Is Mideast terrorism drifting to Africa?
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jerusalem Post
by Rina Bassist - (Analysis) July 20, 2012 - 12:00am

Two weeks ago, Kenyan police arrested two people suspected of planning a terror attack against Israeli and American targets. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s cabinet declared immediately that the arrest proved Iran’s involvement once again in international terrorism. At the same time, Kenyan media reported that Israeli detectives had arrived in Nairobi to conduct meetings with different security bodies. Israeli officials have refused to comment so far.

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Report From the Two-State Frontlines
Media Mention of Ghaith al-Omari In The Jewish Daily Forward - July 20, 2012 - 12:00am

UPDATE, 12:38 PM The session ended with summaries by the three panelists of where they see things heading.

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Israel seeks closer ties with Dominican Republic
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Xinhua
July 19, 2012 - 12:00am

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he wanted to deepen friendly ties with the Dominican Republic, Israel's embassy in Santo Domingo said Wednesday. In a message sent to Dominican President-elect Danilo Medina, Netanyahu wished to "strengthen the ties of friendship between the two countries," according to the embassy.

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Palestinian Olympic participation brings conflict to the fore
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA)
by Ben Sales - July 19, 2012 - 12:00am

A portrait of the two most prominent Palestinian leaders -- current Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and former President Yasser Arafat, who died in 2004 -- hangs in the conference room of the Palestinian Olympic Committee headquarters.

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Israel has no doubt about who is behind the deadly attack in Bulgaria
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
by Amos Harel - (Opinion) July 19, 2012 - 12:00am

The government didn't hesitate to point a finger on Wednesday. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, apparently supported by detailed intelligence, immediately blamed Iran for the terror attack on Israelis in Bulgaria that killed seven people. If this is so, the man behind the attack in Burgas would be Gen. Qassem Suleimani, commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards' Quds Force, who operates the Guards' overseas operations. Hezbollah assists Quds, but the Lebanese group has been less effective since Imad Mughniyeh's assassination in 2008.

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Abbas in Egypt to meet Mursi
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'an News Agency
July 18, 2012 - 12:00am

President Mahmoud Abbas arrived in Egypt on Tuesday evening to meet with newly elected Egyptian President Muhammad Mursi. The president will update Mursi, Egypt's first democratically elected leader and Islamist in power, on the situation of Israeli settlements, and other activities in the occupied territories, a Fatah statement said. He will tell Mursi of the pressure put on Palestinian leaders to return to negotiations without conditions.

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Did Hezbollah Do It?
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Daily Beast
by Matthew Levitt - (Opinion) July 18, 2012 - 12:00am

Earlier today, on the 18th anniversary of the Hezbollah bombing of the AMIA Jewish community center in Buenos Aires, a busload of Israeli tourists was bombed in Burgas, Bulgaria, a popular summer vacation destination among Israeli tourists.  Early reports indicate several people were killed, and many more injured.  Hezbollah is the leading suspect, and for good reason.

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There May Never Be Peace
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Project Magazine
by Tom Philips - (Opinion) July 18, 2012 - 12:00am

For the last six years I have served as a British ambassador in the Middle East, first to Israel and then to Saudi Arabia. I leave the region with particular sadness that in this period the chances of a solution to the long-running conflict between the Israelis and the Palestinians—on which, ultimately, turns the issue of Israel’s acceptance in the region—have grown bleaker. These are my ten rules for why this is the case. Rule 1: “The worst thing will always happen at the worst possible time” Examples are legion. A few follow.

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Israel's old certainties crumble in Arab spring fallout
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Guardian
by Ian Black - (Opinion) July 17, 2012 - 12:00am

On a ridge high above the Golan plateau, the telltale antennae and golfball radomes of an Israeli surveillance station point north-east towards Damascus. In the valley below, minefields, barbed wire fences and a blue UN flag mark the frontline between the two most powerful armies in the Middle East. Behind it is a country in the throes of civil war.

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Ariel academic center in West Bank expected to be named university in disputed vote
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
by Talia Nesher - July 17, 2012 - 12:00am

The Judea and Samaria Council for Higher Education is to meet this afternoon at Bar-Ilan University to vote on whether to recognize the Ariel University Center as a full-fledged university. The planning and budget committee of the state's Council for Higher Education had recommended against it at this time.

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