Palestinians study options if peace talks fail
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Reuters
by Wafa Amr - September 2, 2008 - 8:00pm

Support among Palestinians for a binational state with Israel will grow should U.S.-brokered talks on creating an independent Palestine fail, a Palestinian think tank forecast in a new report released on Wednesday. Israel has long rejected the idea of becoming a binational country, in which Jews would lose their majority. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has said he remains committed to a two-state solution despite slow-moving negotiations.

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The evolving facts of life
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Bitterlemons
by Yossi Alpher - (Opinion) September 2, 2008 - 8:00pm

A brief perusal of headlines in the regional media would appear to confirm that, of the two main Palestinian movements, Fateh and Hamas, the latter has recently been the object of the most attention from Israel's neighbors, particularly Egypt and Jordan.

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Forcing the neighbors into play
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Bitterlemons
by Ghassan Khatib - September 2, 2008 - 12:00am

The Israeli strategy for dealing with the Palestinians has changed significantly since the first agreement was reached between the two sides in 1993. This change is forcing Jordan and Egypt, unwillingly, to adapt.

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The evolving facts of life
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Bitterlemons
by Yossi Alpher - (Opinion) August 31, 2008 - 8:00pm

A brief perusal of headlines in the regional media would appear to confirm that, of the two main Palestinian movements, Fateh and Hamas, the latter has recently been the object of the most attention from Israel's neighbors, particularly Egypt and Jordan.

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Israeli Settlers Look For Compensation To Leave
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Der Spiegel
by Christoph Schult - August 28, 2008 - 12:00am

When Benny Raz comes home in the evening and gets out of his car, his neighbors turn their backs on him and disappear into their houses. Ras is wearing a short black jacket and jeans. His head looks like a coarsely modeled sculpture, with his protruding cheekbones and eyes set deeply in their sockets. He is 55, and he says: "I have lost all of my friends here."

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Bedouin Nomads Under Threat In Holy Land
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Telegraph
by Carolynne Wheeler - August 27, 2008 - 12:00am

Thanks to drought and increasing Israeli security restrictions on where they can wander, their nomadic lifestyle, which predates the birth of Christ, is likely to die out within a generation.

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Bush Struggles With Legacy On Mideast Peace
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Christian Science Monitor
by Danna Harman - August 26, 2008 - 12:00am

Nine months since President Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice hosted the much touted Annapolis Conference on Middle East peace – at which all sides pledged to work toward a settlement by the end of 2008 – Ms. Rice is once more pushing in person for some kind of deal before the administration leaves office. Her arrival here Sunday marks the 22nd time she's shown up to shuttle between the sides. Yet the main thing Israelis and Palestinians seem to have come any closer on is a shared sense of disappointment.

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Two State Solution is Best For Israelis
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Angus Reid Global Monitor
August 25, 2008 - 8:00pm

The vast majority of people in Israel think that the best solution to the ongoing conflict with the Palestinians is to establish a separate Palestinian state alongside Israel, according to a poll by Market Watch. 74 per cent of respondents share this view, while 14 per cent think the best way to solve the problem is by creating a bi-national state including both Israelis and Palestinians. However, 62 per cent of respondents do not believe it will be possible to reach a final agreement with the Palestinians.

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Bush Struggles with Legacy on Mideast Peace
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Christian Science Monitor
by Danna Harman - August 25, 2008 - 8:00pm

Nine months since President Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice hosted the much touted Annapolis Conference on Middle East peace – at which all sides pledged to work toward a settlement by the end of 2008 – Ms. Rice is once more pushing in person for some kind of deal before the administration leaves office. Her arrival here Sunday marks the 22nd time she's shown up to shuttle between the sides. Yet the main thing Israelis and Palestinians seem to have come any closer on is a shared sense of disappointment.

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Let Them Stay In Palestine
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
by Akiva Eldar - (Opinion) August 25, 2008 - 12:00am

The question Kadima voters must ask themselves on the way to the polls is not which candidate is most qualified to order the army chief of staff, at 3 A.M., to launch strikes against Iran. That decision will in any event be made at the White House. The question they face is tenfold more difficult and no less fateful: Which candidate is capable of instructing the chief of staff, at 3 P.M., to evacuate 110 settlements in the West Bank. After all, this was Kadima's major promise to its voters.

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