IDF closes Palestinian school to make way for West Bank training zone
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
by Akiva Eldar - May 14, 2012 - 12:00am

A Palestinian elementary school was shut down last week after Israel's Civil Administration confiscated the vehicle used to transport teachers to it. Teachers initially tried coming to the school, located in the Jinba cave village in the southern Hebron hills, by donkey, but this proved disruptive since they were often late.

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Arab writers return from Gaza, overshadow literature festival with anti-Hamas testimonies
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ahram Online
by Mohammed Saad - May 13, 2012 - 12:00am

The closing ceremony of the fifth Palestine Festival of Literature (aka Palfest) was overshadowed by politics as writers who returned from a trip to the Gaza Strip gave their testimony on the situation there and described Hamas’s “repressive rule.” At the Palfest closing ceremony, which was held in Cairo on Friday at the Rawabet Theatre, writer Ahdaf Soueif presented the Egyptian and Arab guest writers, including Khaled El-Khamisi, Sahar El-Mougy, poet Amin Haddad, Tunisian writer Khaled Najjar and Palestinian Poet Tariq Hamdan.

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Lawyer: Halahla could die at any moment
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'an News Agency
May 11, 2012 - 12:00am

BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Prison doctors have told Thaer Halahla that he could die at any moment after 72 days on hunger strike, his lawyer Mona Neddaf said Thursday. Neddaf visited Halahla, 33, in Ramle prison clinic on Thursday, the prisoner rights group Addameer said in a statement. He is vomiting blood, bleeding from his gums and lips and has extremely low blood pressure, she said. His temperature is fluctuating at dangerous levels and the prison doctor said he also has an infection. He has refused food since Feb. 29 and now weighs 55 kilograms.

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PA: Suspects in Jenin shooting attack detained
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'an News Agency
May 11, 2012 - 12:00am

JENIN (Ma'an) -- Security forces on Thursday arrested the perpetrators of a shooting attack on the home of the late governor of Jenin, a spokesman said. On May 1, assailants opened fire on Qaddura Musa's home in Jenin. The governor left his home with security chiefs to investigate when he suffered a heart attack that killed him, police spokesman Mujahid Rabiya said.

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Ramallah’s Ashtar Theater perform Richard II in London
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Asharq Alawsat
by Sheyma Buali - (Theater Review) May 11, 2012 - 12:00am

London, Asharq Al-Awsat- Shakespeare has been translated into every major language, interpreted via every art and theater movement, has been the basis of discussions about language on multiple levels – including the formation of words and grammar. His plays and poetry have changed the way people think of romance, tragedy, comedy, fantasy and even the bizarre. His impression on lyrical works and drama has not waned in the 400 years that people of all ages have been studying and receiving his works, whether in classrooms or theaters.

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The Lessons of the Nakba
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Daily Beast
by Ziad Asali - (Opinion) May 11, 2012 - 12:00am

I do not need anyone to teach me about the Palestinian Nakba. It is the defining moment of my existence. I do not need anyone to lecture me about it either.

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Second Palestinian on hunger strike hospitalized
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Associated Press
May 9, 2012 - 12:00am

JERUSALEM — A spokeswoman for Israel's prison service says a Palestinian prisoner refusing to eat food for the past 71 days has been transferred to a civilian hospital. Sivan Weizman says Thaer Halahleh was hospitalized early Tuesday after he refused to drink water. Halahleh is the second hunger striker to be transferred. Bilal Diab, also on a 71-day hunger strike, was hospitalized last week.

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Abbas warns of disaster if hunger-striker dies
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Reuters
by Ali Sawafta - May 9, 2012 - 12:00am

RAMALLAH (Reuters) -- President Mahmoud Abbas warned on Tuesday that the death of any one of the hundreds of Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike in Israel would be a "disaster" and could trigger a backlash that might slip out of control. "It is very dangerous," Abbas told Reuters on a day when the Red Cross urged Israel to transfer to hospital six detainees who it said were close to death after not eating for two months.

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Model West Bank City Loses a Crime Fighter
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times
by Jodi Rudoren - May 9, 2012 - 12:00am

JENIN, West Bank — Relaxing in their rooftop salon one recent night, Amal Qadoura headed to fetch ice cream for herself and her husband when the shooting began. First, she recalled, two bullets were fired at one side of the glass-enclosed porch, followed by a barrage from a hilltop on the other side.

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How Netanyahu's 'unity' government may affect Palestinians, Iran
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Christian Science Monitor
by Joshua Mitnick - May 8, 2012 - 12:00am

A stunning overhaul in the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could produce progress on the peace process with the Palestinians but also enhance Israeli threats to attack Iran’s nuclear program.

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