian state in the vacated areas.

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Jordan condemns radical Israelis for breaking into Aqsa Mosque's yards
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Xinhua
September 26, 2012 - 12:00am

AMMAN, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- Jordan on Tuesday condemned radical Israeli settlers and rabbis as they broke into the yards of Al Aqsa Mosque, the state-run Petra news agency reported.

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Time bomb under Israel's nose
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ynetnews
by Yaron Friedman - (Opinion) September 26, 2012 - 12:00am



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