Egyptian President Morsi reassures Israel that peace treaty is safe
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Reuters
August 28, 2012 - 12:00am

Egypt's new Islamist president said on Monday he would pursue a "balanced" foreign policy, reassuring Israel its peace treaty was safe, hinting at a new approach to Iran and calling on Bashar Assad's allies to help lever the Syrian leader out. Mohammed Morsi, who was elected in June and consolidated his power this month by dismissing top military leaders, is seeking to introduce himself to a wider world ahead of a trip to Iran - the first by an Egyptian leader in three decades - and China.

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Rachel Corrie verdict exposes Israeli military mindset
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Guardian
by Chris McGreal - (Opinion) August 28, 2012 - 12:00am

Reporters covering Israel are routinely confronted with the question: why not call Hamas a terrorist organisation? It's a fair point. How else to describe blowing up families on buses but terrorism?

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Sources: Iran was forced to withdraw Khamenei invite to Haniyeh
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'an News Agency
August 27, 2012 - 12:00am

Informed sources told Ma'an on Monday that Iran's Supreme Leader had asked Gaza premier Ismail Haniyeh to the Non-Aligned summit in Tehran, but Iran was later forced to withdraw the invitation. Haniyeh announced the invitation on Friday, drawing ire from West Bank officials who said President Mahmoud Abbas would pull out if the Hamas premier attended. An Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman later said only Abbas had been invited to represent Palestine. Haniyeh then insisted he had declined the invitation, citing Palestinian unity.

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Palestinian Authority angry with Mursi gov’t
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Asharq Alawsat
by Kifah Zaboun - August 27, 2012 - 12:00am

Well-informed Palestinian sources have revealed to Asharq al-Awsat that a state of anger and dissatisfaction prevails among the Palestinian leadership regarding the new Egyptian administration’s dealings with the Palestinian issue, and especially with regards to Palestinian representation and legitimacy.

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What can we learn from the Rachel Corrie case
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
by Amira Hass - (Opinion) August 27, 2012 - 12:00am

On a foggy winter morning in early 1967, several young men were strolling through London's Hampstead Heath park. One was carrying a bucket, an odd sight, but it didn't attract any attention. The young men had deliberately picked a time when the park was fairly empty to carry out their intention without being impeded: the first successful trial of a leaflet bomb, a pre-Internet era invention.

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Egypt: 76 convicted for attack on Israeli Embassy
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Associated Press
August 26, 2012 - 12:00am

A Cairo court has convicted 76 Egyptians on charges linked to last year's attack by protesters on the Israeli Embassy. Seventy-five of the defendants received suspended one-year sentences Sunday, while one defendant tried in absentia was given a five-year prison term. The court listed eight charges, including "an assault against diplomatic missions" and "sabotage."

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Gaza Hamas premier drops plan to go to Iran summit
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Associated Press
August 26, 2012 - 12:00am

A Hamas official says Gaza's Hamas prime minister has dropped plans to attend this week's summit of Non-Aligned Movement in Tehran. The prospect of Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh attending the summit elicited an angry response from the rival Palestinian government in the West Bank. Its foreign minister, Riad Malki, warned he would pull out of the summit and urge other nations to do the same if Haniyeh showed up.

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An Israeli attack on Iran would help, not harm, Obama’s reelection
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
by Chemi Shalev - (Opinion) August 26, 2012 - 12:00am

In many of the conspiracy theories that have been presented in recent weeks in the Israeli press concerning the possibility of an imminent Israeli attack on Iran, one theme has been constant: it would put President Barack Obama in a bind and possibly hurt his chances in the November elections as well.

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There is no consensus regarding the Oslo Accords
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jerusalem Post
by Susan Hattis Rolef - (Opinion) August 26, 2012 - 12:00am

Since President Shimon Peres went public regarding his opinion that Israel should not attack Iran without fully coordinated with the US, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and others have started attacking the president for overstepping his legitimate role, and have reverted to attacking Peres for what they regard as his mistaken judgments over the years on major political issues. One of these “mistaken judgments” is the 1993 Oslo Accords.

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Egypt and the treaty
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jerusalem Post
by Liron A. Libman - (Opinion) August 26, 2012 - 12:00am

Since the beginning of the regional turmoil and the regime change in Egypt, there were Egyptian voices speaking of cancelling or reviewing the peace treaty with Israel. Lately, after the terrorist attack in Sinai that killed 16 Egyptian border guards, Mr. Mohamed Gadallah, legal adviser to the president of Egypt, Mohamed Morsy, was quoted saying that the president is studying whether to amend the Camp David accords to ensure Egypt’s “full sovereignty” over Sinai.

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