The settlers' aim: Occupy Israel
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
by Ari Shavit - (Opinion) January 3, 2013 - 1:00am


  The old occupation was the occupation of Palestine. It started with the military occupation of the West Bank and continued with the settlement occupation of the West Bank, and has reached the point where some 360,000 Israelis live today in the West Bank. At the same time that the smaller occupation of the Gaza Strip failed, the large occupation of the West Bank has done quite well.


Netanyahu aide Ron Dermer brings American sensibilities to Israeli politics
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA)
by Ben Sales - January 2, 2013 - 1:00am


  Like many Israeli politicians, Ron Dermer is an unapologetic defender of Israel’s actions, even if it might mean being undiplomatic.


Likud members call for Israeli annexation of West Bank territories
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Guardian
by Harriet Sherwood - January 3, 2013 - 1:00am


Prominent members of Israel's ruling Likud party have proposed the annexation o


Palestinian owners barred from Jordan Valley land, while Israeli farmers profit
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
by Chaim Levinson - January 3, 2013 - 1:00am


  Settlers in the Jordan Valley are farming more than 5,000 dunams (1,250 acres) of private Palestinian land located between the border fence and the actual border with Jordan. They received the land from the World Zionist Organization in the 1980s.


PA cancels electricity debts for every West Bank resident
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'an News Agency
January 2, 2013 - 1:00am


The Palestinian Authority announced on Wednesday that it is cancelling outstanding electricity debts for each West Bank resident, on the heels of a deal that aims to help assuage the electricity companies' own arrears.


Abbas to visit Egypt on Jan. 11
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Xinhua
January 2, 2013 - 1:00am


  Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is set to visit Egypt on Jan. 11 to discuss Palestinian reconciliation issues, Egyptian official MENA news agency reported Wednesday quoting a Palestinian source.


Israel completes bulk of Egypt border fence
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Reuters
by Jeffrey Heller - January 2, 2013 - 1:00am


  Israel completed the main segment of a razor-wire fence along its border with Egypt on Wednesday, a barrier against illegal migrants and Islamist militants hiding out in the lawless Sinai region.


Israel orders Bedouins to leave West Bank area
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Associated Press
by Mohammed Ballas - January 3, 2013 - 1:00am


  The Israeli military on Wednesday ordered dozens of Palestinian Bedouins to leave their communities so it could conduct military exercises in a remote area of the West Bank.


Construction in Jerusalem neighborhoods beyond Green Line peaked in 2012
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
by Nir Hasson - January 3, 2013 - 1:00am


  Last year was a record year with regard to construction in the Jerusalem neighborhoods over the Green Line, with tenders for 2,386 apartments issued in 2012 compared to only 726 in 2011.


Israel 'yet to decide' over tax revenue transfer to PA
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'an News Agency
January 3, 2013 - 1:00am


The Israeli government has not yet decided whether to transfer tax revenues to the Palestinian Authority this month, the spokesman of the Israeli Prime Minister said Thursday.



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