Gaza's ripple effect
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The National
(Editorial) May 31, 2012 - 12:00am

Two years ago today, Israeli commandoes boarded the Mavi Marmara, part of an aid flotilla headed to Gaza, killing nine of the 40 activists on board. The relationship between Israel and Turkey, previously close regional allies, has never recovered.

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UN official criticizes Israel over ongoing Gaza blockade
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Associated Press
May 29, 2012 - 12:00am

The UN official responsible for Palestinian refugees said Tuesday that Israel has been too slow to relax its blockade of Gaza, which has devastated the isolated economy and failed to achieve its security goals.

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Israeli tanks fire on Gaza Strip, 7 injured
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'an News Agency
May 17, 2012 - 12:00am

GAZA CITY (Ma’an) -- Seven people were injured on Thursday when Israeli forces fired artillery rounds at the northern and eastern Gaza Strip, medics said. Gaza medical spokesman Adham Abu Salmiya told Ma'an that two people were seriously wounded and five moderately injured when Israeli forces opened fire on Beit Lahiya, north Gaza, and east of Gaza City. Most of the victims were farmers, Abu Salmiya said. An Israeli army spokeswoman said forces opened fire toward "several suspects approaching the security fence."

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Israel army closes probe into deaths of 21 Gazans
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Associated Press
by Amy Teibel - May 1, 2012 - 12:00am

JERUSALEM — The Israeli military said Wednesday it has closed its investigation into the shelling deaths of 21 members of a single Palestinian family and would not file any charges in what was one of the gravest incidents in the 2009 war in the Gaza Strip.

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'Gaza Doctor' Builds New Life in Toronto
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jewish Daily Forward
by Nathan Guttman - April 17, 2012 - 12:00am

Toronto — The photo leaning on Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish’s office window almost blocks the view of the Toronto skyline. It shows his three daughters, Mayar, Aya and Bessan Abuelaish, sitting on the beach in Gaza, writing their names in the sand. Closer to his desk, pinned to the wall, is the recent fourth-grade math test of Abuelaish’s youngest son, Abdullah, taken at his school in Toronto. The grade: A+.

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Foundation: Court delays verdict in Rachel Corrie case
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'an News Agency
April 10, 2012 - 12:00am

BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- An Israeli court has postponed delivering a verdict in a civil case brought by the family of US activist Rachel Corrie, killed by an Israeli bulldozer during a demonstration in Gaza, the Rachel Corrie Foundation said Monday. At the last hearing in July, Judge Oded Gershon said he would deliver a verdict in April 2012. The verdict has been postponed due to delays in the filing of closing arguments, the foundation said in a statement. A new verdict date has not been set, the foundation added.

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Defense Official: Hamas Factions Behind Attacks on Israel
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
by Amos Harel - March 30, 2012 - 12:00am

Hamas is continuing to direct terrorist activity at Israeli targets through various means, despite its public declarations that it is committed to maintaining calm. Israeli intelligence sources have acknowledged, however, that the Islamic militant group currently wishes to maintain a low profile in an effort not to anger the Egyptians and not be perceived as violating the current cease-fire.

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Awaiting Further Escalation
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Al-Ahram
by Saleh Al-Naami - March 23, 2012 - 12:00am

Fatma El-Belimi, 58, was overjoyed to see her eldest son Sami, 28, crossing the road towards his family home in the rural region east of Deir Al-Balah in central Gaza Strip. Sami had spent one week at his sister Iman's house in the town of Deir Al-Balah because of Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip. His parents and wife insisted he do so. Sami eventually was able to leave the house in an area known as the "contact zone" close to the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel, where Israeli special units were active during escalation operations.

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The dangers of the situation in Gaza
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Asharq Alawsat
by Emad El Din Adeeb - (Opinion) March 18, 2012 - 12:00am

Amidst our preoccupation with the situations in Syria, Egypt, Yemen, Libya and Tunisia, the danger of the situation in Gaza seems to have slipped from our memory, even though the current scenario forewarns that a military explosion is likely to start in Gaza and end in southern Lebanon.

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Palestinian Transformations
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Dar Al-Hayat
by Elias Harfoush - (Opinion) March 18, 2012 - 12:00am

The times are different for Gaza, and they are different for Hamas. And just as the recent confrontation in the Gaza Strip represented a new test of the ability of Israel’s offensives to inflict human casualties and material damage among the ranks of the Palestinians, as if we needed further Palestinian bloodshed to discover this, it also represented a test for the Islamist movement and for its courageous hesitation to move forward in taking the risk of such a costly confrontation.

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