Netanyahu: Those that refuse to set red lines for Iran can't give Israel red light
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
by Barak Ravid - September 11, 2012 - 12:00am

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday launched an unprecedented verbal attack on the U.S. government over its stance on the Iranian nuclear program. "The world tells Israel 'wait, there's still time'. And I say, 'Wait for what? Wait until when?' Those in the international community who refuse to put red lines before Iran don't have a moral right to place a red light before Israel," Netanyahu told reporters on Tuesday.

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In bid to counter Palestinian efforts, Israeli diplomats told to raise issue of Jewish refugees
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
by Judy Maltz - September 11, 2012 - 12:00am

Israeli diplomats and representatives abroad have been instructed to raise the issue of Jewish refugees from Arab countries at every relevant forum. This is part of a new international campaign to create parity between the plight of Jewish and Palestinian refugees, Deputy Foreign Minister Daniel Ayalon announced on Monday

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Crafting Peace
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Media Line
by Linda Gradstein - September 11, 2012 - 12:00am

  As the sun set over Jerusalem, about one hundred women milled around tables covered with hand-made crafts. There were delicate earrings, hand-embroidered shawls, olive wood jewelry boxes and brightly colored ceramic bowls. There was chatter in Hebrew and Arabic and a lot of laughter.  

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Protests continue in West Bank as Israel unlikely to amend economic deal
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Xinhua
September 10, 2012 - 12:00am

RAMALLAH, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- An Israeli official on Monday ruled out that Israel would accept the Palestinians' request to modify Paris protocol that regulates economic relations between the two sides, as public sectors went on strike in the West Bank to protest the rising cost of living.

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Israeli official: US resisting on Iran ultimatum
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Associated Press
by Ian Deitch - September 10, 2012 - 12:00am

JERUSALEM — An Israeli official said Monday that Washington's refusal to issue an ultimatum to Iran over its nuclear program brings Tehran closer to producing an atomic bomb. Israel has been pushing for the international community to give Iran "clear red lines" with regard to the disputed program, which Tehran insists is for peaceful purposes only. An Israeli official reiterated his country's position on Monday night, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue.

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New Israel Police unit to battle anti-Palestinian vandals
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Xinhua
September 10, 2012 - 12:00am

  JERUSALEM, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- The Israeli police will soon inaugurate a new unit aiming to target the so-called "price tag" vandalism attacks against Palestinian and military property. "We must show zero tolerance to terrorism, to attacks on religious institutions and other price attacks," Aharonovich said at a toast to the Rosh Hashanah Jewish New Year holiday next week.

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Israel's West Bank university upgrade escalates row
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Guardian
by Harriet Sherwood - September 9, 2012 - 12:00am

The Israeli cabinet has voted to upgrade an educational institution in the West Bank settlement of Ariel to a fully-fledged university in a controversial step likely to fuel the international boycott movement.

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Most Jews see rosy future, Israeli Arabs cite prejudice: poll
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Xinhua
September 7, 2012 - 12:00am

A new poll released Thursday found most Israelis optimistic about the future, however, the Israeli Arabs -- some 20 percent of the state's 7.8 million residents -- feel less proud of their societal status than in 2011, and cite discrimination, The Jerusalem Post reported. The annual Israeli Democracy Index poll, conducted by Prof. Tamar Hermann of the Israel Democratic Institute, sketches a portrait of public opinion on core issues connected to the country 's democratic values.

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Bedouin kids' school of hard knocks
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
by Khaled Diab - (Opinion) September 6, 2012 - 12:00am

In the twilight of the early morning, as the rising sun turns a nearby mountain a striking pinkish-red, Nujood emerges from the family shack ready for her first day back to school after the long summer holiday. The teenager is a member of the Jahalin Bedouin tribe which has been based in the West Bank since they were forcibly evicted from the Negev shortly after Israel’s creation in 1948.

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The Triumph and Tragedy of Greater Israel
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The National Interest
by Henry Siegman - (Opinion) September 6, 2012 - 12:00am

The Middle East peace process is dead. More precisely, the two-state solution is dead; the peace process may well go on indefinitely if this Israeli government has its way.

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