When the next intifada breaks out, Netanyahu will have only himself to blame
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
by Akiva Eldar - (Opinion) May 29, 2012 - 12:00am

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's sword-polishing hasn't frightened the Iranians, according to recent reports about last week's nuclear talks in Baghdad. Foot-dragging by Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei opposite the six world powers has been accompanied by an attempt to strengthen the Iranian foothold in Lebanon.

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Israel gas finds launch navy into troubled waters
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Reuters
by Dan Williams - May 29, 2012 - 12:00am

TEL AVIV, May 29 (Reuters) - When Israeli economists contemplate their country's untapped natural gas finds far out in the Mediterranean, they dream of energy independence and lucrative export deals. Those charged with Israel's defence, however, worry that the navy - small and long a middling priority in budgets - may be hard put to protect the multinational drilling platforms and rigs out at sea.

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The frayed truth of Operation Magic Carpet
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
by Vered Lee - (Book Review) May 28, 2012 - 12:00am

In Israel's collective memory, the aliyah from Yemen is remembered as a rescue: Jews were whisked from oppression and replanted safely in the Land of Israel.

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'Artists should not boycott other artists'
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Independent
by Boyd Tonkin - (Opinion) May 28, 2012 - 12:00am

As a fierce May sun scours Tel Aviv's Bauhaus-style "White City", it's cool down in the compact "cellar" theatre of Habima.

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Israel steps up security ties with China
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Associated Press
by Josef Federman - May 25, 2012 - 12:00am

JERUSALEM — After a prolonged chill, security ties between Israel and China are warming up. With Israel offering much-needed technical expertise and China representing a huge new market and influential voice in the international debate over Iran's nuclear program, the two nations have stepped up military cooperation as they patch up a rift caused by a pair of failed arms deals scuttled by the U.S.

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Israeli court: Reconsider Gaza student travel ban
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Associated Press
May 25, 2012 - 12:00am

JERUSALEM — Israel's Supreme Court has ordered the military to reconsider its ban on Gaza residents studying in the West Bank. The court posted its decision Thursday, implying it would order a change. The Israeli military has 45 days to respond. Sari Bashi, head of the Israeli human rights group Gisha who was involved in petitioning the court, said this was the first time such a ruling has been made.

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U.S. report criticizes Israel's treatment of African migrants
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
by Natasha Mozgovaya - May 25, 2012 - 12:00am

Secretary of State Hilary Clinton presented on Thursday the State Department's 2011 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices that criticizes Israel for its treatment of African migrants, an issue vigorously debated in Israeli public discourse lately. The report states that Sudanese and Eritrean asylum seekers, which are about 85 percent of African migrants in Israel "were not allowed access to asylum procedures but were given renewable 'conditional release' documents that deferred deportation and had to be renewed every few months."

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Netanyahu condemns violence against African migrants, promises to solve problem
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
by Barak Ravid - May 25, 2012 - 12:00am

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised on Thursday that his government would address the issue of African migrants in Israel, one day after a protest against them by residents of south Tel Aviv turned violent. "The infiltrator problem must be solved, and we will solve it," Netanyahu said on Thursday afternoon, speaking at an event in Tel Aviv.

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Peace Now: Investigate MKs for incitement to violence
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ynetnews
by Moran Azulay - May 25, 2012 - 12:00am

"I do not condone violence and never have," said MK Miri Regev (Likud) on Thursday morning after calling infiltrators "a cancer in our society" during a violent protest in south Tel Aviv on Wednesday.

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Deportation Now!
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jerusalem Post
by Danny Danon - (Opinion) May 25, 2012 - 12:00am

What would you think if I told you of a country that, in the middle of its financial and cultural center, allowed the existence of an autonomous district in which the laws of the state do not apply? What would you say if I informed you that more than 25,000 residents of this urban area – the same population size as an average city in this country – are illegal residents of the State of Israel?

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