Israel Backs Away from Controversial Building Plan?
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Media Line
January 18, 2013 - 1:00am


  Senior Israeli Official Says Won’t Build Without New Permits   Israeli police tore down Palestinian protest tents in an area slated for Israeli building just outside Jerusalem after the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Israeli government. Some 50 Palestinian demonstrators were removed from the area earlier this week.  


'We don't see a third intifada on the approach'
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jerusalem Post
January 18, 2013 - 1:00am


 


Fayyad says PA financial crisis improving
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'an News Agency
January 18, 2013 - 1:00am


Palestinian Authority premier Salam Fayyad said Thursday that the financial crisis besieging his government was set to improve in the next month.


Airstrike on Damascus kills 12 Palestinian refugees
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'an News Agency
January 18, 2013 - 1:00am


Twelve Palestinian refugees were killed and more than 20 were injured in an airstrike on southern Damascus on Thursday, according to local media.


Elections commission awaiting authorization for Gaza work
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'an News Agency
January 18, 2013 - 1:00am


The head of the central elections commission said Friday the organization is ready to start work in the Gaza Strip as soon as it receives authorization from the government.


Palestinian rivals agree to unification steps
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Los Angeles Times
by Maher Abukhater - January 18, 2013 - 1:00am


 


Jewish-Arab party makes long-shot election bid
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Associated Press
by Diaa Hadid - January 18, 2013 - 1:00am


  An Arab woman who's been toiling on the fringes of Israeli politics for nearly two decades has broken out of obscurity in this year's election with a non-conformist message that's resonating with protest voters.


Economy, not peace talks, to top agenda of next Israeli gov't
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Xinhua
by Adam Gonn - January 18, 2013 - 1:00am


  With Israel's parliamentary elections only five days away, the economy is expected to become the top issue that the next government will have to deal with, eclipsing the stalled negotiations with the Palestinians.


Israeli voters flock to 'brother' Naftali Bennett - but not all his policies
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Christian Science Monitor
by Joshua Mitnick - January 18, 2013 - 1:00am


  Every Israeli election season, there’s a politician with a provocative message who spurs his party to prominence and popularity.


Israel election: Netanyahu 'will not dismantle settlements'
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from BBC News
January 18, 2013 - 1:00am


  Israel's prime minister has said no Jewish settlements in the West Bank will be removed during his next term in office if he wins elections on Tuesday.



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