Elia Suleiman: stories my father told me
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Guardian
by Steven J. Rosen - (Interview) June 16, 2010 - 12:00am

We're in a street in occupied Ramallah. A young Palestinian man is taking out his rubbish. An Israeli tank is parked nearby, its gun barrel pointed right at the man's head. As he walks to the bin and back, the tank turret tracks him in whirs and clanks, the barrel dipping when he steps off the pavement. The man is about to go inside when his phone rings. He starts talking to a friend about a party, pacing back and forth, ignoring the tank, which is still noisily following his every move. When he goes back inside, the gun swivels to point directly at the camera.

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Fayyad condemns attack on Israeli police
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'an News Agency
June 15, 2010 - 12:00am

Prime Minister Salam Fayyad condemned Monday's shooting incident south of Hebron that left one Israeli police officer dead and two others injured. The police had been operating in Hebron and the nearby illegal settlements and were reportedly en route to Beersheba when they were ambushed by the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, who said in a statement that the attack came as retribution for the shooting deaths of nine Turkish nationals aboard an aid ship bound for Gaza.

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Israeli policeman killed in W.Bank attack
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Reuters
by Ori Lewis - June 14, 2010 - 12:00am

Suspected Palestinian gunmen shot dead an Israeli policeman and wounded two others in an attack on their vehicle in the occupied West Bank on Monday, police and an emergency service said. "This was definitely a terrorist attack. It was carried out on an ordinary police vehicle and forces are now combing the scene," said police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld. There was no claim of responsibility from any Palestinian group for the attack near the town of Hebron in the southern West Bank.

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Hamas blocks peaceful Gaza demo against buffer zone
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Xinhua
June 14, 2010 - 12:00am

Hamas security forces on Monday prevented Palestinian activists from holding peaceful demonstration against an Israeli-imposed buffer zone in the Gaza Strip, organizers said. Hamas policemen seized keys of vehicles that were set to transport tens of Palestinians to demonstrate near the no-go zone to the east of southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah, the Popular Committee Against Buffer Zone said in a statement.

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Gaza, Through Fresh Eyes
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times
by Ethan Bronner - June 11, 2010 - 12:00am

For some, it’s the relative modernity — the jazzy cellphone stores and pricey restaurants. For others, it’s the endless beaches with children whooping it up. But for nearly everyone who visits Gaza, often with worry of danger and hostility, what’s surprising is the fact that daily life, while troubled, often has the staggering quality of the very ordinary.

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Israel's Gaza blockade: It works
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Los Angeles Times
by Jonah Goldberg - (Opinion) June 8, 2010 - 12:00am

The L.A. City Council wants to boycott the Grand Canyon State. When will the United Nations condemn Los Angeles for its callous pursuit of collective punishment against Arizona in retaliation for its immigration policies? To be sure, the boycott is mainly symbolic, but at least in principle the measure is aimed at hurting all Arizonans regardless of whether they support the "regime" in Phoenix. That's collective punishment.

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Lt. Col. Wafa’a Ayyad, The Director of the Family Protection Unit Urges Palestinian Women to get more involved in Police Work
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Al-Quds
by Zaki Abu Halawe - June 8, 2010 - 12:00am

The director of the Family Protection Unit, Lt. Col. Wafa’a Ayyad, urges Palestinian women to take part in the Police service because of their ability in understanding domestic cases. The Lt. Col. (the highest ranking Palestinian female officer) assured the Al-Quds newspaper that the Palestinian Police are working on developing the services provided to citizens and their families - because they are the main pillars in building a strong legal structure. She noted that the strength of Palestinian families is in their ability to argue and discuss problems and difficulties.

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Abu Libdeh participates in Tel Aviv seminar on PA boycott
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'an News Agency
June 8, 2010 - 12:00am

Palestinian Authority Minister of National Economy Hasan Abu Libdeh arrived in Tel Aviv on Monday afternoon to participate in a seminar on the PA's boycott of settlement goods. Organized by the German Friedrich Ebert Fund, Tel Aviv University, and the Peres Center For Peace, Abu Libdeh said his attendance was meant to inform Israel that the settlement enterprise and its economy in the West Bank "are obstacles to the peace process and the establishment of a Palestinian state."

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Israel must clarify Palestine's status
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Guardian
by Hussein Ibish - June 7, 2010 - 12:00am

While world attention has been heavily focused on efforts to break the siege of Gaza, Palestinians in the West Bank are pursuing a series of new, nonviolent, strategies challenging the Israeli occupation. What they are primarily seeking, and what the Israeli government is desperately trying to avoid, is clarity about the status of the occupied territories.

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ATFP Senior Fellow on All Things Considered: Israeli Raid Presents Opportunity For Palestinians
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from National Public Radio (NPR)
by Hussein Ibish - June 7, 2010 - 12:00am

Full transcript below: GUY RAZ, host:Now, the pro-Israel lobby, AIPAC, is proud of its reputation as one of the most powerful advocacy groups in Washington, D.C.

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