Fatah considers dropping nomination of Fayyad as premier of unity government
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from
by Emad Drimly - (Analysis) November 15, 2011 - 1:00am

A senior member of the Fatah Party said Tuesday the party could drop the nomination of Salam Fayyad as premier for the unity government during the upcoming reconciliation dialogue with Islamic Hamas movement. Hamas welcomed its rival's decision and said it would ease implementing an Egypt-brokered reconciliation pact in Cairo on May 4. The movement has been ruling Gaza after it seized the enclave by force in June 2007 and routed Palestinian National Authority President Mahmoud Abbas' forces.

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Palestinian PM urges agreement for new leader of future government
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Xinhua
by Yang Lina - (Analysis) November 14, 2011 - 1:00am

Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad called on Palestinian groups to agree on a new premier to replace him in a future unity government. In an interview with the Jerusalem-based Al-Quds newspaper, Fayyad rejected to be considered an obstacle on the way of reconciliation between President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah party and the Islamic Hamas movement.

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Dissolving the Palestinian National Authority or considering a new strategic direction
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Bitterlemons
by Sameer Abu Eisheh - (Opinion) November 14, 2011 - 1:00am

First, we have to ask ourselves about the role of the Palestinian National Authority. Is the PNA a vehicle for independence and the establishment of a sovereign state, or is it limited to running an autonomous area and, in parallel, relieving the Israelis from the burdens of their occupation?

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Family: Platelet disorder killed Arafat
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'an News Agency
November 11, 2011 - 1:00am

RAMALLAH (Ma'an) -- A nephew of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat says the family will soon release a French medical report revealing Arafat's cause of death. Naser al-Qudwa says the document is being translated from French before it is released. Al-Qudwa says the report will answer "many questions," as it is the Palestinian people's right to get a clear answer about how Arafat died. The document has not previously been seen in Arabic.

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Release Marwan Barghouti
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times
by Avinoam Bar-Yosef - (Opinion) November 8, 2011 - 1:00am

When Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas recently called on Israel to release more Palestinian prisoners in advance of any possible negotiations, he was setting a condition that he probably knew Israel would balk at. One of the prisoners on his list, Ahmed Saadat, is accused of killing an Israeli minister. More significantly, another one, if released, would most likely soon take Abbas’s place.

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Arafat's widow denies Tunisia's corruption charges
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Asharq Alawsat
by Kifah Zaboun - November 2, 2011 - 12:00am

TUNIS/RAMALLAH, Asharq Al-Awsat – The Tunisian government has issued an arrest warrant for the widow of former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, in connection with a corruption investigation into the “International School of Carthage”, the Tunisian state-run news agency reported on Monday. The International School of Cartage was founded by Suha Arafat – wife of former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat – and former Tunisian First Lady Leila Ben Ali Trabelsi, wife of ousted Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.

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With Shalit free, Israel should end Gaza blockade, which only boosts Hamas
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ynetnews
by Sari Bashi - (Opinion) October 25, 2011 - 12:00am

In the past five years it was impossible to separate the Gaza siege policy from Gilad Shalit’s captivity. During these years, Israeli decision-makers, who made no progress in negotiations with Hamas, invested their efforts in formulating and implementing a policy that would express the public’s fury and frustration.

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Palestinian PM Fayyad: Time is not right for serious peace talks
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
by Natasha Mozgovaya - October 20, 2011 - 12:00am

Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad said Thursday that Palestinian-American relations are currently strained, and that many Palestinians are very disappointed with the yields of diplomacy, but he stressed that the Palestinians are committed to the peace process. "We want to see an end to the Israeli occupation that began in 1967. We want the Palestinian people to live with dignity. Fayyad said the Palestinians are committed to resolving the conflict, but that "the conditions are not right to resume talks."

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Palestinian Leader Says Time ‘Not Ripe’ for Mideast Peace Talks
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Bloomberg
by Nicole Gaouette - October 20, 2011 - 12:00am

Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad said there is little chance for a prompt renewal of peace negotiations between Palestinians and Israelis that the Obama administration seeks. “My own assessment” is that “conditions are not ripe at this juncture for a meaningful resumption of talks,” Fayyad told a Washington audience yesterday. He made his remarks as the U.S. and its allies in the so- called Quartet -- the United Nations, the European Union and Russia -- are trying to restart talks between the two sides to head off a Palestinian push for statehood recognition at the UN.

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Inside the tiny Washington group that is 'mainstreaming Palestine'
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Foreign Policy
by Josh Rogin - (Blog) October 19, 2011 - 12:00am

Tonight, when Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad comes to Washington to speak at the annual gala of the American Task Force on Palestine (ATFP), he will be endorsing an organization that is punching well above its weight in the U.S. policy debate over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

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