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Dennis Ross: Political Solution Still Possible with Iran
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Dar Al-Hayat
by Joyce Karam - (Interview) May 23, 2012 - 12:00am

As world powers make their way to Baghdad for another meeting with Iran in an attempt to resolve the nuclear standoff, former US negotiator Dennis Ross tells Al-Hayat that a political solution is still possible on the issue.

Howard Berman Wins Pro-Israel Donors
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jewish Daily Forward
by Nathan Guttman, Rex Weiner - May 22, 2012 - 12:00am

It’s the battle that has confronted pro-Israel donors nationwide with a choice they hate: having to decide between two staunchly pro-Israel congressional incumbents with whom many have long, supportive relationships. But one way or another, pro-Israel donors have come down firmly on the side of Democratic Rep. Howard Berman in his death match against Democratic Rep. Brad Sherman in California’s San Fernando Valley.

AJC official decries ‘one state’ proposals from both sides
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA)
May 22, 2012 - 12:00am

WASHINGTON (JTA) -- A top American Jewish Committee official decried to an Arab audience advocacy of a "one state solution" from both the pro-Israeli and pro-Palestinian perspectives.

Status Update
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Foreign Policy
by Jonathan Schanzer - (Opinion) May 22, 2012 - 12:00am

A war is brewing on Capitol Hill. And while wars tend to create refugees, this one may result in fewer of them.

Power With Purpose
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times
by Thomas L. Friedman - (Opinion) May 22, 2012 - 12:00am

Political power is always a double-edged sword. The more of it you amass, the more people expect you to use it to do big things, and, when you don’t, the more ineffectual you look. That’s the dilemma in which Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu of Israel finds himself. He avoided early elections by adding a new centrist coalition partner to his right-wing cabinet, giving him control of 96 of the 120 seats in Parliament. There are Arab dictators who didn’t have majorities that big after rigged elections.

Op-Ed: When Israel lacks leadership, we should speak up
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA)
by James B. Klutznick - (Opinion) May 21, 2012 - 12:00am

When a family member behaves self-destructively, what do you do? Do you become an apologist, an enabler, or do you call him out? Do you blame everyone else but him, or do you intervene? Do you sit back and just hope things will improve on their own, or do you take urgent action?

Israel’s Identity Still European
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'ariv
by Rubik Rosenthal - (Opinion) May 21, 2012 - 12:00am

Europe is in one of its most painful periods of turmoil since the end of the Cold War. The crisis is mostly economic and financial, but it also unearths complex questions about nationalism and identity, and about the intersection between Europe on one hand, and Asia and Africa on the other, under threat by the latter’s waves of migrants who will change its identity.

How Obama Missed an Opportunity for Middle East Peace
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Foreign Policy
by PJ Dermer, Steve White - (Opinion) May 18, 2012 - 12:00am

"We were fond together, because of the sweep of the open places, the taste of wide winds, the sunlight, and the hopes in which we worked. The moral freshness of the world-to-be intoxicated us. We were wrought up in ideas inexpressible and vaporous, but to be fought for. We lived many lives in those whirling campaigns, never sparing ourselves: Yet when we achieved and the new world dawned, the old men came out again and took our victory to re-make in the likeness of the former world they knew." – T.E. Lawrence, Seven Pillars of Wisdom

US envoy to Israel: US ready to strike Iran
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Associated Press
May 17, 2012 - 12:00am

JERUSALEM — Washington's envoy to Israel says the U.S. has plans in place to attack Tehran if necessary to prevent it from becoming an atomic military power. In remarks before the Israel Bar Association, Dan Shapiro said the U.S. hopes diplomacy and economic sanctions will pressure Iran to abandon its suspect nuclear program.

J Street's Ben-Ami: 'U.S. Congressmen live in fear of pro-Israeli intimidation'
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
by Chemi Shalev - (Opinion) May 16, 2012 - 12:00am

Many American senators and congressmen “keep quiet” and refrain from criticizing Israeli policies because they “live in fear” and are “intimidated” by pro-Israeli groups such as the Emergency Committee for Israel (ECI), according to J Street founder and President Jeremy Ben-Ami.

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