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Heading for an iceberg called Iran
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
by Yossi Verter - (Opinion) August 24, 2012 - 12:00am

For three and a half years, Benjamin and Sara Netanyahu paid occasional visits to the second floor of the President's Residence, where they shared an intimate dinner with Israel's No. 1 citizen, who lives there alone. From time to time, he visited them for a Shabbat-eve meal. In those 41 months, Shimon Peres served the prime minister loyally in the world's capitals, defended him, did PR for him, exalted and magnified him.

The Cordesman criteria
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Washington Post
by Charles Krauthammer - (Opinion) August 23, 2012 - 12:00am

Either Israel is engaged in the most elaborate ruse since the Trojan horse or it is on the cusp of a preemptive strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities.

The Decider
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Foreign Policy
by Oren Kessler - (Opinion) August 23, 2012 - 12:00am

Twenty years have passed since Israel first raised the alarm over Iran's nuclear program, 10 years since Iranian dissidents revealed the enrichment plant at Natanz, and roughly two since pundits started predicting an Israeli attack against the Islamic Republic. Today, never have so many Israelis from across the political spectrum agreed that a military strike on Iran's nuclear facilities could arrive within months.

Egyptian official: Recent Sinai operation was fully coordinated with Israel
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
by Avi Issacharoff - August 22, 2012 - 12:00am

An Egyptian military source said Wednesday that the recent deployment of troops in the Sinai peninsula was fully coordinated with Israel, refuting media reports that the move violated the Israel-Egypt peace treaty. The al-Masry al-Youm newspaper quoted a member of Egypt's Higher Military Council as saying that Egyptian forces entered Sinai only following consultations with Israel.

Israel Skittish about Egyptian Tanks in Sinai
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Media Line
by Linda Gradstein - (Analysis) August 22, 2012 - 12:00am

When considering the situation in the Sinai Peninsula, Israelis are caught between a sand dune and the Red Sea. On one hand, they want to encourage the new Egyptian government to re-impose its control over the Sinai, which has become a center for smuggling everything from prostitutes to weapons. On the other hand, they fear that allowing Egypt to violate the historic 1979 Israeli-Egyptian peace treaty is “a slippery slope,” as one senior Israeli official put it.

Developments in Iran and Sinai Deepen Israel’s Worries About Egypt
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times
by Jodi Rudoren - August 22, 2012 - 12:00am

Egypt’s new Islamist president headed to Iran next week and its military deploying tanks in the Sinai Peninsula — possibly outside the parameters of his nation’s 33-year-old treaty with Israel — officials here are increasingly worried about what has long been their most critical regional relationship.

Israel Asks Egypt to Remove Tanks From Sinai
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times
by Isabel Kershner - August 21, 2012 - 12:00am

JERUSALEM — Israel is “troubled” by the entry of Egyptian tanks into the northern Sinai Peninsula without coordination with Israel, a violation of the terms of the 33-year-old peace treaty between the two countries, and has asked

Bibi's Iran Plan Rests on Shaky Ground
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jewish Daily Forward
by Leonard Fein - (Opinion) August 19, 2012 - 12:00am

Israel’s leading television news program, Channel 2 News, now informs us that Prime Minister Netanyahu and Defense Minister Barak are “on the brink” of approving an Israeli military attack on Iran.

Israel Attack on Iran Runs Risk of Massive Missile Retaliation
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Al-Monitor
by Barbara Slavin - (Opinion) August 19, 2012 - 12:00am

If Israel attacks Iran, the Israeli heartland could face retaliation from more than 10,000 missiles based in Iran, Syria, Lebanon and the Gaza Strip, according to Uzi Rubin, the founder and first director of Israel’s Missile Defense Organization.

Intolerable behavior
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jerusalem Post
(Editorial) August 19, 2012 - 12:00am

Israeli Jews were reportedly responsible for two attacks perpetrated against Palestinians in recent days. Last Thursday, a Molotov cocktail was thrown at a taxi carrying six Palestinians outside the West Bank settlement of Bat Ayin. The ensuing explosion caused the taxi to flip over and resulted in the injury of several of the passengers. The assailants were aware that the victims were Palestinians since the attack took place during the day and the vehicle was yellow with green license plates, characteristic of Palestinian taxis.

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