Killing Them Softly?
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Media Line
by Arieh O'Sullivan - (Opinion) June 2, 2011 - 12:00am

“Here’s what they did,” says the commander of an Israeli reserve combat company deployed in the northern West Bank. “They dumped on us thousands of rounds of rubber bullets, cases of stun grenades and tear gas and that’s it. That’s the great Israeli army doctrine on how to cope with this Naksa.” “God help us if [the Palestinians] start staging a non-violent march our way,” the officer told The Media Line, on condition he not be identified.

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Majority of both Palestinians and Israeli expect new intifada
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Guardian
by Harriet Sherwood - (Blog) May 31, 2011 - 12:00am

Two polls earlier this month gave strikingly similar results on one question: do you think a third intifada (Palestinian uprising) is looming? An Israeli poll for The Peace Index found that 70% of Jews in Israel expect a popular uprising following the expected declaration of a Palestinian state in September and its possible recognition by the UN. (62% of Israeli-Arabs also think an intifada is likely.)

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Hamas founder remembered in new museum
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Statesman
by Ibrahim Barzak - May 30, 2011 - 12:00am

The Hamas militant group has turned the modest home of its founder into a museum — seven years after the wheelchair-bound Palestinian cleric was killed in an Israeli airstrike as he was wheeled out of a mosque. The Sheik Ahmed Yassin museum, located in an alleyway in the rundown Sabra neighborhood of Gaza City, has become a popular destination since it opened last month. Dozens of schoolchildren and well-wishers visit each day.

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Israel braces for border clashes in coming days
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Statesman
by Josef Federman - May 29, 2011 - 12:00am

The Israeli military is preparing for the possibility of violent protests along its borders in the coming days, aiming to avoid a repeat of deadly unrest that erupted earlier this month, a senior military official told The Associated Press on Sunday. Facebook-organized activists have called for demonstrations next weekend in Lebanon, Syria, and Jordan to mark the anniversary of the 1967 Mideast war, in which Israel captured the West Bank, Gaza Strip east Jerusalem and Golan Heights.

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Israeli military attache to Moscow expelled as spy
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Associated Press
May 18, 2011 - 12:00am

Israel's military has rejected Russian charges that a military attache to Moscow was a spy as "unfounded." The military said in a statement Wednesday that the officer underwent a "thorough investigation" after he returned to Israel. Israeli media identified the officer as Col. Vadim Leiderman. The military statement said the officer "was detained for investigation last week by Russian authorities,on suspicion of spying." Channel 2 TV reported he was taken away by Russian agents during dinner. He was questioned and expelled.

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Israeli army northern command, intelligence trade accusations over border breach
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Xinhua
May 17, 2011 - 12:00am

In the wake of violent clashes on Israel's northern frontiers on Sunday, in which around 10 Palestinian demonstrators were killed at two locations, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Military Intelligence (MI) division said a warning it issued well ahead of the confrontations was ignored. All eyes were turned to the West Bank early on Sunday, as thousand of Palestinians took to the streets to commemorate Nakba, an annual ritual that marks the "catastrophe" of Israel's creation in 1948.

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Exchange of Services between Israel and the “Protestors”
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Dar Al-Hayat
by Elias Harfoush - (Opinion) May 17, 2011 - 12:00am

Once again, Israel proves to whomever still needs a proof, that its regime is completely similar to the oppression regimes and the Arab movements of “resistance.” Meanwhile, Israel claims that these regimes are completely opposite to it both on the intellectual and practical level; and that it is confronting them.

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Scant Response to Video of a Violent Israeli Prison Night Search
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Forward
by Nathan Jeffay - May 17, 2011 - 12:00am

In the video, there was screaming, cursing and shooting that left one prisoner dead. But when, in early April, Israelis were given a fly-on-the-wall view of one of the most violent nights in the history of their prison service, other media outlets met it with a collective shrug. Those involved in monitoring Israel’s treatment of Palestinian security prisoners say this reflects a broader hardening of attitudes toward their treatment by the legal establishment and the general public.

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Israeli Troops Fire as Marchers Breach Borders
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times
by Ethan Bronner - May 15, 2011 - 12:00am

Israel’s borders erupted in deadly clashes on Sunday as thousands of Palestinians — marching from Syria, Lebanon, Gaza and the West Bank — confronted Israeli troops to mark the anniversary of Israel’s creation. More than a dozen people were reported killed and scores injured.

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IDF on Lebanon alert for Nakba Day demonstrations
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jerusalem Post
by Yaakov Katz - May 13, 2011 - 12:00am

IDF troops will be deployed in large numbers throughout the West Bank and along the border with Lebanon on Friday, amid expectations that massive demonstrations will break out on both fronts ahead of Nakba Day (“the day of the catastrophe”). The IDF began reinforcing troops in the West Bank earlier this week, and sources in the Northern Command said on Thursday that there were expectations that Palestinians in Lebanon will also travel to the border to participate in the protests.

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