Critics of Likud's new vanguard say party has abandoned founder's ideals
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Christian Science Monitor
by Ben Lynfield - January 10, 2013 - 1:00am


 


Israel's arms exports reached 7 bln USD in 2012
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Xinhua
January 10, 2013 - 1:00am


  According to estimates published Thursday by the defense ministry, Israeli defense equipment exports reached 7 billion U.S. dollars in 2012. The figure marks a 20-percent increase from the amount of defense-related exports in 2011. Official data will be provided by the ministry in March 2013.


Israeli officials try to expedite construction of controversial East Jerusalem neighborhood
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Xinhua
January 11, 2013 - 1:00am


  The Israeli government along with the Jerusalem municipality are working hard at marketing the controversial East Jerusalem construction project prior to the Jan. 22 elections, local media reported Thursday.


Walls and winter rains afflict Palestinian towns
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Associated Press
by Noah Browning - January 9, 2013 - 1:00am


  Heavy winter downpours have turned some Palestinian lands in the occupied West Bank into a morass of filth and flooding as an Israeli barrier blocks the waters from draining away.


Israeli police say blast criminally motivated
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Associated Press
January 10, 2013 - 1:00am


   



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