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January 7, 2013

Middle East News: World Press Roundup

NEWS: PM Fayyad says the PA fiscal crisis is being exacerbated by pledged Arab aid that is not being delivered. PM Netanyahu says Israel is now going to construct a barrier along the Syrian border. Sen. Rand Paul calls for a gradual reduction in aid to Israel. Egypt says it has foiled a car bombing attempt near the Gaza border. Netanyahu's rivals are considering an implausible center-left coalition for the coming election. Charges are dropped against an Israeli youth accused of attacking a Palestinian taxi. Israeli security officials believe there is a "low possibility" of another Palestinian uprising. Hamas officials say they will be selecting a new leader this month. Netanyahu says he still stands behind his Bar-Ilan speech in which he endorsed a two-state solution. The PLO says it's working to end violence in Palestinian refugee camps in Syria. Many Palestinian citizens of Israel seem ready to ignore the upcoming Israeli election. COMMENTARY: Jackson Diehl says the Obama administration should adopt a low-key approach to Middle East peace, but Jeremy Ben-Ami says bold measures are required to save the two-state solution. Ha'aretz says the Israeli government is wrong to stop Palestinian prisoners from seeking an education. Avner Cohen says Asma Aghbarieh-Zahalka is creating a new political discourse in Israel. S. Daniel Abraham says, in order to survive as a Jewish state, Israel needs a Palestinian state alongside it. Ben Caspit says Netanyahu must now choose between the sane parties of the center-left or the not-so-sane religious right. The Jerusalem Post says Palestinian leaders are irresponsible in blaming Israel for their fiscal crisis. Jeff Barak says Netanyahu's policies have been disastrous. Jonathan Freedland says Israel's shift to the right will cost it the friends it needs most. Peter Beaumont says Netanyahu appears to be a "strong man with a fearful heart." Alex Joffe says Palestinians may hate Netanyahu, but they are playing into his hands at every stage. The Daily Star says Palestinians need to persist in pursuing national reconciliation. Hamas figure Kassem Kassir says the group would like to maintain relations with Iran, if possible. Raphael Ahren says Netanyahu and FM Lieberman don't mean what the world thinks they're talking about when they refer to a two-state solution. Tal Kra-Oz looks at the rise of the annexationist, one-unequal-state, movement on the Israeli right.


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Palestinian PM warns of cash crisis

Article Author(s): 
Karin Laub
Media Outlet: 
Associated Press
Date: 
January 6, 2013
Source Link(s): 
http://www.statesman.com/ap/ap/top-news/ap-interview-palestinian-pm-blasts-arab-... [6]

 

The Palestinian self-rule government is in "extreme jeopardy" because of an unprecedented financial crisis, largely because Arab countries have failed to send hundreds of millions of dollars in promised aid, the Palestinian prime minister said Sunday.



Israel Plans to Construct a Syrian Border Fence

Article Author(s): 
Isabel Kershner
Media Outlet: 
The New York Times
Date: 
January 6, 2013
Source Link(s): 
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/07/world/middleeast/israel-plans-to-build-syrian-... [7]

 



US senator calls for gradual cut in aid to Israel

Article Author(s): 
Aron Heller
Media Outlet: 
Associated Press
Date: 
January 7, 2013
Source Link(s): 
http://www.statesman.com/ap/ap/ohio/us-senator-calls-for-gradual-cut-in-aid-to-i... [8]

 

U.S. Sen. Rand Paul on Monday called for a gradual reduction of American foreign aid, delivering the message in an unlikely venue — since Israel is among the top recipients of American assistance.



Egypt says it foils car bombing near Gaza border

Article Author(s): 
Ashraf Sweilam
Media Outlet: 
Associated Press
Date: 
January 7, 2013
Source Link(s): 
http://www.statesman.com/ap/ap/religion/egypt-says-it-foils-car-bombing-near-gaz... [9]

 

The Egyptian military said Monday it foiled an attempted car bombing that was likely targeting an abandoned church or a nearby military camp under construction along the Egypt-Gaza border.



