Israel protests South African labeling law ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Associated Press August 22, 2012 - 12:00am Israel is condemning a new South African regulation requiring that products made in West Bank settlements must be labeled as coming from "occupied Palestinian territory." Foreign Ministry spokesman Yigal Palmor calls the requirement "totally unacceptable." In a statement late Wednesday, Palmor said such measures have not been imposed, "and rightly so, in any other case of national, territorial or ethnic conflict." » Read more

Developments in Iran and Sinai Deepen Israel’s Worries About Egypt ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times by Jodi Rudoren - August 22, 2012 - 12:00am Egypt’s new Islamist president headed to Iran next week and its military deploying tanks in the Sinai Peninsula — possibly outside the parameters of his nation’s 33-year-old treaty with Israel — officials here are increasingly worried about what has long been their most critical regional relationship. » Read more