November 5th

Palestinians reject Netanyahu call to drop UN initiative ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Reuters by Jeffrey Heller - (Analysis) November 5, 2012 - 1:00am The Palestinians will press ahead with a bid to upgrade their status at the United Nations, a senior official said on Monday » Read more

Israeli Report Cites a Thwarted 2010 Move on Iran ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times by Jodi Rudoren - (Analysis) November 4, 2012 - 12:00am » Read more

Israeli PM reacts coolly to Abbas' remarks on borders, violence ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Xinhua (Analysis) November 3, 2012 - 12:00am   » Read more

Palestinian’s Remark, Seen as Concession, Stirs Uproar ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times by Jodi Rudoren - (Analysis) November 4, 2012 - 12:00am The question seemed simple enough: Would President Mahmoud Abbas of the » Read more

November 2nd

Sharansky's Hypocrisy ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Daily Beast by Hussein Ibish - (Opinion) November 1, 2012 - 12:00am The Middle East has more than its share of outrageous hypocrites, but since his arrival in the region, Russian émigré to Israel Natan Sharansky has fought valiantly to secure a place among them. In a recent op-ed in the Washington Post, Sharansky again lectures Arabs about human rights and democracy, expressing relief that Israel did not conclude a peace agreement with the odious regime in Syria. » Read more

A Strategy Of Procrastination ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Daily Beast by Nathan J. Brown - (Opinion) November 1, 2012 - 12:00am The many Israelis already prone to swings between despair and complacency regarding Palestinians will likely have been particularly confused by events of the past two weeks. A rich Arab ruler turned up in Gaza bestowing cash gifts and breaking the diplomatic blockade on Hamas; rocket fire from the narrow strip resumed; and Israel’s nominal diplomatic partner, the Palestinian leadership in Ramallah, sank deeper into insolvency and aimlessness.  » Read more

Demonizing Israel Will Get Us Nowhere ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'ariv by Ben-Dror Yemini - (Opinion) October 30, 2012 - 12:00am After it became clear that the apartheid headline was a canard, Gideon Levy has chosen to explain that even if he made a mistake, he was still correct in essence. Yesterday [Oct. 29], Haaretz published a clarification with regard to a headline that claimed Israel was an apartheid state. This was not an apology; barely a clarification. It was on the bottom of the fifth page. Yesterday came the turn of the guest of honor [the apartheid article's author, Gideon Levy]. » Read more

Israel’s nuclear weapons ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jordan Times by Jonathan Power - (Editorial) November 1, 2012 - 12:00am The story of Israel’s nuclear bomb is rarely told. But we hear a lot about the possible Iranian bomb and the dangerous bombs of Pakistan that perhaps militant Islamists could grab — although that is unlikely, given that the US has supplied state-of-the-art locks to Pakistan. » Read more

A two-state solution is the most practical route for Israel and Palestine ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Guardian by David Wearing - (Opinion) November 2, 2012 - 12:00am Obituaries for the two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict are appearing with increasing regularity, with examples including recent pieces in the Guardian by Rachel Shabi and Ghada Karmi. Among supporters of the Palestinian national struggle, those now calling for a single bi-national state are clearly in the ascendency, but the view is not unanimous. People such as Norman Finkelstein and Noam Chomsky continue to advocate the establishment of two states along the 1967 borders "subject to very minor and mutual adjustments". » Read more

Savir's Corner: Center-Left and extreme Right ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jerusalem Post by Uri Savir - (Opinion) November 1, 2012 - 12:00am Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu did not bomb Iran, but last week he threw a political bombshell at our political system. There are pragmatic self-interest considerations to the unholy alliance between “Bibi” Netanyahu and Avigdor “Yvette” Liberman. The ideological motivations for it go deeper, they relate to the perception of political power and leadership – a crude right-wing view of a strong national leader with total disrespect for opposition and minorities. » Read more