Palestinians campaign for UN recognition
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Associated Press
by Mohammed Daraghmeh - November 1, 2012 - 12:00am

RAMALLAH, West Bank —Palestinians are launching a last-minute diplomatic offensive to a series of European countries to vote in favor of their partial statehood bid at the United Nations, a senior official said Wednesday. Palestinian envoys were dispatched to Germany, Austria, the United Kingdom, Denmark, Sweden and Finland this week, hoping to persuade those countries to vote in favor of giving Palestinians non-member observer status at the U.N. Some of the countries are opposed, and others are undecided.

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The new Palestinians
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jerusalem Post
by Menachem Klein - (Opinion) November 1, 2012 - 12:00am

It’s not the economy, stupid, that’s shaking the foundations of the Palestinian Authority.

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Palestinian President vows no new armed uprising
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Associated Press
(Analysis) November 1, 2012 - 12:00am

  The Palestinian president is reaching out to Israelis ahead of a trip to the U.N. where he will seek an upgraded observer status for his territory.

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Abbas says he has no right to live in Safed, and no territorial demands on pre-1967 Israel
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Times of Israel
by Asher Zeiger - (Analysis) November 1, 2012 - 12:00am

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas stated Thursday that he was not seeking the right to live in Israel, even though he was born in Safed, in remarks that implied a moderated stance on the longstanding Palestinian demand for a “right of return” to Israel for millions of refugees and descendants of refugees.

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Syria rebels bring fight to pro-Assad Palestinians
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Reuters
October 31, 2012 - 12:00am

BEIRUT, Oct 31 (Reuters) - Syrian rebels said on Wednesday they had formed a brigade of sympathetic Palestinians in a Damascus district to fight armed Palestinians aligned with President Bashar al-Assad.

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'PLO leader backs Jordan annexation of W. Bank'
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jerusalem Post
by Oren Kessler - October 31, 2012 - 12:00am

A senior leader of the Palestinian Liberation Organization expressed support for a new proposal for Jordan's annexation of the West Bank, in an interview with the London-based Al-Quds Al-Arabi. PLO leader Farouk Kaddoumi, a founding member of the PLO, said the move would involve the establishment of a Jordanian-Palestinian confederation.

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The Next US Administration and Palestine
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Al-Hayat
by Hussein Ibish - (Opinion) October 31, 2012 - 12:00am

Whoever wins the election, President Barack Obama or his Republican challenger Mitt Romney, will face the same fundamental problem regarding Palestine.

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PLO sources: Fayyad proposes new government
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'an News Agency
October 31, 2012 - 12:00am

RAMALLAH (Ma’an) -- Prime Minister Salam Fayyad has presented a plan to the PLO leadership to form a more inclusive factional government, officials in Ramallah said Wednesday. Two PLO executive committee members, denying reports that Fayyad had offered his resignation, said he presented a political vision to encourage a more inclusive government.

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Syria rebels, Palestinian fighters clash
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Australian
(Analysis) October 30, 2012 - 12:00am

 

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Israel: Arrests for Rebuilding Hamas
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times
by Isabel Kershner - (Analysis) October 29, 2012 - 12:00am

Israel’s security service, Shin Bet, has arrested about 30 Palestinians in the West Bank over the past few months on suspicion of working to rebuild the local infrastructure of 

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