Netanyahu's rivals eye centre-left pact for Israel vote

Article Author(s): 
Dan Williams
Media Outlet: 
Reuters
Date: 
January 5, 2013
Source Link(s): 
http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/netanyahus-rivals-eye-centre-left-pact-for-is... [10]

 

Three Israeli parties on Saturday proposed forming a centre-left opposition bloc to try to topple conservative Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Jan. 22 election, but disagreements over the terms suggested any pact could be elusive.



Case dropped against Israeli teen accused of detonating Palestinian taxi

Media Outlet: 
Xinhua
Date: 
January 6, 2013
Source Link(s): 
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-01/07/c_132084445.htm [11]

 

The Attorney Office of Jerusalem District decided on Sunday to close an investigation against a 13- year-old Jewish settler suspected of hurling a Molotov cocktail at a Palestinian taxi in August 2012.

In a statement obtained by Xinhua, the lawsuit was closed due to "lack of sufficient evidence" which could connect the defendant with the crime.



Israeli security chief estimates "low" chance of third intifada

Media Outlet: 
Xinhua
Date: 
January 7, 2013
Source Link(s): 
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-01/07/c_132084446.htm [12]

 

The chance that Palestinians in the West Bank launch another violent uprising against Israel is low, according to a recent assessment by the director of Israel's Shin Bet security service.



Hamas to pick new chief this month: official

Media Outlet: 
Xinhua
Date: 
January 6, 2013
Source Link(s): 
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-01/06/c_132084423.htm [13]

 

 Islamic Hamas movement will pick a new chief of its politburo through internal elections this month to succeed current leader Khaled Mashaal, a Hamas official said Sunday.

"We will elect a new chief this month under a new electoral system," Hamas senior member Salah al-Bardawil told Xinhua.



Israel's premier reaffirms landmark speech on Palestinian statehood

Article Author(s): 
Batsheva Sobelman
Media Outlet: 
The Los Angeles Times
Date: 
January 6, 2013
Source Link(s): 
http://www.latimes.com/news/world/worldnow/la-fg-israel-prime-minister-netanyahu... [14]

 



Official: PLO seeking return of refugees to Damascus camp

Media Outlet: 
Ma'an News Agency
Date: 
January 7, 2013
Source Link(s): 
http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=554058 [15]

PLO leaders, the Free Syria Army and Syrian regime forces are in ongoing talks to finalize an agreement to allow Palestinian refugees who fled fighting in a Damascus camp to return, a PLO official said.



In poor Arab villages like Jisr a-Zarka, poverty and alienation keep people from the polls

Article Author(s): 
Assaf Uni
Media Outlet: 
The Times of Israel
Date: 
January 7, 2013
Source Link(s): 
http://www.timesofisrael.com/in-poor-arab-villages-like-jisr-a-zarka-poverty-and... [16]

 



Wading into the Middle East morass

Article Author(s): 
Jackson Diehl
Media Outlet: 
The Washington Post
Article Type: 
Opinion
Date: 
January 6, 2013
Source Link(s): 
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/jackson-diehl-wading-into-the-middle-east... [17]

 



Preserving the two-state solution

Article Author(s): 
Jeremy Ben-Ami
Media Outlet: 
The Washington Post
Article Type: 
Opinion
Date: 
January 4, 2013
Source Link(s): 
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/preserving-the-two-state-solution/2013/01... [18]

 


A mere 24 hours after it takes office this month, President Obama’s new national security team will come face to face with a fundamentally different political reality in Israel and the Palestinian territory than their predecessors dealt with.



The wrong lesson

Media Outlet: 
Haaretz
Article Type: 
Editorial
Date: 
January 7, 2013
Source Link(s): 
http://www.haaretz.com/opinion/the-wrong-lesson-1.492337 [19]

 



In an Arab woman, a new hope for Israel's left

Article Author(s): 
Avner Cohen
Media Outlet: 
Haaretz
Article Type: 
Opinion
Date: 
January 7, 2013
Source Link(s): 
http://www.haaretz.com/opinion/in-an-arab-woman-a-new-hope-for-israel-s-left.pre... [20]

 

Something fascinating, innovative, authentic and hopeful is happening on the Israeli left and it has happened almost overnight. Though this something is still embryonic, a small bud not yet on the opinion poll radar, those following the left's dire situation can't miss it. For the first time since perhaps the death of Jewish-Arab communism of the 1950s, a new Israeli left has been born here, a left that carries hope and a new kind of vision.



