No light at end of Egyptian tunnel for Israel
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Reuters
by Crispian Balmer - (Analysis) June 19, 2012 - 12:00am

Egypt's political upheaval is by no means over, but its uneasy neighbour Israel is not waiting for the outcome. Desert defences are being strengthened and strategy revised as a once stable relationship splinters. Shortly after the Muslim Brotherhood claimed victory in Egypt's presidential vote on Monday, unidentified gunmen crossed the Sinai border and killed an Israeli worker.

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Forced Move Raises Anger in West Bank Villages
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times
by Jodi Rudoren - June 19, 2012 - 12:00am

A Palestinian walked through a mosque in the West Bank town of Jabaa, near Ramallah, that was burned and vandalized on Tuesday.

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EU diplomats concerned by Hebron village demolition threat
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'an News Agency
June 18, 2012 - 12:00am

European Union diplomats on Friday visited a village in the south Hebron hills under threat of demolition by Israeli authorities. The envoys toured Susiya to "show their concerns over the humanitarian impact and political implications of the recent demolition orders," an EU statement said.

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Egypt on way to becoming hotbed of terrorism, but Israel's hands are tied
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
by Amos Harel, Avi Issacharoff - (Analysis) June 18, 2012 - 12:00am

The terrorist attack on Monday morning near Be'er Milka and the firing of Grad rockets toward Ovda and Mitzpeh Ramon over the weekend, alongside numerous reports in Egyptian media of increased activity among Palestinian terrorists in the Sinai Peninsula over the two-day voting period, make it clear that certain sources in Egypt have a clear interest in heating up the Israeli border.

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Vice premier Ya'alon revealed Netanyahu's true intentions
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
by Akiva Eldar - (Opinion) June 18, 2012 - 12:00am

If the recent remarks by Strategic Affairs Minister Moshe Ya'alon had been made by MK Aryeh Eldad of National Union or MK Miri Regev of Likud's lunatic wing, we might be able to take a deep breath and hope for the best. But when Ya'alon proposes to Ari Shavit, as he did in Haaretz Magazine over the weekend, that we live another hundred years by the carrot and the stick, our hearts skip a beat.

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Israel starts deporting South Sudanese
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The National
by Vita Bekker - June 18, 2012 - 12:00am

Israel yesterday deported 120 South Sudanese and said it plans to expel hundreds more in coming weeks as part of its plan to oust tens of thousands of illegal African asylum-seekers from the country. The expulsion of the South Sudanese has drawn extensive media attention because it involves the biggest group of illegal migrants - some 700, according to activists' estimates - to be deported in recent years by Israel within a period of a few weeks.

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Israel's Best Friends
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jewish Daily Forward
by Naomi Chazan - (Opinion) June 18, 2012 - 12:00am

‘I am obligated to uphold the law and preserve the settlements, and I say here that there is no contradiction between the two.”

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Legalising land theft
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Gulf News
by Adel Safty - (Analysis) June 18, 2012 - 12:00am

One of the thorniest issues facing Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiators is undoubtedly the question of Israeli colonies in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Israeli leaders have maintained that they were entitled to build colonies in the territories which they designate by their biblical name (Judea and Samaria), invoking a historic right over the land which they describe as disputed, not occupied.

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Former Israeli opposition leader charting his own foreign policy course
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Xinhua
by Adam Gonn - (Analysis) June 17, 2012 - 12:00am

In his first major foreign policy speech, Israeli deputy Prime Minister and former opposition chairman Shaul Mofaz called on the Palestinians to sit down to launch unconditional talks with Israel. Mofaz's statement came only days after Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas made remarks indicating that he might be willing to soften his demands on Israel before direct negotiations, which have been held up since September 2010, can resume.

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Why don't we have a 'minister for peace'?
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
by Dan Sagir - (Opinion) June 15, 2012 - 12:00am

As part of the events this week to mark the 30th anniversary of the first Lebanon War, the film "Shtei Etzba'ot Metzidon" (titled "Ricochets" in English ) was screened at the Jerusalem Cinematheque. The 1986 feature film, which was produced by the Israel Defense Forces, faithfully reflects Israel's embroilment in Lebanon. I was pleased that my teenage son agreed to join me for the screening, and to learn a chapter in the contemporary history of Israel and its conflict with the Palestinians.

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