September 24th

Sinai raids may force Israel-Egypt accord changes ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Associated Press by Josef Federman - September 23, 2012 - 12:00am JERUSALEM — Israeli officials said Sunday they would resist any Egyptian attempts to reopen the military arrangements under the countries' historic peace deal, despite the rapidly deteriorating security situation in Egypt's Sinai peninsula. » Read more

Sinai Group Claims Role in Attack on Israel ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times by David Kirkpatrick - September 23, 2012 - 12:00am CAIRO — An obscure militant group based in Egypt’s North Sinai region claimed responsibility over the weekend for a cross-border attack that killed an Israeli soldier last week. The claim called fresh attention to the uphill struggle the newly formed Egyptian government is facing to control the restive Sinai region » Read more

Israeli defense chief proposes West Bank pullout ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Associated Press by Josef Federman - September 24, 2012 - 12:00am JERUSALEM — Israel's defense minister called for a unilateral pullout from much of the West Bank in published comments Monday, saying Israel must take "practical steps" if peace efforts with the Palestinians remain stalled. » Read more

Ayalon calls on donor states to cut off Palestinian Authority funding ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Times of Israel by Gabe Fisher - September 23, 2012 - 12:00am Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon called for international donors to halt funding to the Palestinian Authority, alleging that much of the money is ultimately used to support terrorism. » Read more

Israel Wants to Strengthen the Palestinian Economy ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Media Line by Linda Gradstein - September 23, 2012 - 12:00am Palestinians say Measures Fall Short of What is Needed » Read more

Israel working to avert collapse of ailing Palestinian economy ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz by Avi Issacharoff - September 24, 2012 - 12:00am Israel has taken significant steps to ease the Palestinian Authority's financial difficulties, fearing that instability in the West Bank threatens the PA's future, and that the Israel Defense Forces could eventually become the target of demonstrations there. » Read more

PA threatens to sue union over transport strikes ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'an News Agency September 24, 2012 - 12:00am BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) -- The Palestinian Authority will go to the Supreme Court of Justice if the public transport workers union proceeds with strikes this week, a Palestinian minister said on Sunday. The union has confirmed it will proceed with planned strikes this week after it was not satisfied by the government's response to their demands. Workers will go on strike Monday from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and all day Wednesday. » Read more

Finance minister tells donor conference: Peace at risk ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'an News Agency September 24, 2012 - 12:00am BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- The Palestinian Authority finance minister warned on Sunday that if the government's fragile financial situation persists, the peace process between Israel and Palestinians is at risk. Nabil Kassis was addressing a meeting of donors to the PA, the Ad-Hoc Liaison Committee, in New York. » Read more

September 21st

Palestinians need a one-state solution ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Guardian by Ghada Karmi - (Opinion) September 20, 2012 - 12:00am It is one year this week since the Palestinians applied for UN membership. President Mahmoud Abbas's impassioned plea to the UN's General Assembly for support of the We Palestinian case on 23 September 2011 won him much praise, even from his detractors. But it came to nothing, and no further Palestinian application for UN membership was made. Now, however, the statehood issue is back on the Palestinian agenda. » Read more

The Sinai ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Al-Hayat by Mohammad Salah - (Opinion) September 20, 2012 - 12:00am f the Islamists are in power in Egypt today, then who are those Islamists who are committing acts of violence in the Sinai? The question strongly poses itself in light of the violent incidents repeatedly taking place in the Egyptian peninsula – incidents which are branching out and have not ceased despite the broad military campaign waged by the Egyptian army in extremist Islamist strongholds there ever since the attack on border guards that resulted in 16 deaths. » Read more