October 3rd

Commitments Not Reaffirmed ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Daily Beast by Gil Troy - (Opinion) October 2, 2012 - 12:00am Are there any progressives out there sufficiently committed to the peace process and the two-state solution to criticize Mahmoud Abbas’s speech to the U.N. General Assembly? » Read more

Peace journey ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jerusalem Post by Kenneth Bandler - (Opinion) October 2, 2012 - 12:00am The scenic, 18-acre riverfront property that is United Nations headquarters is protected international territory, legally distinct from its New York environs. For some heads of state who make the annual September pilgrimage to address the UN General Assembly, the enclave also is a welcome shelter from political reality. » Read more

Two states for two peoples ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jerusalem Post by Gershon Baskin - (Opinion) October 2, 2012 - 12:00am In his United Nations speech, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called on the Security Council to “to urgently adopt a resolution comprising the basis and foundations for a solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict that would serve as a binding reference and guide for all if the vision of two states, Israel and Palestine, is to survive and if peace is to prevail in the land of peace.” In November 2009 I drafted a proposal for a Security Council resolution which I shared with the leaders of » Read more

Foreigners taking over Israeli democracy ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz by Shlomo Avineri - (Opinion) October 3, 2012 - 12:00am An amazing fact emerged, almost by chance, from reading Chaim Levinson's report in Haaretz last week that was headlined, "Netanyahu and Romney share ideology, donors": Of the 46 people who contributed money to Benjamin Netanyahu for the Likud leadership primary last January, 37 were Americans. » Read more

The lies about the settlements ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz by Shaul Arieli - (Opinion) October 3, 2012 - 12:00am "More and more people are internalizing the fact that our presence here as emissaries of Israeli sovereignty is a fait accompli," declares Dani Dayan, head of the Yesha Council, the mainstream settler leadership, in a short promotional film summing up the past year. » Read more

Our Jerusalem ATFP World Press Roundup Article from International Herald Tribune by Shmuel Rosner - (Blog) October 3, 2012 - 12:00am JERUSALEM — A week ago, just days before his U.N. speech, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met a small number of so-called American Jewish leaders. It wasn’t the first time he tried to talk with a group that supposedly holds sway with both American and Israeli audiences. » Read more

Danny Ayalon and the Jewish refugee fallacy ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Times of Israel by Daniel Haboucha - (Opinion) October 1, 2012 - 12:00am The Israeli government has recently launched a campaign to win international recognition for the plight of the approximately 700,000 Arab Jews, or Mizrahim, who fled their homes during the 20-odd-year period following Israel’s establishment in 1948. » Read more

Group: 20 Palestinians killed in Syrian refugee camp ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'an News Agency October 3, 2012 - 12:00am BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Twenty Palestinians were killed overnight Tuesday in a refugee camp in southern Syria, a Damascus-based Palestinian group said. The coordinating committee of Yarmouk refugee camp told Ma'an that 20 Palestinians in Deraa camp were killed and dozens injured in heavy bombing by the Syrian army. » Read more

Prime Minister in Gaza Likely To Become Hamas Leader ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Al-Hayat by Fathi Sabbah - October 2, 2012 - 12:00am Palestinian sources told Al-Hayat that "[the Prime Minister in Gaza] Ismail Haniyeh is likely to be elected as chairman of the executive committee of the Hamas movement in the next few days or weeks, thus succeeding the current head of the movement’s political bureau, Khaled Meshaal.” The sources said that the name of the new chairman of the executive committee will likely remain a secret. » Read more

Israeli university political unit at risk over stance on settlers ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The National by Vita Bekker - October 3, 2012 - 12:00am TEL AVIV // The political science department at one of Israel's largest universities has become the latest battleground between the country's anti-settler movement and those who want to advance Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank. Israel's top higher education body, which is chaired by Gideon Saar, the right-wing education minister, and includes other pro-settler board members, will this month rule on possibly closing Ben-Gurion University's department of politics and government. » Read more