Hamas executes three Gaza men for murder ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Reuters July 17, 2012 - 12:00am Three men convicted of murder were hanged in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip on Tuesday, the territory's interior ministry said. A total of 14 Palestinians have now been executed since the Islamist group Hamas seized the Gaza Strip in 2007 from Western-backed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah faction. No details of the murder cases were given and the Hamas-run ministry identified the executed men only by their initials. » Read more

Romney, Condi, and the meme that pro-Israel must be anti-peace ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz by Bradley Burston - (Opinion) July 17, 2012 - 12:00am Studies have shown that among American voters, Israel as an issue does not figure significantly in decision-making at the ballot box – even for Jews. It shouldn't matter, but it could. One step down the wrong slippery slope - a cross-border war, perhaps, or a spiral of civilian deaths in terrorism and air strikes, or, in the nightmare scenario, a conflagration involving Iran – and Israel could become very much an American campaign issue. » Read more

Peace Talks Must Resume, Clinton Says in Israel Visit ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times by Jodi Rudoren - July 16, 2012 - 12:00am Visiting Israel for the first time in nearly two years, with the Palestinian peace process seemingly on perpetual hold, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Monday that “the status quo is unsustainable” and urged leaders from both sides back to negotiations. » Read more

Five Reasons Why the Two-State Solution Just Won't Die ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Foreign Policy by Aaron David Miller - (Opinion) July 16, 2012 - 12:00am By all accounts it's time to say a kaddish -- the traditional Jewish prayer for the dead -- over the idea of a Palestinian state living side by side in peace and security with Israel. » Read more