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In Israel, Gates Condemns Recent Attacks From Gaza
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times
by Isabel Kershner, Tom Shanker - March 24, 2011 - 12:00am

A rocket fired by militants from Gaza overshot the Israeli port city of Ashdod on Thursday afternoon, landing in an open area to the north, as Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates was meeting with Israel’s defense minister, Ehud Barak, less than 20 miles up the coast in Tel Aviv.

Abbas to Russia: Pressure Israel to halt Gaza escalation
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jerusalem Post
March 23, 2011 - 12:00am

In addition to requesting that the Russians pressure Netanyahu over the escalation of violence in Gaza, he also criticized him for commenting on Palestinian reconciliation efforts. Responding to Netanyahu's speech Tuesday in the Knesset where he said that Abbas could choose between "peace with Israel or Hamas," the Palestinian Authority president retorted, "Israel has no right to object to Palestinian conciliation, it has no stake in Palestinian national unity."

French PM: Palestinian state must be created in 2011
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jerusalem Post
March 22, 2011 - 12:00am

The Israeli-Palestinian peace process should not be forgotten even while there is unrest taking place in Arab countries and 2011 must be the year that a Palestinian state is created, French Prime Minister Francois Fillon said Tuesday. The people of the region "are also concerned with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which must not be forgotten while Arab political transition is taking place," he told the National Assembly in a debate on armed intervention in Libya.

World looks at Israel as it looked at Apartheid-era South Africa
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
by Niva Lanir - (Editorial) March 9, 2011 - 1:00am

Whether or not Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu uses "a supertanker against the bureaucracy," as he calls it, to alleviate the housing shortage, a no-fly zone for supertankers already exists. It exists whether his idea crashes in the Knesset debates on housing reforms, or flies high above the railway line that's supposed to be extended to Irbid in Jordan - in the East, where there are no procedures or bureaucracy.

Former Dutch PM tells Haaretz: European leaders can't trust Netanyahu
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
by Akiva Eldar - March 8, 2011 - 1:00am

The red carpet was not rolled out to greet 80-year-old Dries van Agt upon his arrival at Ben-Gurion International Airport. The man who was prime minister of Holland from 1977 to 1982 is known here as one of the leading delegitimizers of Israel.

Israel ranked among least popular states
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ynetnews
March 7, 2011 - 1:00am

More than 28,000 people were polled between December of 2010 and February of this year in a survey designed to gauge attitudes towards various countries worldwide. Just 21% of those polled expressed a positive opinion of Israel, while 49% expressed a negative attitude towards the Jewish state. However dismal, the numbers are still an improvement from last year, when just 19% were pro-Israel.

Israel on history’s wrong side
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Arab News
by Uri Avnery - (Opinion) March 6, 2011 - 1:00am

Of all the memorable phrases uttered by Barack Obama in the last two years, the one that stuck in my mind more than any other appeared in his historic speech in Cairo in the early days of his term.

Roger Waters voices support for Israel boycott
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
March 6, 2011 - 1:00am

Roger Waters, founding member, vocalist and bassist of the iconic rock band 'Pink Floyd' has voiced his support for a cultural boycott of Israel. The British musician performed in Israel in 2005, ignoring calls from Palestinian rights advocates to cancel. While in Israel, Waters visited Jerusalem and Bethlehem. He was taken to the controversial separation fence in the West Bank, which he called "an appalling edifice to behold."

Netanyahu lacks credibility in the eyes of world leaders
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
by Aluf Benn - (Opinion) March 2, 2011 - 1:00am

Two years after returning to power, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is enmeshed in a web of onerous constraints and seeking a way out. Polls show his popularity plunging, and his Likud party's brand has been squeezed between Kadima and Yisrael Beiteinu.

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