October 22nd

Israel's missed opportunities
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
by Khaled Diab - (Opinion) October 22, 2012 - 12:00am


It is 39 years since the 6th October/Yom Kippur war of 1973. After the peace talks in Geneva following the war, Israel’s then-foreign minister, Abba Eban, the ever-articulate founding father of Israeli diplomacy, quipped that, “The Arabs never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity.”


W. Bank: Vandals graffiti, try to burn Palestinian cab
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jerusalem Post
by Ben Hartman - October 22, 2012 - 12:00am


Vandals unsuccessfully tried to torch a Palestinian taxi cab at the entrance to the village of Danya in the southern Hebron Hills region late Sunday night, in what police are investigating as a 'price tag' incident. The vandals also spray-painted "tag mahir" (price tag) on a nearby wall.


IDF source: Hamas gaining strength in West Bank
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jerusalem Post
by Yaakov Lappin - October 21, 2012 - 12:00am


Hamas is getting stronger in the West Bank, but is focusing its activities on indoctrinating Palestinians in its extremist ideology and creating social assistance programs, an IDF source said Sunday.


Salafis' rise in Gaza robs Hamas of resistance banner
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Christian Science Monitor
by Joshua Mitnick - October 15, 2012 - 12:00am


Tel Aviv Israel and Hamas are seeking to restore the relative calm that has prevailed for months after a weekend flare-up in fighting between Israel and Gaza that left at least five Palestinians dead. 


Israeli local board green lights war college on disputed east Jerusalem plot, objection aroused
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Xinhua
October 22, 2012 - 12:00am


JERUSALEM, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- A Jerusalem district planning board has okayed construction of a National Defense College near the Mount of Olives on land in dispute with the Palestinians. The 42,000-square-meter structure, according to The Jerusalem Post, is to be erected adjacent to The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Mount Scopus campus, from where it overlooks the Old City, less than one kilometer away.


Israeli PM defers cabinet decision on report legalizing settlements
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Xinhua
October 22, 2012 - 12:00am


JERUSALEM, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday postponed a cabinet vote on a controversial report advocating legalizing the status of settlements and outposts in the West Bank.


Qatar's emir to head to Hamas-ruled Gaza
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Associated Press
by Ibrahim Barzak - October 21, 2012 - 12:00am


GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — The ruler of Qatar is expected in the Gaza Strip this week, in what would be a major stamp of legitimacy for the territory's Islamic militant Hamas rulers.


Israel's Netanyahu: no limit on Jerusalem building
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Associated Press
October 21, 2012 - 12:00am


JERUSALEM — Israel's prime minister vowed on Sunday to continue building in east Jerusalem, despite objections from Palestinians who claim the territory as capital of their hoped-for state.


Palestinians: Israeli airstrike kills 2 Gazans
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Associated Press
October 22, 2012 - 12:00am


GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Israeli aircraft struck the northern Gaza Strip on Monday, killing two Palestinian militants, after mortar attacks targeted Israeli troops earlier in the day, officials said.


Israel Seizes Activist Ship en Route to Gaza Strip
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times
by Jodi Rudoren - October 20, 2012 - 12:00am


JERUSALEM — The Israeli Navy on Saturday seized a European ship headed to the Gaza Strip to try to break Israel’s maritime blockade against the Hamas-controlled region and diverted it to an Israeli port.



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