Israel and Iran
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times
(Editorial) August 13, 2012 - 12:00am

Israeli leaders are again talking about possible military action against Iran. This is, at best, mischievous and, at worst, irresponsible, especially when diplomacy has time to run.

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Danger to Israel-Egypt ties
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ynetnews
by Alex Fishman - (Analysis) August 13, 2012 - 12:00am

Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi's termination of the Arab country's old military guard with one swipe and without resistance was one of the most surprising and dramatic developments of the revolution.

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Preparations and Rhetoric for Possible Israeli Strike on Iran
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Media Line
by Linda Gradstein - August 12, 2012 - 12:00am

Sometime this week, all Israelis will get the following SMS message in Hebrew on their cell-phones:  “Home Front, testing cellphone warning system.” The test is the final preparation before declaring the new warning system operational next month, according to military officials who explain that the mechanism is believed to be an effective way to transmit messages during wartime.

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An Israeli strike on Iran nuclear facilities could endanger Israel's Dimona reactor
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
by Amir Oren - (Opinion) August 10, 2012 - 12:00am

A foul wind is blowing over Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, with weekend gusts toward Caesarea. A wind of pugnacity. Before the eyes of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and in the spirit of the chants of which he is so fond ("They are frightened"; "There's no free lunch" ) - it's as if a new sign has been raised high, bearing the words: "Strike now!"

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Sinai buildup shifts tenet of Egypt-Israel peace
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Associated Press
by Hamza Hendawi - August 10, 2012 - 12:00am

Egyptian troops, light tanks, armored vehicles and attack helicopters are pouring into the Sinai desert to root out increasingly aggressive Islamic militants in the most significant easing to date of a key provision in the landmark 1979 peace treaty with Israel: The demilitarization of the peninsula.

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Activists: Israeli forces enter Egypt for migrants
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Associated Press
by Mark Lavie - August 10, 2012 - 12:00am

Israel has been sending soldiers into Egypt's Sinai desert to stop African migrants before they reach the border, handing them over to Egyptian forces, human rights groups charged in a report released Friday.

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Hamas: Egypt briefly reopens border with Gaza
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Associated Press
August 10, 2012 - 12:00am

A Hamas official says Egypt has temporarily reopened its border with Gaza but only to allow the passage of Palestinians back to the coastal territory.

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'Netanyahu, Barak mulling fall strike on Iran'
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ynetnews
August 10, 2012 - 12:00am

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak advocate an attack of Iran's nuclear facilities in the upcoming fall, Yedioth Ahronoth's senior commentators Nahum Barnea and Shimon Shiffer reported Friday. 

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A crucial alliance
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
(Editorial) August 10, 2012 - 12:00am

"Peace between the two countries has been, and still is, an interest common to both peoples," read the condolence message from Israel's Foreign Ministry to Egypt after the attack on the border this week. Indeed, we have a key common interest in rooting out terror from the Sinai. This week's tragedy has led to what neither Israel nor Egypt dreamed would happen since the signing of the Camp David Accords in 1978.

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Who killed the Egyptian soldiers?
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Asharq Alawsat
by Hussein Shabokshi - (Opinion) August 10, 2012 - 12:00am

The recent terrorist incident that took place in Sinai, and led to the deaths of a large number of Egyptian soldiers, was a huge shock to the people of Egypt. They were stunned by the extent of the attack and the resultant victims, and the sheer aggression of the perpetrators.

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