Under attack, Gazans preparing to apply lessons of Cast Lead
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
by Abeer Ayyoub - November 15, 2012 - 1:00am

Just like every time: three, four, maybe five days at the max, this round of escalation will be over. This is how Gazans have been dealing with the constant rounds of escalation recently, and unexceptionally, me too. But exceptionally, this time was different: the volume of violence was higher - no surprise, as the resistance went much further. Targeting the jeep on the Israeli border wasn’t something that Israel would let go easily; therefore, an Israeli reaction was definitely expected – just not this big.

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Qassam members killed in Israeli airstrike east of Jabaliya
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'an News Agency
November 15, 2012 - 1:00am

GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- Israeli airstrikes on Thursday killed two Hamas militants in the northern Gaza Strip, bringing the Palestinian death toll to 13 in less than 24 hours. Al-Qassam Brigades members Rami Hamad and Khaled Abu Nasr were killed in an airstrike east of Jabaliya refugee camp. Their bodies were taken to the Kamal Adwan hospital, medics told Ma'an.

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An endless war
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ynetnews
by Eitan Haber - (Opinion) November 15, 2012 - 1:00am

The seculars among us congratulated the IDF on Wednesday while the religious between us prayed for the army and for the State of Israel, as the IDF launched Operation Pillar of Defense in response to the unstoppable rocket fire from the Gaza Strip.

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Deterrence is the idea behind Israel’s strikes in Gaza, but how far will conflict with Hamas go?
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA)
by Ben Sales - November 15, 2012 - 1:00am

SDEROT, Israel (JTA) -- Wage war to get peace. That’s the idea behind Israel’s strikes this week against Hamas targets in Gaza, including Wednesday’s attack that killed Hamas military chief Ahmed Jabari. What’s not clear is how far Israel’s Operation Pillar of Defense will go, what price Israeli civilians will pay in the conflict, whether it will succeed in its goal of deterring Hamas from future attacks on Israel and what consequences there might be for Jerusalem’s fragile relationship with the Muslim Brotherhood-led government in Egypt.

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Egypt asks US to stop Israel's Gaza offensive
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Associated Press
November 15, 2012 - 1:00am

CAIRO — Egypt asked the United States to push Israel to stop its offensive against Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip, warning that the violence could "escalate out of control," the Foreign Ministry said Thursday.

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Muslim Brotherhood mobilizes protests against Israel in Cairo
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from USA Today
November 15, 2012 - 1:00am

10:36AM EST November 16. 2012 - CAIRO – Thousands of Egyptians took to the streets Friday protesting Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip, waving Palestinian flags across the Egyptian capital and demanding the Egyptian government cut ties with Israel. "We're here today to say to Israel: Go to Hell," said Mustafa Kamel from a Cairo neighborhood called Imbaba at a demonstration outside Al-Azhar Mosque that was planned by the Muslim Brotherhood. "Muslims are strong. In Egypt, we refuse Israel and the politics of America."

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Improper timing
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Daily Star
(Editorial) November 15, 2012 - 1:00am

After several days of tension, the fragile Gaza Strip has once again grabbed the world’s headlines with the type of explosion of violence that has become predictable and puzzling.

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Obama works to avert Israel-Egypt break as Gaza violence persists
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
by Barak Ravid - November 15, 2012 - 1:00am

The U.S. government is stepping up efforts to prevent any damage in the Israel-Egypt peace accord that might result from Operation Pillar of Defense taking place in the Gaza Strip. U.S. President Barack Obama spoke last night with Egypt's President Mohamed Morsi, and asked him not to take action that would worsen tensions with Israel.

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Morsi's Gaza Challenge
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Daily Beast
by Hussein Ibish - (Opinion) November 15, 2012 - 1:00am

Reports that open areas near Tel Aviv or waters off its coast were struck by rockets fired from the Gaza Strip have transformed the politics and psychology of the conflict, making a major Israeli ground offensive in the Gaza Strip much more likely.

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Oil rise following Israeli airstrikes on Gaza
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Associated Press
by Pamela Sampson - November 15, 2012 - 1:00am

BANGKOK — Oil prices rose slightly Thursday, a day after Israel launched an offensive against Islamic militants in Gaza as analysts downplayed the risk that the fighting poses to energy supplies.

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