Another Look at Palestinian Culture
In Print by Ziad Asali - The Huffington Post (Opinion) - August 9, 2012 - 12:00am

Given the current conversation about issue of Palestinian culture and its relationship to politics and economics, I feel it's appropriate for me to add my own Palestinian-American perspective.

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UN agency, Jerusalem officials lock horns over trailers for homeless Palestinians
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Xinhua
August 9, 2012 - 12:00am

Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat has signed demolition papers for two trailers in east Jerusalem erected by the United Nation's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Israeli media reported Thursday.

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Abbas forms committee as violence against women rises
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'an News Agency
August 9, 2012 - 12:00am

President Mahmoud Abbas is forming a committee to study personal status laws to protect women, following a rise in violent attacks against women in the West Bank, state media reported.

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Traditional stone walls help protect Palestinian land
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Agence France Presse (AFP)
by Hossam Ezzedine - August 6, 2012 - 12:00am

It has taken four years for Amer Dahabreh to build a traditional stone wall around his land, in what appears to be the ideal solution for protecting it from Jewish settlers. Within the safety of this stone enclosure, this 60-year-old farmer grows apricots, grapes, peaches and courgettes in the village of Ein Yabrud, which is overlooked by the neighbouring Jewish settlement of Ofra. The village is located in Area C, an area under total Israeli control which comprises some 60 percent of the West Bank.

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Palestinian women's killings spark outcry over lax laws
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Los Angeles Times
by Maher Abukhater - August 3, 2012 - 12:00am

Four recent cases of Palestinian women slain allegedly at the hand of relatives have prompted women and human rights groups to demand tougher laws against domestic violence and more stringent enforcement. Several female activists marched Thursday through the streets of Bethlehem in the West Bank demanding justice for women in this patriarchal and traditional society. They also demanded severe punishment for men who kill or batter a female family member.

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Making art from trash
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
by Yitzhak Laor - (Film Review) August 3, 2012 - 12:00am

Initially, I was afraid that "Zevel Tov" ("Good Garbage" ), a documentary produced and directed by Ada Ushpiz and Shosh Shlam, would be just another story about the atrocities of the occupation. At the very least, it would be an effort to prove that there is an occupation, despite the argument by emeritus Supreme Court Justice Edmond Levy, who headed a committee that declared that the West Bank is not occupied territory.

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Hip-hopping to tolerance in the Promised Land
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Daily Star
by Danna Harman - (Opinion) August 3, 2012 - 12:00am

It’s a sweltering day in Jerusalem. Hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons, founder of a major record label and clothing company, sits fanning himself with a magazine. Next to him is Orthodox rabbi Marc Schneier, vice president of the World Jewish Congress.

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The Tent People
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Al-Hayat
by Zuheir Kseibati - (Opinion) August 2, 2012 - 12:00am

The Palestinians no longer have the privilege of “monopolizing” tents as part of the history of their setbacks and the features of their identity. The people of the region now have a new landmark that is unifying them perhaps more than the Arab League ever did: the tents of the displaced and the refugees.

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Israel, Palestinian Authority sign bilateral trade agreements
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
by Moti Bassok - August 1, 2012 - 12:00am

Israel and the Palestinian Authority signed agreements on Tuesday to regulate bilateral trade and taxation. The agreements were thrashed out in a series of secret meetings that lasted more than a year and had many ups and downs. Israeli sources said they also have diplomatic ramifications.

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1 militant killed, 2 others wounded in Gaza blast
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Associated Press
August 1, 2012 - 12:00am

Palestinians say a Hamas militant was killed and two others were wounded when an explosion went off in the car they were driving near Gaza City. Gaza health official Ashraf al-Kidra confirmed the death. There were no claims of an Israeli attack, suggesting that the blast may have been from an explosive device that went off prematurely.



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