From Israel, A Call For Patience
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Washington Post
by Linda Gradstein - August 22, 2008 - 12:00am

Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni warned Thursday against outside efforts to pressure Israel and the Palestinians to come up with a peace agreement this year, saying violence could erupt if they fail to meet international expectations. The statement, coming on the eve of Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice's visit to Israel, effectively dooms the already slim chances that an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement will be reached before President Bush leaves office in January.

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Palestine Central Bank's Tricky Path
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Wall Street Journal
by Bob Davis - August 22, 2008 - 12:00am

Ben Bernanke worries about being held hostage to the global economy. The central banker for the Palestinian territories frets about hostage-taking of a different kind. "Sometimes people take a gun to the head of a branch manager," says Jihad al-Wazir, governor of the Palestine Monetary Authority. "Then I get a phone call."

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From Israel, a Call for Patience Rushing Peace Process Invites Violence, Foreign Minister Says
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Washington Post
by Linda Gradstein - August 21, 2008 - 8:00pm

Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni warned Thursday against outside efforts to pressure Israel and the Palestinians to come up with a peace agreement this year, saying violence could erupt if they fail to meet international expectations. The statement, coming on the eve of Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's visit to Israel, effectively dooms the already slim chances that an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement will be reached before President Bush leaves office in January.

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Livni: Time Is Running Out For Peace Talks With Palestinians
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
by Barak Ravid - August 21, 2008 - 12:00am

Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni on Thursday called for a unity coalition to pursue the creation of Palestinian state living peacefully alongside Israel, saying "time is against the moderates" looking to reach a peace agreement. Livni, a front-runner to replace Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, said she would try to form such a government if she wins next month's primary election of the ruling Kadima Party, as polls indicate she is likely to do.

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Jordan Acknowledges Meetings With Hamas
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ynetnews
August 21, 2008 - 12:00am

Jordan acknowledged Wednesday that it held clandestine meetings with the militant Palestinian Hamas - the kingdom's first public confirmation of the recent talks. Nasser Judeh, Jordan's minister of information, told reporters that the meetings, which were headed by Jordanian intelligencechief Mohammed al - Dahabi, were held in an effort to "solve pending security issues." He declined to elaborate.

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Livni: Time is running out for peace talks
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
by Barak Ravid - August 20, 2008 - 8:00pm

Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni on Thursday called for a unity coalition to pursue the creation of Palestinian state living peacefully alongside Israel, saying "time is against the moderates" looking to reach a peace agreement. Livni, a front-runner to replace Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, said she would try to form such a government if she wins next month's primary election of the ruling Kadima Party, as polls indicate she is likely to do.

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Results Of An Opinion Poll On Hamas And The Truce, The Government, Security Campaigns, The Peace Process And Elections
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Arab World For Research and Development
August 20, 2008 - 12:00am

Sample Size: 1200 Palestinians in the West Bank & Gaza Margin of error: + 3 One: Introduction

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Jordan acknowledges meetings with Hamas
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Associated Press
August 19, 2008 - 8:00pm

Jordan acknowledged Wednesday that it held clandestine meetings with the militant Palestinian Hamas - the kingdom's first public confirmation of the recent talks. Nasser Judeh, Jordan's minister of information, told reporters that the meetings, which were headed by Jordanian intelligence chief Mohammed al-Dahabi, were held in an effort to "solve pending security issues." He declined to elaborate.

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'we Are Running Out Of Time For A Two-state Solution'
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
by Akiva Eldar - (Opinion) August 18, 2008 - 12:00am

At the end of my conversation with Sari Nusseibeh at the American Colony Hotel in Jerusalem, the highly respected president of Al-Quds University - and cosignatory of " The People's Choice" a peace plan that he formulated with former Shin Bet chief Ami Ayalon - told me he wouldn't be surprised if one of the Palestinian residents of the city ran for mayor in the municipal elections in November. The candidate would not run as a representative of Jerusalem per se, Nusseibeh stressed. Rather, he would be running on behalf of all Palestinians in the occupied territories.

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What Happened To The "vision" Of A Two-state Solution?
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Bitterlemons
by Yisrael Harel - August 18, 2008 - 12:00am

A few years ago, at a dialogue meeting between Israelis and Palestinians, the Palestinians were asked what they thought of the idea voiced by Ariel Sharon that Jordan, with more than two-thirds of its population Palestinian, is in fact a Palestinian state. And if that is not today the case, then when Jordan becomes a constitutional monarchy or enjoys some other form of regime that expresses the will of the majority, it will indeed become Palestinian.

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