Will Netanyahu and Barak Risk a Coup?
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Daily Beast
by Dimi Reider - (Opinion) August 10, 2012 - 12:00am

If there's anything that changed in our picture of the Israeli-Iranian stand-off after this morning's barrage of warlike headlines in all four Israeli dailies it's that the camps in the Israeli leadership were sharply brought to focus. In the pro-war corner: Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak. In the anti-war corner: Everybody. Literally everybody else. The punchline: They still wanna do it—and they just might.

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Activists: Israeli forces enter Egypt for migrants
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Associated Press
by Mark Lavie - August 10, 2012 - 12:00am

Israel has been sending soldiers into Egypt's Sinai desert to stop African migrants before they reach the border, handing them over to Egyptian forces, human rights groups charged in a report released Friday.

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West Bank settlers raise fund to purchase Palestinian land
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Xinhua
August 9, 2012 - 12:00am

Residents of a West Bank outpost slated for demolition on Thursday launched a fundraising campaign aimed at purchasing the land on which their community was built.

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Since Sinai Attack, Israel Must Re-Prioritize
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'ariv
by Ofer Shelah - (Opinion) August 9, 2012 - 12:00am

The foiled terror attack near the Kerem Shalom border crossing [on the Israel-Egypt-Gaza border] on August 5 is no doubt exceptional in terms of the method of operation implemented, the daring displayed and above all, the target chosen for the attack, which was aimed not only against Israel but also directly against Egyptian forces.

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Nearly sisters: Arab and Israeli women's common challenges
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
by Khaled Diab - (Opinion) August 9, 2012 - 12:00am

A photo of a presumed Israeli soldier exercising her right to bare arms – and legs and midriff – with a machine gun slung casually over her shoulder has gone viral.

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The Israeli left’s growing pragmatism
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA)
by Brent Sasley - (Opinion) August 8, 2012 - 12:00am

It’s often said these days that the left in Israel not only is decimated, but it continues to cling to long outdated idealism about how to solve the conflict with the Palestinians and withdraw from the West Bank. Also that it’s out of touch with Israelis’ current preoccupations and the settlers’ successes. Avraham Burg’s latest editorial in The New York Times is taken as illustrative of this.

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No religious freedom in Israel
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ynetnews
by Yizhar Hess - (Opinion) August 8, 2012 - 12:00am

I am the son of a Yekke. My father was born in Germany. His parents, my grandparents, fled to Palestine just before the war broke out. Two doctors who did not speak the language and were out of a job. But order is order. Grandma was strict about everything, particularly words. "You don't talk just for the sake of talking," she used to say.

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Was there an occupation?
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
by Zvi Barel - (Opinion) August 8, 2012 - 12:00am

All told, what did the justice minister really want to do? Insert a small correction. Clerical. Fair, like most of the minister's ideas. Courts, he decided, cannot review claims that do not cite the identity card number or passport number of the plaintiff. Yet this is no naive directive. It is designed to nullify the basic rights of thousands of work migrants and residents from the territories. It will stop them from lodging claims in Israeli courts. One small step for bureaucracy, one giant leap for the occupation.

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Reality and the rule of law
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
by Shaul Arieli - (Opinion) August 8, 2012 - 12:00am

Anyone who seeks to undermine Israel's future as a democratic country and as the state of the Jewish people could find no better way to do so than to adopt the Levy Committee report. In fact, should the Israeli government adopt the committee's recommendations, it would constitute further proof of the political blindness and abandonment of the Zionist idea that seem to be the principles guiding this government in its management of the conflict with the Palestinians.

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Sinai Attacks Help Israel Clamp Down on Palestinians
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Al-Monitor
by Abdullah Iskandar - (Opinion) August 8, 2012 - 12:00am

The bodies of those involved in the attack against an Egyptian police station in the Sinai were handed over to Egyptian authorities by Israel. Yet, until their identity is revealed, speculation regarding the nature and goals of the attack will abound.

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