July 2nd

Israelis and Jordanians: Ammunition for peace
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
by Assaf David - (Opinion) July 1, 2012 - 12:00am


Israeli-Arab relations witnessed a historic event last week. Modest and hidden from the limelight of the media, it touched everyone who attended it, moving some to tears: Israeli and Jordanian war veterans who fought each other 45 years ago visited together their shared combat zones in Jerusalem, honoring each other and paying tribute to their fallen comrades.


Palestinians detain dozens in weapons crackdown
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Associated Press
by Karin Laub - July 2, 2012 - 12:00am


The Palestinian self-rule government has detained some 200 people, including security officers, in recent weeks in the biggest crackdown on illegal weapons in the West Bank in five years, a spokesman said Monday. Officials say the campaign is unusual because it targets include alleged vigilante gunmen linked to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah movement. Previously, security forces went mainly after armed supporters of rival groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad.


Is the PA afraid of a third intifada?
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
by Amira Hass - (Opinion) July 2, 2012 - 12:00am


The light was still too dim to penetrate the cracks in the shutters when the rooster crowed. For a fraction of a second it felt like a village. But it was the Jenin refugee camp, circa two weeks ago. There, as in other refugee camps, the rooster's wake-up call is something more: nutrition for the unemployed, as well as the longing and the desire to maintain continuity, if only symbolic, with the village that once was, and has since been destroyed.


Palestinians in Syria Are Reluctantly Drawn Into Vortex of Uprising
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times
by Dalal Mawad, Rod Nordland - June 30, 2012 - 12:00am


The body of a Hamas official was found in his home on Wednesday night, bearing marks of torture. A colonel in the Palestine Liberation Army was sprawled in his car on Tuesday, fatally shot near his home. Three Palestinians were shot down in the alleyways of a refugee camp late last Sunday by a group of unidentified gunmen.


Ten Questions + One for the One-Staters
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Huffington Post
by Ziad Asali - (Blog) June 29, 2012 - 12:00am


The supporters of the two-state solution are often told that this vision is unrealistic and has become unachievable. Young, idealistic seekers of justice and equality are increasingly offering what they claim is a more "realistic" solution: a single state for all Israelis and Palestinians, including refugees.



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