November 26th

The Gaza War Was Not Iran's War ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Al-Monitor by Meir Javendanfar - (Opinion) November 22, 2012 - 1:00am   After eight days of fighting, on the 21st of November, Israel and Hamas declared a ceasefire. » Read more

Hamas Won Partial Victory In Gaza Cease-Fire Deal ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Al-Monitor by Mohammed Yaghi - (Opinion) November 26, 2012 - 1:00am   The courageous Gazan resistance was not expected to liberate Jerusalem, force the Israeli occupation to withdraw to the lines of June 4, down an F-16 aircraft or destroy Israeli warships in the middle of the sea. It was not expected to creep from Gaza into Israel's international borders. » Read more

Egypt Hesitates to Reopen Crossing at Rafah ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Al-Monitor by Danny Rubenstein - (Opinion) November 25, 2012 - 1:00am   » Read more

The latest conflict in Gaza is over, so what happens next? ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Daily Star by Gareth Evans - (Opinion) November 24, 2012 - 1:00am   » Read more

Wrong war in new regional order ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Gulf News (Opinion) November 26, 2012 - 1:00am   » Read more

The Gaza War Reinforces Palestinian Division and Threatens Abbas’s Palestinian Authority ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Al-Hayat by Raghida Dergham - (Opinion) November 24, 2012 - 1:00am   The most recent war in Gaza has provided an opportunity on the field for Israel to test its new anti-missile system, the Iron Dome, and for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to prove to Israeli voters his ability to protect his country’s civilians from rockets fired by Hamas or Hezbollah.   » Read more

Long-range rockets change balance of power with Israel – Hamas strongman ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Asharq Alawsat by Salah Jumaa - (Opinion) November 23, 2012 - 1:00am   » Read more

Arafat exhumation is just a beginning ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The National (Editorial) November 26, 2012 - 1:00am   Tomorrow, a team of French, Russian and Swiss scientists will unearth the remains of Yasser Arafat, interred in Ramallah since 2004. That project may begin to answer one of the intractable mysteries of the past decade: what (or who) killed the former Palestinian leader? » Read more

Gaza's Hard Truths ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jewish Daily Forward (Editorial) November 25, 2012 - 1:00am   Whatever happens in Gaza — and the news changes by the minute as this editorial is being written — all sides have to accept some very hard truths. If not, the bloodshed will resume, the anger and frustration will spread and the region, Israel’s neighborhood, will squander the hope and potential of the fragile cease-fire. » Read more

Israel Learned the Lessons of Last Gaza War ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jewish Daily Forward by Nathan Jeffay - (Opinion) November 26, 2012 - 1:00am   Operation Pillar of Defense was the military offensive fought in the shadow of the Goldstone Report. As a cease-fire was announced November 21 by Israel, Hamas, Egypt and the United States, there was broad agreement, spanning from former army chiefs to the biggest critics of Israel’s conduct during the Gaza War of 2008–9, that Israel showed it had learned some important lessons from this previous conflict. » Read more