Palestinian President vows no new armed uprising
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Associated Press
(Analysis) November 1, 2012 - 12:00am

  The Palestinian president is reaching out to Israelis ahead of a trip to the U.N. where he will seek an upgraded observer status for his territory.

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Peres: No diplomatic moves on the Palestinian track before January
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Times of Israel
by Elhanan Miller - October 31, 2012 - 12:00am

President Shimon Peres said Wednesday that no diplomatic moves should take place on the Israeli-Palestinian track before a new American president takes office and elections are held in Israel in late January. “Public leaders should respect calendars,” Peres told the press ahead of a meeting with Robert Serry, UN special coordinator for the Middle East peace process, at his Jerusalem residence. “Until the middle of January, we should not take steps that will fall into a vacuum.

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The Next US Administration and Palestine
In Print by Hussein Ibish - Al-Hayat (Opinion) - October 31, 2012 - 12:00am

Whoever wins the election, President Barack Obama or his Republican challenger Mitt Romney, will face the same fundamental problem regarding Palestine.

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As Morsi and Brotherhood spur alarm, what to do about Egypt?
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA)
by Ron Kampeas - October 30, 2012 - 12:00am

WASHINGTON (JTA) – Jewish groups looking for signals from Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi regarding his views were appalled when one finally came -- in the form of a nod and what appeared to be a muttered “amen” to an imam’s call for God to “deal harshly” with the Jews.

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Isreali PM Netanyahu to visit Paris on Wednesday
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Xinhua
(Analysis) October 30, 2012 - 12:00am

  Isreali Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will visit Paris from Oct. 31 to Nov. 1 for bilateral talks, the French foreign ministry announced here on Monday.

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US elections result unlikely to change Mideast policy
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'an News Agency
by Abdul-Hakim Salah - (Opinion) October 30, 2012 - 12:00am

As the countdown to the US presidential race nears, and polls show very close results, Palestinians both at popular and official levels are more concerned about an expected change in US foreign policy than about who will win.  Whether the US will devote greater efforts to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, and be more realistic and objective when dealing with Palestinian and Israeli affairs, is the major question the Palestinians need an answer to.

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Dennis Ross: Two-state solution is not dead, only way to Mideast peace
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
by Chemi Shalev - (Analysis) October 30, 2012 - 12:00am

  "Those who say that the two-state solution is dead are not serving the interests of peace and certainly not serving the interests of Israel and the Palestinians," says former top White House adviser and peace negotiator Dennis Ross.

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Jimmy Carter on Mideast peace, Arab Spring and looming US elections
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ahram Online
(Interview) October 30, 2012 - 12:00am

  Ahram Online: You said in a recent interview that Israel 'never' keeps its promises regarding the rights of Palestinians. Were there any changes on the ground that prompted the so-called 'Elders' to visit the region to attempt to restart peace talks?

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Contempt for peace
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
by Merav Michaeli - (Opinion) October 23, 2012 - 12:00am

"It would be best for the European Union to concentrate now on the problems arising between the various peoples and nationalities on European soil," Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said in response to the EU's condemnation of Israel's plan to build 800 new housing units in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Gilo. "When those problems are satisfactorily solved, we will be happy to hear proposals from the EU on how to solve the problems with the Palestinians."

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The death of the Israel-Palestine two-state solution brings fresh hope
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Guardian
by Rachel Shabi - (Opinion) October 23, 2012 - 12:00am

We could argue over who killed it, but what's the point? It's increasingly obvious that a continued insistence on zombie peace talks between Israelis and Palestinians is deluded, because the two-state principle framing them is dead.

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