You Gotta do What You Gotta Do
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Daily Beast
by Peter Beinart - (Opinion) July 13, 2012 - 12:00am

J Street, long assaulted by the right, is suddenly under attack from the left. Ever since its staunch—and perhaps decisive—opposition to a divestment initiative under consideration by the Presbyterian Church, some of J Street’s ideological allies have been slamming it for being on the wrong side of the anti-occupation struggle.

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BDS supporters can’t decide on what the endgame is
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
by Mira Sucharov - (Opinion) July 13, 2012 - 12:00am

On the heels of new semantic murkiness about what is and is not Israeli occupation, one could be forgiven for being a tad confused about how to oppose whatever-it-is-we-should-now-call-it.

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Arafat sister: Don't exhume late leader's body
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'an News Agency
July 13, 2012 - 12:00am

A sister of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat is not among those, including his widow, calling for the Palestinian Authority to exhume the body in the wake new questions about his death. "Leave him to rest in his soil,” Khadija Arafat said Thursday, saying she has been overwhelmed with media inquiries following an Al Jazeera investigation that raised the possibility Arafat was poisoned.

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Committee: Arafat died from unknown poison
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'an News Agency
July 13, 2012 - 12:00am

The head of a medical committee investigating the death of Yasser Arafat said Thursday that the late President died from poisoning, but not could not confirm the use of a radioactive element called polonium. Abdullah Al-Basheer, a doctor in Jordan, made the comments during a press conference in Ramallah. While not being able to confirm the use of polonium, the element can still not be excluded from current investigations, he said.

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Should the Church of England remain silent on Israel-Palestine?
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Guardian
by Giles Fraser - (Opinion) July 12, 2012 - 12:00am

The General Synod of the Church of England has used the time freed up by the postponement of the debate on female bishops this week to enter into the politics of Israel-Palestine. I want to joke that it's only the C of E that, unable to sort out the simple question of whether women should be bishops, decides to tackle the problems of the Middle East.

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In exclusive interview, neo-Nazi recounts aiding Palestinians in Munich massacre
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
by Ofer Aderet - July 12, 2012 - 12:00am

A popular German detective novelist accused of being directly involved in the 1972 Munich massacre apologized for his involvement in the attack and denied being a neo-Nazi in an interview with Haaretz earlier this week. Willi Voss, who was revealed to be an accomplice to the massacre by a report compiled by the German Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, and was made public at the request of Der Spiegel, told Haaretz that he “is not a neo-Nazi and has never been.”

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Arab singer in Israeli spotlight after talent show win
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from BBC World News
by Farhana Dawood - July 12, 2012 - 12:00am

A young Israeli Arab woman who won a popular Israeli TV music talent show has become an unlikely star in a country where suspicion and hostility often mark relations between Israel's minority Arab population and the Jewish majority. Nissren Kader won first place on a programme that seeks to find the best singer of Mizrahi songs - the musical tradition of Middle Eastern Jews. The past few months have been an incredible journey for Ms Kader, who used to work as a wedding singer in the coastal city of Haifa.

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Israel: UNESCO crisis deepens over support for Gaza Hamas- affiliated university
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Xinhua
July 12, 2012 - 12:00am

Israel is furious at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) over a recent decision to back a science chair at a Gaza university it says hosted bomb and missile makers, local media reported Thursday. UNESCO released a statement this week announcing the inauguration of a chair in the Astronomy, Astrophysics and Space Sciences department at the Islamic University of Gaza.

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Worldview: Israel should be wary of Netanyahu panel's West Bank recommendations
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Inquirer Digital
by Trudy Rubin - (Analysis) July 12, 2012 - 12:00am

This week a committee formed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made recommendations that could have dire consequences for Israel. They could also end the Mideast peace process once and for all. The so-called Levy committee put forth a justification for annexation of most of the West Bank and for permanent Israeli rule over millions of Palestinians who live there. Such a move would force Israel to choose between granting these Palestinians full Israeli citizenship or keeping them disenfranchised and confined to territorial cantons.

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The PA's Pitiable Strategy
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Daily Beast
by George Hale - (Opinion) July 12, 2012 - 12:00am

The mood in Bethlehem this weekend offered a stark contrast to the wailing and gnashing of teeth going on in Washington since UNESCO recognized the birthplace of Christ as a world heritage site. Hundreds of Palestinians gathered Saturday at the Church of the Nativity to hear their leaders take credit for a rare victory and promise more to come.

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