How Israel will be destroyed without one shot being fired

Article Author(s): 
S. Daniel Abraham
Media Outlet: 
Haaretz
Article Type: 
Opinion
Date: 
January 6, 2013
Source Link(s): 
http://www.haaretz.com/opinion/how-israel-will-be-destroyed-without-one-shot-bei... [21]

 



The Israeli initiative

Article Author(s): 
Ben Caspit
Media Outlet: 
The Jerusalem Post
Article Type: 
Opinion
Date: 
January 6, 2013
Source Link(s): 
http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Op-EdContributors/Article.aspx?id=298621 [22]

It’s not a putsch, not an attempt to topple Netanyahu or any of the other spins the Likud is currently trying to pin on it.

I’d call it “The Israeli Initiative”; the union of the Center-Left, sane Zionist parties – the State of Israel’s last chance to remain in the r



Palestinian irresponsibility

Media Outlet: 
The Jerusalem Post
Article Type: 
Editorial
Date: 
January 6, 2013
Source Link(s): 
http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Editorials/Article.aspx?id=298611 [23]

The Palestinian Authority is currently embroiled in a largely self-inflicted financial crisis so bad that it could lead to what one high-ranking Fatah official recently referred to as a “popular explosion.”

Unfortunately, instead of taking responsible steps to remedy the situation, the PA h



Reality Check: Netanyahu’s damaging policies

Article Author(s): 
Jeff Barak
Media Outlet: 
The Jerusalem Post
Article Type: 
Opinion
Date: 
January 6, 2013
Source Link(s): 
http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Columnists/Article.aspx?id=298620 [24]

The saddest fact about this election campaign is that the first real opposition blows against Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu were struck by people not running for election.

President Shimon Peres landed the first punch with his call last week to renew negotiations with Palestinian Authority Presiden



Israel's shift to the right will alienate those it needs most

Article Author(s): 
Jonathan Freedland
Media Outlet: 
The Guardian
Article Type: 
Opinion
Date: 
January 4, 2013
Source Link(s): 
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jan/04/israel-shift-right-alienate-... [25]

 



Binyamin Netanyahu: strong man with a fearful heart

Article Author(s): 
Peter Beaumont
Media Outlet: 
The Guardian
Date: 
January 5, 2013
Source Link(s): 
http://www.guardian.co.uk/theobserver/2013/jan/05/binyamin-netanyahu-profile [26]

 



Palestinians hate Netanyahu, but the Israeli leader acts like one of them

Article Author(s): 
Alexander Joffe
Media Outlet: 
The Daily Star
Article Type: 
Opinion
Date: 
January 5, 2013
Source Link(s): 
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/Opinion/Commentary/2013/Jan-05/201001-palestinians-h... [27]

 



Keep the impetus

Media Outlet: 
The Daily Star
Article Type: 
Editorial
Date: 
January 5, 2013
Source Link(s): 
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/Opinion/Editorial/2013/Jan-05/200995-keep-the-impetu... [28]

 



Hamas MP: Gates of Gaza Open, Including to Iran

Media Outlet: 
Al-Monitor
Article Type: 
Opinion
Date: 
January 6, 2013
Source Link(s): 
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/politics/2013/01/hamas-mp-to-as-safir-gates-of-g... [29]

 



What Netanyahu and Liberman really mean when they speak of a two-state solution

Article Author(s): 
Raphael Ahren
Media Outlet: 
The Times of Israel
Article Type: 
Opinion
Date: 
January 6, 2013
Source Link(s): 
http://www.timesofisrael.com/what-netanyahu-and-liberman-really-mean-when-they-s... [30]

 



The New One-State Solution

Media Outlet: 
Tablet Magazine
Article Type: 
Opinion
Date: 
January 7, 2013
Source Link(s): 
http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and-politics/120807/the-new-one-state-solut... [31]

 

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