Israel effectively annexes Palestinian land near Jordan Valley
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from
by Akiva Eldar - (Analysis) November 18, 2011 - 1:00am

Israel carried out a de facto annexation of Palestinian land northeast of the Jordan Valley and given it to Kibbutz Merav. Merav, part of the Religious Kibbutz Movement, is about seven kilometers northwest of the parcel. The route of the separation barrier in the area was changed so that the plot in question, about 1,500 dunams (375 acres), would be on the Israeli side.

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Settlers 'attempted to kill' Israeli soldiers
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Independent
by Donald MacIntyre - (Analysis) November 18, 2011 - 1:00am

Though fairly hair-raising, the blog Haim Har-Zahav wrote about how his Israel Defence Forces unit was attacked several times in the West Bank back in September would have gone almost unnoticed – except for one thing.

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The Eviction of One Palestinian Family Might Cause the Next Political Crisis Over East Jerusalem
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Huffington Post
by Hagit Ofran - (Opinion) November 17, 2011 - 1:00am

August 2nd, 2009. The Ghawi and Hannun families of Sheikh Jarrah in East Jerusalem are waking to the sounds of police and trucks and movers. In a few hours, their houses will have become the home to settler families, and they will be kicked out to the street.

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Pro-settlement attacks by Israeli militants endanger any hope of peace
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Sacramento Bee
by Trudy Rubin - (Opinion) November 16, 2011 - 1:00am

When Hagit Ofran woke up Tuesday — within days of the 16th anniversary of the murder of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin — she found death threats spray-painted on her door. "You are dead. Ofran, Rabin is waiting for you," was the message scrawled in red against the white walls of her stairwell.

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Palestinian, Israeli activists launch campaign against settlement transportation
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Al-Arabiya
by Amjad Samhan - (Analysis) November 15, 2011 - 1:00am

Dozens of Palestinian and Israeli activists are gearing up for the launch on Tuesday of a campaign against transportation companies that serve settlements in the West Bank in protest of the continuation of the occupation and the construction of more units in the Occupied Territories. The campaign aims at obstructing means of transportation affiliated to Egged and Veolia, two Israeli public transportation companies that transfer Jewish settlers from the West Bank to East Jerusalem and Israel.

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Planned West Bank demolitions send ripples through Netanyahu's coalition
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
by Yossi Verter - November 11, 2011 - 1:00am

The 18th Knesset is back to work.

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Freeze settlements now!
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jerusalem Post
by Uri Savir - (Opinion) November 10, 2011 - 1:00am

Israel is at a dramatic crossroads for its national security. The threat of Iran going nuclear, the shifting sands of the Arab Spring, the total stalemate in the peace process and the ongoing delegitimization of Israel in the world – all these are not plagues from the heavens, but characterize the region in which we live, technological developments and a world not accepting the occupation of another people.

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Fatah: Israel undermining PA 'disastrous' for region
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'an News Agency
(Analysis) November 7, 2011 - 1:00am

A Fatah spokesman warned on Sunday that Israel's settlement expansion and withholding of PA tax revenues would have "disastrous results for the entire region." Fayiz Abu Aita said the measures announced by the Israeli government the day after UNESCO admitted Palestine as a full member were an attempt to undermine the Palestinian Authority. "This is a declaration of war" on the PA, Aita said in a statement issued by the Media and Culture Commission. "Israel bears full responsibility for this dangerous escalation."

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Erekat: PLO rejects Israeli 'blackmail'
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'an News Agency
November 2, 2011 - 12:00am

RAMALLAH (Ma'an) -- Israel's approval of 2,000 new settlement housing units on occupied Palestinian land and its withholding of Palestinian tax revenue are illegal and amount to blackmail, PLO official Saeb Erekat said Tuesday. "Our condemnation is unequivocal. These steps are illegal and amount to blackmail that we categorically reject," Erekat said in a statement. Israel decided on Tuesday to accelerate Jewish-only settlement building and withhold Palestinian Authority funds, a day after UNESCO awarded Palestine full membership of the UN cultural agency.

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Israel Plans to Speed Up Settlement Growth
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times
by Isabel Kershner - November 1, 2011 - 12:00am

JERUSALEM — Israel said on Tuesday that it would accelerate the construction of 2,000 housing units in contested areas of East Jerusalem and in two West Bank settlements. The announcement came a day after the Palestinians won full membership in Unesco in the face of staunch Israeli and American opposition.

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