Ethics matter, the world tells Israel
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Daily Star
by Rami Khouri - (Opinion) August 22, 2012 - 12:00am

We may be quietly witnessing these days an important change in Middle Eastern history. The calm, rational human emphasis on ethical behavior and the quest for peace and justice could be triumphing over the attempt to spread victimization and hysteria and to overlook violent and criminal behavior.

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A good Jew hates Arabs
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
by Zvi Barel - (Opinion) August 21, 2012 - 12:00am

The young criminals who mercilessly beat Jamal Julani and his cousins simply because they're Arabs don't live in settlements, haven't occupied any cities and haven't taken control of any terraced hills in the territories. Perhaps they participated in one of those tours the Education Ministry has been sponsoring in Hebron to deepen kids' familiarity with their Jewish heritage and heard something there about an occupation.

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Mofaz demands clarifications from Netanyahu over his 'intention to lead Israel to war with Iran'
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
by Barak Ravid - August 20, 2012 - 12:00am

Israel's opposition head Shaul Mofaz sent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a letter on Monday demanding an urgent meeting on the Iranian issue. "I ask that this meeting be convened without delay, and address your intention to lead Israel to war," Mofaz wrote. According to law, the prime minister must brief the opposition head on a monthly basis.

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Israel Police: Hundreds watched attempt to lynch Palestinians in Jerusalem, did not interfere
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
by Oz Rosenberg - August 20, 2012 - 12:00am

After initially treating the event as a brawl, police on Sunday for the first time referred to the attack on Palestinian youths by dozens of Jewish teens in Jerusalem early last Friday as a "lynching." A police representative told the Magistrate's Court that hundreds of people watched the event without helping the victims. Witnesses say the attack lasted a short while before police arrived and the attackers fled.

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Israeli police arrest suspects in Jerusalem attack
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'an News Agency
August 20, 2012 - 12:00am

Israeli police have arrested a total of five suspects in connection with an attack in Jerusalem early Friday that left a Palestinian citizen of Israel seriously injured, an Israeli police spokesman said Sunday. Spokesman Micky Rosenfeld told Ma'an that a special investigation team is looking into the incident and trying to work out the exact nature of the attack. Five suspects, including one female, aged between 13-19 have been arrested in connection with the assault, which took place in the early hours of Friday in West Jerusalem's Zion Square.

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University heads ask court to overturn Ariel status
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jerusalem Post
August 20, 2012 - 12:00am

The heads of Israel's universities on Monday petitioned the High Court of Justice to overturn a decision granting Ariel University Center (AUC) official university status. The petition was filed against a number of organizations, including The Council for Higher Education in Judea and Samaria, the IDF OC Central Command, the Israeli government, Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz and Defense Minister Ehud Barak.

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Israel Attack on Iran Runs Risk of Massive Missile Retaliation
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Al-Monitor
by Barbara Slavin - (Opinion) August 19, 2012 - 12:00am

If Israel attacks Iran, the Israeli heartland could face retaliation from more than 10,000 missiles based in Iran, Syria, Lebanon and the Gaza Strip, according to Uzi Rubin, the founder and first director of Israel’s Missile Defense Organization.

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Reality Check: Peres and the voice of reason
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jerusalem Post
by Jeff Barak - (Opinion) August 19, 2012 - 12:00am

It’s a sad state of affairs when it takes an 89-year-old to provide the clearest perspective on Israel’s present-day reality. Admittedly, President Shimon Peres is no ordinary almost-nonagenarian, but he is to be applauded for both his courage in publicly demolishing the prime minister and defense minister’s arguments in favor of an Israeli strike on Iran and for his cogent analysis of the limits of Israel’s strength.

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Intolerable behavior
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jerusalem Post
(Editorial) August 19, 2012 - 12:00am

Israeli Jews were reportedly responsible for two attacks perpetrated against Palestinians in recent days. Last Thursday, a Molotov cocktail was thrown at a taxi carrying six Palestinians outside the West Bank settlement of Bat Ayin. The ensuing explosion caused the taxi to flip over and resulted in the injury of several of the passengers. The assailants were aware that the victims were Palestinians since the attack took place during the day and the vehicle was yellow with green license plates, characteristic of Palestinian taxis.

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Israeli vice PM condemns "outrageous" attacks by Jews on Palestinians
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Xinhua
August 19, 2012 - 12:00am

Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Moshe Ya'alon on Sunday condemned as terrorism last week's Jewish gang attack on several Palestinians in downtown Jerusalem, and a suspected Jewish firebombing of a vehicle in the West Bank. "The hate crimes committed over the weekend against Arabs in Judea and Samaria (the West Bank) and Jerusalem are intolerable, outrageous and must be firmly dealt with," he said in a statement Sunday.

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