January 22nd

Israelis prefer swords to doves
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Arab News
by Linda Heard - (Opinion) January 22, 2013 - 1:00am


The days when Israelis tuned into the Voice of Peace radio, broadcast from an offshore cargo vessel, and threw their support behind the Peace Now movement are long gone.


Missing Peace
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Foreign Policy
(Opinion) January 22, 2013 - 1:00am


 


While you all were busy with Bennett
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
by Aluf Benn - (Opinion) January 22, 2013 - 1:00am


 


Our celebration of democracy
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jerusalem Post
by Gershon Baskin - (Opinion) January 22, 2013 - 1:00am


Today is the holiest day in the calendar of democracy. It is also the holiest day in the calendar year for the future of Israel. On this day we stand before ourselves, our values in hand, our world views and visions for our shared future, and we add our voice to those of millions of our countrymen and women in determining what will happen here over the next years.


A wasted vote is a vote for Bibi
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
by Sefi Rachlevsky - (Opinion) January 22, 2013 - 1:00am


 


U.S. Inaction, Mideast Cataclysm?
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times
by Bernard Avishai - (Opinion) January 22, 2013 - 1:00am


 


Following the elections in Israel, a reset
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Washington Post
(Editorial) January 22, 2013 - 1:00am


 


Looting books from Palestinian libraries: Dark stories
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Economist
January 22, 2013 - 1:00am


 


UN: Psychological trauma 'doubled' in Gaza since war
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'an News Agency
January 22, 2013 - 1:00am


Incidence of psychological trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder have more than doubled in Gaza since Israel's November war in the enclave, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees says. Since Israel's eight-day bombardment of Gaza, which ended on Nov. 21, 42 percent of patients treated by UNRWA for psychological trauma have been under the age of nine, the agency says. 


Obama's dysfunctional relationship with Netanyahu likely to trundle on
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Guardian
by Chris McGreal - January 22, 2013 - 1:00am


 



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