Release Marwan Barghouti ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times by Avinoam Bar-Yosef - (Opinion) November 8, 2011 - 1:00am When Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas recently called on Israel to release more Palestinian prisoners in advance of any possible negotiations, he was setting a condition that he probably knew Israel would balk at. One of the prisoners on his list, Ahmed Saadat, is accused of killing an Israeli minister. More significantly, another one, if released, would most likely soon take Abbas’s place. » Read more

The Last Jew in Zagare ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times by Roger Cohen - (Opinion) November 7, 2011 - 1:00am The last Jew in Zagare, a small Lithuanian town renowned for its cherries, died in September. His name was Aizikas Mendelsonai, born in 1922. He was not buried in either of the two Jewish cemeteries, with their lurching gravestones, faded inscriptions and advancing lichen. Nobody is any more, not even Jews. » Read more