Netanyahu fails to appease Jewish settlers outraged by brutal attack
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Christian Science Monitor
by Joshua Mitnick - March 14, 2011 - 12:00am

The stabbing deaths of an Israeli couple and three of their children Friday night in the Jewish settlement of Itamar has stoked concern about a deterioration of a broad calm prevailing in the West Bank, as well as new blow to negotiations. Palestinian militants are suspected to be behind the attack, which took place in the northern West Bank near Nablus.

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Settler violence continues across West Bank
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'an News Agency
March 14, 2011 - 12:00am

ettlers were seen setting fire to an agricultural field north of Ramallah overnight, while a mob entered a town east of Qalqiliya and set fire to civilian vehicles as Palestinians in the West Bank remain fearful. Palestinian security had been warning residents against travel to areas of settler violence on Sunday afternoon, but drivers continue to fear roadside attacks on shared settler roads, while Palestinians living near settlements fear attacks from roving mobs of settlers seeking vengeance for the murder of a family in the northern West Bank in Friday night.

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Israel to Step Up Pace of Construction in West Bank Areas
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times
by Isabel Kershner - March 13, 2011 - 1:00am

Israel said Sunday that it would build hundreds of new housing units within the populous West Bank settlement blocs, ending a slowdown in government-supported construction that had lasted several months. The move is meant to assuage settlers’ anger, particularly after the killings of five family members in the Itamar settlement late Friday. But it is also likely to complicate international efforts to revive the stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.

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Left-leaning youth movement to initiate new West Bank settlement
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
by Gili Cohen - March 11, 2011 - 1:00am

The left-leaning Bnei Hamoshavim youth movement is planning to build a new settlement for its graduates in the Jordan Valley, Army Radio reported on Thursday. At a meeting between the movement's secretary general, Eyal Uzon, and the head of the Jordan Valley regional council, David Alhiani, himself a Bnei Hamoshavim graduate, the movement was offered the abandoned Gadi military base, near Moshav Mesua, which is beyond the Green Line.

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Court: Settlers to share Palestinian home in Jerusalem
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'an News Agency
March 10, 2011 - 1:00am

An Israeli court issued a decision last week allowing Israeli settlers to take part of a Palestinian family home in the Rad Al-Amoud neighborhood of occupied East Jerusalem. The court decision came after an 11-year battle between the Hamdella family and American-Israeli billionaire Irving Moskowitz, who purchased the property in 1990 from a Jewish group claiming to own the land.

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Israel's future depends on removal of outposts
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
(Opinion) March 10, 2011 - 1:00am

The state's pledge to the High Court of Justice to remove all outposts on private Palestinian land should raise at least two questions: Why did the state have to wait for a High Court order to acknowledge the illegality of the outposts, and why must it wait until the end of 2011 to remove them?

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Bedouin reject compensation offer, accusing Israel of land grab
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
by Zafrir Rinat - March 10, 2011 - 1:00am

The Israeli government is trying to wedge a divide within the Bedouin community in the Negev in order to seize its lands, Bedouin representatives said on Thursday, in response to a reported government initiative to settle the issue of unrecognized Bedouin settlements in southern Israel.

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News Analysis: Will Israel's pledge to remove some settlements activate peace talks?
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Xinhua
by Adam Gonn - March 9, 2011 - 1:00am

The Israeli government on Monday announced that it will remove all Israeli settlements on the West Bank built on private Palestinian land. Despite the government's promises, local analysts doubt its feasibility without an outside push to resume direct negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians. Moreover, the political stability within Israel could be affected as some coalition partners are considered pro-settlement. DOMESTIC DOUBTS

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Settlers resume construction in Havat Gilad
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ynetnews
by Yair Altman - March 9, 2011 - 1:00am

A week after the razing of illegal structures which prompted a series of protests and "price tag" activities, demolished structures in Havat Gilad have been rebuilt. In addition, four new structures are being set up. Meanwhile, the government has pledged to demolish the buildings by the end of the year. "Our Zionist response to the destruction of the country is to build immediately, not just the razed structures but several other ones," Itay Zar, Havat Gilad founder said.

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Settlers resume construction in Havat Gilad
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ynetnews
by Yair Altman - March 9, 2011 - 1:00am

A week after the razing of illegal structures which prompted a series of protests and "price tag" activities, demolished structures in Havat Gilad have been rebuilt. In addition, four new structures are being set up. Meanwhile, the government has pledged to demolish the buildings by the end of the year. "Our Zionist response to the destruction of the country is to build immediately, not just the razed structures but several other ones," Itay Zar, Havat Gilad founder said.

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