MI chief: Over 10 recent Sinai attacks thwarted
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jerusalem Post
by Lahav Harkov - July 17, 2012 - 12:00am

IDF Military Intelligence head Aviv Kochavi said that more than 10 recent planned terror attacks emanating from the Egyptian side of the Sinai border have been thwarted during remarks before the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee. Kochavi said that upheaval in Egypt is expected to continue for a long time, and that the victory of the Muslim Brotherhood's Mohamed Mursi in the presidential election has ushered in an age of political Islam.

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'You're dead' daubed near Peace Now activist's flat
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ynetnews
by Noam Dvir - July 16, 2012 - 12:00am

The words "Hagit, you're dead" and "Kahane was right" were daubed near the apartment of Hagit Ofran, the director of Peace Now's Settlement Watch project. Police have launched an investigation into the incident, which marks the third time hate slogans were spray-painted near Ofran's apartment in Jerusalem.

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Occupation Divides Israeli Protest Movement
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jewish Daily Forward
by Nathan Jeffay - July 15, 2012 - 12:00am

One year after Israel’s social protest movement was born, activists are battling over its soul. Throughout June, protestors once again started to flow into the streets of Tel Aviv on Saturday nights. They all claimed to be reviving the demonstrations held weekly last summer, when tent cities proliferated all over the country. But it quickly became evident that this time, there were very different ideas among the protestors about what their demands should be.

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Israel's richest rabbis become savvy businessmen
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Associated Press
by Daniel Estrin - July 13, 2012 - 12:00am

One summer night, on the outskirts of a sleepy desert town, a who's who of Israel's elite gathered for an annual feast to honor a rabbi whose gaze is said to pierce the soul. He's Rabbi Yaacov Israel Ifargan. But he is better known as, simply, the X-ray.

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Report Seeks To Erase Occupation
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jewish Daily Forward
by J.J. Goldberg - (Opinion) July 13, 2012 - 12:00am

Benjamin Netanyahu has a bad habit of pretending he’s Houdini — sticking his head in a noose, scaring everyone half to death, then wiggling free at the last minute. The difference is that Houdini’s viewers got to watch from their seats, while Netanyahu’s audience is stuck inside the noose with him. And the noose gets a little tighter every time.

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Israel's Olmert says he won't re-enter politics
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Associated Press
by Amy Teibel - July 12, 2012 - 12:00am

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Thursday that he would not return to politics, two days after he was acquitted of the central charges in a corruption trial. Speculation over whether he may return to political life has been rife since a Jerusalem court dismissed most of the counts against him on Tuesday. The charges cut short Olmert's premiership three years ago, ending all serious peace negotiations with the Palestinians. Many observers today ask themselves how the Middle East may have looked had he stayed in office.

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Worldview: Israel should be wary of Netanyahu panel's West Bank recommendations
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Inquirer Digital
by Trudy Rubin - (Analysis) July 12, 2012 - 12:00am

This week a committee formed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made recommendations that could have dire consequences for Israel. They could also end the Mideast peace process once and for all. The so-called Levy committee put forth a justification for annexation of most of the West Bank and for permanent Israeli rule over millions of Palestinians who live there. Such a move would force Israel to choose between granting these Palestinians full Israeli citizenship or keeping them disenfranchised and confined to territorial cantons.

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Service to Israel Tugs at Identity of Arab Citizens
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times
by Jodi Rudoren - July 12, 2012 - 12:00am

Three young Palestinian women sat on the floor at a summer camp this week surrounded by Legos and 3-year-olds. As the toddlers played, the women taught them the color of each block, repeating the words in Arabic, azrak for blue or akhdar for green.

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Ehud Olmert could be Israel's comeback kid – and make peace with Palestinians
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Christian Science Monitor
by Nir Eisikovits - (Opinion) July 12, 2012 - 12:00am

The July 10 acquittal of former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert from most of the corruption charges against him is a watershed moment for the Jewish state and, perhaps, for the whole region.

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Who’s scared of Olmert?
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ynetnews
by Sima Kadmon - (Opinion) July 12, 2012 - 12:00am

What does the acquittal of former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert have to do with the law on military service equality? Well, in politics, just like in nature, one thing is related to another.

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