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Cheering U.N. Palestine Vote, Synagogue Tests Its Members
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times by Joseph Berger, Sharon Otterman - December 4, 2012 - 1:00am Congregation B’nai Jeshurun, a large synagogue on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, is known for its charismatic rabbis, its energetic and highly musical worship, and its liberal stances on social causes. |
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Abbas says new Israeli settlements 'red line'
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Associated Press by Dalia Nammari - December 5, 2012 - 1:00am RAMALLAH, West Bank — An Israeli-Palestinian showdown over plans for new Jewish settlements around Jerusalem escalated on Wednesday. Israel pushed the most contentious of the projects further along in the planning pipeline, and the Palestinian president said he would seek U.N. Security Council help to block the construction. |
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Palestinian war crimes case faces long road
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Associated Press by Josef Federman - December 4, 2012 - 1:00am JERUSALEM — Days after winning upgraded status at the United Nations, the Palestinians are threatening to join the world's first permanent war crimes court and pursue charges against the Israelis. |
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Palestinians: settlement expansion means 1 state
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Associated Press by Karin Laub - December 4, 2012 - 1:00am RAMALLAH, West Bank — The Palestinians will ask the U.N. Security Council to call for an Israeli settlement freeze, President Mahmoud Abbas and his advisers decided Tuesday, as part of an escalating showdown over Israel's new plans to build thousands more homes on war-won land in and around Jerusalem. |
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Netanyahu says Israel still committed to Palestinians peace deal
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Reuters December 5, 2012 - 1:00am PRAGUE, Dec 5 (Reuters) - Israel remains committed to a negotiated settlement with the Palestinians, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday, despite worries among the Jewish state's European allies over its plans to build more settlements. |
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Blunt Israeli diplomat dropped from election list
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Associated Press December 4, 2012 - 1:00am JERUSALEM — Israel's foreign minister has dropped his deputy, known for international incidents, from his list of candidates for Israel's January 22 election. |
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UK downplays economic sanctions against Israel
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Associated Press December 4, 2012 - 1:00am LONDON — British Foreign Secretary William Hague has downplayed the possibility of European economic sanctions against Israel for its latest settlement-building plans, saying there is "no enthusiasm around the European Union" for such measures. |
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Europe mulls new Mideast peace plan: Palestinian official
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Xinhua December 4, 2012 - 1:00am RAMALLAH, Dec. 4 (Xinhua) -- European countries are mulling a new plan to revive the peace talks that have been stalled since 2010 between Israel and the Palestinian National Authority (PNA), a Palestinian official said Tuesday. |
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Israel's High Court hears appeal against controversial 'Boycott Law'
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz by Jack Khoury - December 5, 2012 - 1:00am Israel's High Court of Justice will hear an appeal against the controversial "Boycott Law," on Wednesday, and decide whether to fulfill requests to issue an order nisi against it. |
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Merkel to warn Netanyahu: Promote peace process or face world seclusion
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz by Barak Ravid - December 5, 2012 - 1:00am With Israel and European Union states embroiled in a diplomatic crisis, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to meet with German Chancellor Angela Merkel Wednesday night in Berlin. |
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Hamas seeks to reopen airport in southern Gaza
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jerusalem Post by Khaled Abu Toameh - December 5, 2012 - 1:00am The Hamas government is working toward reopening the only airport in the Gaza Strip. Named after Yasser Arafat, the airport, which is located close to the Egyptian border, opened in 1998, when the Palestinian Authority was still in control of the Gaza Strip. |
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Senate amendment penalizing Palestinians for U.N. status does not pass
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA) December 5, 2012 - 1:00am WASHINGTON (JTA) -- A U.S. Senate amendment that would have penalized Palestinians for seeking non-member state status at the United Nations was not attached to its intended law. |
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Iron Empires, Iron Fists, Iron Domes
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times by Thomas L. Friedman - (Opinion) December 4, 2012 - 1:00am I went to synagogue on Saturday not far from the Syrian border in Antakya, Turkey. It’s been on my mind ever since. |
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Netanyahu is leading Israel into an abyss
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz by Carlo Strenger - (Opinion) December 5, 2012 - 1:00am |
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The UN may have given birth to a new peace paradigm
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz by Yossi Alpher - (Opinion) December 5, 2012 - 1:00am |
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The UN’s NPT vote
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jerusalem Post (Editorial) December 4, 2012 - 1:00am In yet another anti-Israel vote backed by an overwhelming majority, the UN General Assembly singled out Israel – not Iran or Syria – for supposedly violating the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.In a 174-6 with six abstentions, the General Assembly called on Israel Monday to join the NPT & |
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Jews Keep Head in Sand on 'E1' Settlements
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jewish Daily Forward by Jill Jacobs - (Opinion) December 4, 2012 - 1:00am |
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Two States and E1
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jewish Daily Forward (Editorial) December 5, 2012 - 1:00am |
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Palestinian statehood
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jordan Times by Osama Al-Sharif - (Opinion) December 4, 2012 - 1:00am The look on the US representative at the United Nations Susan Rice’s face said it all. She had a bad day at the office last Thursday, when 138 nations voted for a General Assembly resolution to upgrade Palestine’s status to a non-member observer state at the international body. |
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The observer state of Palestine
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jordan Times by Ian Buruma - (Opinion) December 4, 2012 - 1:00am Palestine is no longer an “entity”, but a state — or, to be precise, a non-member observer state of the United Nations, just like the Holy See. |
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Abu Mazen Should Go to Gaza
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Al-Monitor (Opinion) December 5, 2012 - 1:00am |
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Israeli-Palestinian Economic Ties Decline
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Al-Monitor by Danny Rubenstein - (Opinion) December 5, 2012 - 1:00am |
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If Not Two States, Then One
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times by Saree Makdisi - (Opinion) December 5, 2012 - 1:00am |