Senior Israeli ministers to discuss 'retaliatory actions' against Palestinians over UN bid
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
by Barak Ravid - November 6, 2012 - 1:00am

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's forum of nine senior ministers will meet on Tuesday to discuss the Palestinian Authority's decision to request an upgrade of its status at the United Nations. During the meeting, the country's most senior ministers will consider a range of retaliatory actions against the Palestinian leadership, an official in Jerusalem said. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is expected to request the United Nations General Assembly to upgrade Palestine's status to "non-member observer state" during November.

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Teacher strike closes West Bank schools
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'an News Agency
November 6, 2012 - 1:00am

RAMALLAH (Ma'an) -- The teachers union undertook large scale strike action on Tuesday, forcing most schools in the West Bank to close for the day. The union had announced Saturday that it would hold half-day strikes for two weeks, blaming the Palestinian Authority government for ignoring their salary demands. Union head Muhammad Sowan had told Ma'an that school teachers would leave at 12 p.m. each day starting Sunday, and on Tuesdays teachers would not go into work at all.

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Fighting rages at Damascus Palestinian camp, 20 killed
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Reuters
(Analysis) November 5, 2012 - 1:00am

The Syrian army shelled rebel positions inside a Palestinian refugee camp on the edge of Damascus on Sunday killing at least

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Yes to Abbas
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
(Editorial) November 5, 2012 - 1:00am

After too many months spent almost exclusively dealing with the prospect of a nuclear Iran, Israelis have gotten a reminder about another

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Speaking power to truth in Gaza and the West Bank
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Times of Israel
by Philippe Assouline, Daniel Putterman - (Editorial) November 4, 2012 - 12:00am

Artists move us beyond dogmas. Think of the role of music in the anti-war movement of the 1960s. Think of the impact that “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” or “The Diary of Anne Frank” had on public consciousness. Art is the vanguard of progress.

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Turkish PM plans to visit Gaza
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Xinhua
(Analysis) November 2, 2012 - 12:00am

  Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that he is planning to pay a visit to Gaza along with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas if the conditions are ripe, local newspaper Today's Zaman reported on Friday.

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Palestinians campaign for UN recognition
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Associated Press
by Mohammed Daraghmeh - November 1, 2012 - 12:00am

RAMALLAH, West Bank —Palestinians are launching a last-minute diplomatic offensive to a series of European countries to vote in favor of their partial statehood bid at the United Nations, a senior official said Wednesday. Palestinian envoys were dispatched to Germany, Austria, the United Kingdom, Denmark, Sweden and Finland this week, hoping to persuade those countries to vote in favor of giving Palestinians non-member observer status at the U.N. Some of the countries are opposed, and others are undecided.

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Palestinian businesswomen finding their own solutions
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Daily Star
by Morgan McDaniel - (Opinion) November 1, 2012 - 12:00am

Abeer Abu Ghaith, a poised young woman overflowing with optimism, works tirelessly to help Palestinian women achieve their dreams and improve their lives.

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The new Palestinians
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jerusalem Post
by Menachem Klein - (Opinion) November 1, 2012 - 12:00am

It’s not the economy, stupid, that’s shaking the foundations of the Palestinian Authority.

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Abbas says he has no right to live in Safed, and no territorial demands on pre-1967 Israel
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Times of Israel
by Asher Zeiger - (Analysis) November 1, 2012 - 12:00am

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas stated Thursday that he was not seeking the right to live in Israel, even though he was born in Safed, in remarks that implied a moderated stance on the longstanding Palestinian demand for a “right of return” to Israel for millions of refugees and descendants of refugees.

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