What Hamas is really afraid of ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz by Amira Hass - August 16, 2010 - 12:00am "I wish these pictures reached leftists abroad," my friend said to herself Tuesday as she watched Hamas police use rifle butts and clubs to beat her friends - activists from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. Although my friend has never been a fan of the Fatah government in the West Bank, she is outraged by the romanticization of Hamas rule by foreign activists. » Read more

Fighting for a culture of enlightenment in Palestine and beyond ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Huffington Post by Ziad Asali - August 13, 2010 - 12:00am Last week signaled the rolling launch of an effort to fundamentally reform the Palestinian education sector. This reform effort is taking place in the context of a wider effort initiated one year ago by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Salam Fayyad to build the institutions of future Palestinian statehood. » Read more