So sorry, President Obama, please forgive Netanyahu
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
by Yossi Sarid - (Opinion) November 8, 2012 - 1:00am

Only my closest friends are aware of the hasty steps I was contemplating if Barack Hussein Obama had been denied a second term. That would have been really much too much for me; there's a limit. Do I have strength of stone and flesh of brass? That's just what we would've needed, for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to win not just here, but there - when winning there is more important. The three-stranded rope - Sheldon Adelson, Mitt Romney and Netanyahu - would have been a wound around our necks and choked us. Now, at least, we can breathe.

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Obama's test
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
(Editorial) November 8, 2012 - 1:00am

America's ceremonial political rituals played themselves out on Wednesday in all their glory before the entire world. There was the respectable appearance by the loser, who could barely conceal his disappointment but still praised the victor to the point where you wondered if perhaps he voted for him and not for himself; and the passionate address of the winner, who made similar gracious gestures to the loser and challenged the entire nation to unite and overcome together the many obstacles that lie in its path.

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Obama the Second
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
by Gideon Levy - (Opinion) November 8, 2012 - 1:00am

They could turn out to be the winning duo, the ones who bring about an agreement with the Palestinians: a furious U.S. President Barack Obama opposite a gambling Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (who lost the gamble). If a second-term Obama obeys his heart and logic, his moral code and values, and American and world interests, then we can expect an old-new president in the White House. A president who will translate his anger against Netanyahu into pressure on Israel to finally end the occupation.

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Netanyahu gambled, we'll pay
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ynetnews
by Sima Kadmon - (Opinion) November 8, 2012 - 1:00am

Netanyahu had a rough morning on Wednesday. Diplomatic manners cannot conceal the disappointment of someone who just got Obama in the White House for another four years, Naftali Bennett as head of the Jewish Home party and a frustrated Sara in the Prime Minister's Residence.

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Barak: Palestinian UN bid must be delayed
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jerusalem Post
by Tovah Lazaroff - November 8, 2012 - 1:00am

Israel and the US must delay Palestinian unilateral statehood moves at the UN until after the Israeli elections, Defense Minister Ehud Barak said on Wednesday night. He spoke on Channel 10 hours after US President Barack Obama was elected to a second four-year term. “We have a joint interest, ours and theirs, to delay the Palestinian UN bid for nonmember state,” he said. “This has to be done now, immediately.”

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Appoint Bill Clinton Peace Envoy
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Daily Beast
by Bernard Avishai - (Opinion) November 7, 2012 - 1:00am

President Obama's next move in the Middle East is so obvious I almost hesitate to suggest it: before the Israeli election season completely unfolds, ask, cajole, or beg Bill Clinton to take on the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.

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Obama victory spells trouble for Israel's Netanyahu
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Reuters
by Jeffrey Heller - November 7, 2012 - 1:00am

  JERUSALEM, Nov 7 (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces an even more awkward time with Washington and re-energised critics at home who accused him on Wednesday of backing the loser in the U.S. presidential election.

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Palestinians hope Obama changes Middle East policy
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Xinhua
November 7, 2012 - 1:00am

 

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Netanyahu Rushes to Repair Damage With Obama
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times
by Jodi Rudoren - November 7, 2012 - 1:00am

JERUSALEM — Over the past several years, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has on several occasions confronted or even undercut President Obama, taking his message directly to the Israel-friendly United States Congress, challenging Mr. Obama’s appeal to the Arab world, and seeming this fall to support his opponent, Mitt Romney.

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Netanyahu Says He’d Go It Alone on Striking Iran
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times
by Jodi Rudoren - November 5, 2012 - 1:00am

JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday reiterated his willingness to attack the Iranian nuclear program without support from Washington or the world, returning to an aggressive posture that he had largely abandoned since his United Nations speech in September.

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