Israel digging its own grave ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Arab News by Linda Heard - (Opinion) November 9, 2010 - 1:00am Israelis exist in a state of low-key fear of obliteration that has become absorbed into their psyche. They’re so used to it that it has become part of who they are. The Jewish state may call itself a democracy but in fact it’s a militarized entity always alert to criticism and attacks from its foes within and without. » Read more

A new battleground ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Los Angeles Times by Doyle McManus - (Opinion) November 7, 2010 - 12:00am Here's one thing last week's congressional election wasn't about: foreign policy. The campaign was long, loud and polarized, but somehow the fact that the United States is at war in Afghanistan and Iraq — and carrying out bombings in Pakistan and Yemen — went almost unmentioned. That's because voters were preoccupied by the economy, of course. But it's also because foreign policy has been a zone of relative bipartisanship in Washington, an oasis of civility compared with the battlegrounds of economic policy and healthcare. » Read more

Broader than party politics ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Bitterlemons by Ghassan Khatib - (Opinion) November 9, 2010 - 1:00am For the most part, the United States government builds its strategies on national interests rather than on narrow party or personal politics. Nevertheless, the recent congressional elections inspired debate over possible effects on American Middle East policies, the peace process in particular. The reason for this is that in the eyes of some analysts and politicians, the current administration is leaning a little bit on Israel, especially on the issue of settlements. They believe that the new Republican-majority House of Representatives might restrain the administration. » Read more

Change we can't foresee ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Bitterlemons by Yossi Alpher - (Opinion) November 8, 2010 - 1:00am The conventional wisdom in some circles now holds that Republican gains in last week's US congressional elections will weaken President Barack Obama's hand in trying to advance an Israeli-Palestinian peace process. This is not necessarily so, and for several reasons. » Read more

Change we can't foresee ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Bitterlemons by Yossi Alpher - (Opinion) November 8, 2010 - 1:00am The conventional wisdom in some circles now holds that Republican gains in last week's US congressional elections will weaken President Barack Obama's hand in trying to advance an Israeli-Palestinian peace process. This is not necessarily so, and for several reasons. » Read more

Change we can't foresee ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Bitterlemons by Yossi Alpher - (Opinion) November 8, 2010 - 1:00am The conventional wisdom in some circles now holds that Republican gains in last week's US congressional elections will weaken President Barack Obama's hand in trying to advance an Israeli-Palestinian peace process. This is not necessarily so, and for several reasons. » Read more

Netanyahu pushes East Jerusalem settlements ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Americans For Peace Now by Lara Friedman - November 8, 2010 - 1:00am Netanyahu's undeclared period of self-restraint in Jerusalem appears to have come to an end. No new tenders for construction in East Jerusalem had been issued since Vice President Biden's fateful visit to Jerusalem last March, nor had any new construction plans been deposited for public review since that time. Until now. On Thursday of last week new tenders were for the construction of an additional 238 residential units in Pisgat Zeev and Ramot. » Read more

Obama should learn from Clinton ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Bitterlemons by Akiva Eldar - (Opinion) November 8, 2010 - 1:00am The results of the American congressional election place President Barack Obama at a crossroads regarding the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. He confronts two options. » Read more

U.S. "deeply disappointed" at Israeli housing plans ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Politico by Laura Rozen - (Analysis) November 8, 2010 - 1:00am The United States expressed deep disappointment over Israeli government plans to build 1,300 new housing units in contested East Jerusalem, the State Department said Monday. "We were deeply disappointed by the announcement of advanced planning for new housing units in sensitive areas of East Jerusalem," State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley told journalists Monday. "It is counterproductive to our efforts to resume direct negotiations between the parties." » Read more

U.S. "deeply disappointed" at Israeli housing plans ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Politico by Laura Rozen - (Analysis) November 8, 2010 - 1:00am The United States expressed deep disappointment over Israeli government plans to build 1,300 new housing units in contested East Jerusalem, the State Department said Monday. "We were deeply disappointed by the announcement of advanced planning for new housing units in sensitive areas of East Jerusalem," State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley told journalists Monday. "It is counterproductive to our efforts to resume direct negotiations between the parties." » Read more