Israeli Talk of Attacking Iran Damages Relationship with US
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Al-Monitor
by Avner Cohen - (Opinion) September 4, 2012 - 12:00am

“When you have to shoot, shoot. Don’t talk,” goes a famous line from the old Clint Eastwood movie The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

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Bill Mandates Discussion of Sephardi Refugees
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jewish Daily Forward
by Nathan Guttman - (Opinion) August 12, 2012 - 12:00am

In a rare show of pre-election bipartisanship, lawmakers from both parties are sponsoring a bill that would link the plight of Palestinian refugees with that of Jews from Arab countries.

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After Sinai Attack, U.S. and Egypt Step Up Talks on Security
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times
by Steven Lee Myers, Thom Shanker - August 11, 2012 - 12:00am

In the wake of the attack that killed 16 Egyptian soldiers near the border with Israel last Sunday, the United States and Egypt are negotiating a package of assistance to address what administration officials described as a worsening security vacuum in the Sinai Peninsula.

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U. of Calif. Weighs Banning 'Hate' Speech
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jewish Daily Forward
by Naomi Zeveloff - August 2, 2012 - 12:00am

The University of California, birthplace of the 1960s campus Free Speech Movement, is now considering a proposal that would ban certain forms of speech as a result of a report on Jews and the Israel debate at its schools. The July 9 report, issued by an advisory panel to UC President Mark Yudof, concluded that Jewish students sometimes face a hostile environment at UC schools in the form of anti-Israel protests. It recommends that UC “seek opportunities to prohibit hate speech on campus.”

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Fayyad meets US presidential candidate Romney
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'an News Agency
July 30, 2012 - 12:00am

Palestinian Authority prime minister Salam Fayyad met with Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Sunday, PA spokesman Ghassan al-Khatib said. The former Massachusetts governor was in Jerusalem on the second leg of a trip to strengthen his foreign policy credentials in his race to unseat Obama. After talks with Israeli leaders, Romney met with Fayyad. He then visited the Western Wall, Judaism's most revered site.

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Give Palestinian Third Parties a Chance
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Daily Beast
by Michael Sharnoff - (Opinion) July 26, 2012 - 12:00am

No, Dani Dayan, the status quo in the West Bank cannot continue. 

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Abbas to delay Palestinian UN bid until after US elections
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Times of Israel
by Gabe Fisher - July 24, 2012 - 12:00am

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has decided to delay a Palestinian bid for UN recognition until after US elections in the fall, Arabic daily Al Hayat reported on Tuesday. Last year, Abbas sought full UN membership for Palestine but failed to win the necessary votes in the UN Security Council. Palestine was eventually accepted as a member of UNESCO, the UN’s cultural and educational arm, in a separate process that drew harsh condemnation from Israel and the US.

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Israel Stands to Gain From Assad's Ouster
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'ariv
by Eli Avidar - (Opinion) July 24, 2012 - 12:00am

Ever since the demonstrations began in Syria in January 2011, the world has waited for a tie-breaking development in the struggle between the regime and the rebels.

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Palestinians deny U.S. aid threat
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Foreign Policy
by Allison Good - July 19, 2012 - 12:00am

The Palestine Liberation Organization has denied recent reports that the White House issued a notice threatening to cut all aid to the Palestinian Authority if it launches a renewed drive for recognition at the United Nations. "This is absolutely not true," PLO representative to Washington Maen Rashid Areikat told The Cable this week. "We do not know what they are saying. It's unfounded."

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Palestinian PM asks U.S. help to overcome fiscal crisis
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Xinhua
July 17, 2012 - 12:00am

Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad on Monday asked U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for help to overcome the fiscal crisis the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) is going through. Omer al-Ghoul, an aid to Fayyad, told Xinhua that Fayyad urged Clinton to intervention in the donor countries to fulfill their financial commitments pledged to the PNA, adding that "Clinton gave positive promises in this respect."

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