Levy Report serves Israel haters
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ynetnews
by Jeremy Ben-Ami - (Opinion) November 1, 2012 - 12:00am

For a moment there is appeared as though the 

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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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Erekat warns of US 'retaliation' after UN bid
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jerusalem Post
by Khaled Abu Toameh - (Analysis) November 1, 2012 - 12:00am

  The Palestinians must be prepared for the possibility that the US and Israel may impose severe economic restrictions on the Palestinian Authority the day after the UN upgrades the status of a Palestinian entity to non-member state, chief PLO negotiator Saeb Erekat warned on Thursday.

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Israel’s nuclear weapons
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jordan Times
by Jonathan Power - (Editorial) November 1, 2012 - 12:00am

The story of Israel’s nuclear bomb is rarely told. But we hear a lot about the possible Iranian bomb and the dangerous bombs of Pakistan that perhaps militant Islamists could grab — although that is unlikely, given that the US has supplied state-of-the-art locks to Pakistan.

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Lieberman is a grotesque version of Putin
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
by Ari Shavit - (Opinion) November 1, 2012 - 12:00am

Meretz leader Zahava Gal-On was mistaken when she compared Russian President Vladimir Putin and Yisrael Beiteinu leader Avigdor Lieberman.

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PLO lobbies for convincing win in UN vote
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'an News Agency
by Noah Browning, Ali Sawafta - October 31, 2012 - 12:00am

RAMALLAH (Reuters) -- Palestinians have launched a diplomatic blitz aimed at garnering a strong majority for a vote granting them non-member statehood at the United Nations slated for next month, officials said Tuesday. Despite heading for a sure victory in the UN General Assembly, mostly consisting of post-colonial states historically sympathetic to the Palestinians, West Bank diplomats are courting European countries to further burnish their campaign.

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Netanyahu to push tougher Iran sanctions in France
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Associated Press
October 31, 2012 - 12:00am

PARIS — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he will urge French leaders to help strengthen sanctions against Iran and efforts to fight terrorism.

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Virtual debate
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Daily Star
(Editorial) October 31, 2012 - 12:00am

Arab officials and politicians are fond of spending an inordinate amount of time talking about the Palestine issue. They engage in the most Byzantine discussions of the need to support the Palestinian people in their struggle, how to offer this support, and who deserves “traitor” status for taking a given position.

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Isreali PM Netanyahu to visit Paris on Wednesday
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Xinhua
(Analysis) October 30, 2012 - 12:00am

  Isreali Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will visit Paris from Oct. 31 to Nov. 1 for bilateral talks, the French foreign ministry announced here on Monday.

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NGOs urge European states to cut trade with Israeli settlements
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
by Amira Hass - (Analysis) October 30, 2012 - 12:00am

 

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