B'tselem: Since 2000, 7,454 Israelis, Palestinians killed ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jerusalem Post September 27, 2010 - 12:00am Since September 29th, 2000, 6,371 Palestinians have been killed and 1,083 Israelis according to a report by B'tselem on the casualties of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict released on Monday. » Read more

'We were looking for a nice, peaceful place near Jerusalem' ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Guardian by Rachel Shabi - September 25, 2010 - 12:00am The housing project currently under construction in Almon offers enticingly priced, spacious family homes with a garden and a view. The surrounding neighbourhood, also known as Anatot, sits on a ridge overlooking the Judean hills, near Jerusalem, a blaze of cultivated greenery in the parched landscape. Residents have a relaxed air, and newcomers who have recently relocated from Jerusalem wish they'd made the move years ago. If I were a prospective house-buyer, I'd be charmed. But I would not be looking here – because Almon is in the occupied West Bank. » Read more

Israeli couple injured in drive-by shooting ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'an News Agency September 26, 2010 - 12:00am HEBRON (Ma'an) -- An pregnant Israeli woman and her husband were injured Sunday evening in a shooting attack south of the West Bank city of Hebron, the Israeli army reported. The couple were driving near the illegal Tene settlement, an Israeli military spokeswoman said, adding that both had been taken to Soroka Medical Center to be treated for moderate injuries. A second car was also fired at in the same attack, but no passengers were reported injured. » Read more

Israeli couple injured in drive-by shooting ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'an News Agency September 26, 2010 - 12:00am HEBRON (Ma'an) -- An pregnant Israeli woman and her husband were injured Sunday evening in a shooting attack south of the West Bank city of Hebron, the Israeli army reported. The couple were driving near the illegal Tene settlement, an Israeli military spokeswoman said, adding that both had been taken to Soroka Medical Center to be treated for moderate injuries. A second car was also fired at in the same attack, but no passengers were reported injured. » Read more

Asharq Al-Awsat Talks to Israeli Deputy PM Dan Meridor ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Asharq Alawsat by Nazar Majli - (Interview) September 27, 2010 - 12:00am Tel Aviv, Asharq Al-Awsat- Israeli Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Intelligence Dan Meridor has appealled to Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas (Abu-Mazin) not to withdraw from the direct negotiations because of the issue of settlement construction activity. In An exclusive interview with Asharq Al-Awsat Meridor said that the negotiations are over something that is more important than the settlement activities; they are over the establishment of a Palestinian State that will provide the Palestinian people with stability and put an end to their suffering. » Read more

Abbas: Talks waste of time if settlements continue ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'an News Agency September 27, 2010 - 12:00am PARIS (Ma’an) -- President Mahmoud Abbas told members of France's Jewish community on Sunday that peace talks would be futile if Israel's settlement activity continued in the West Bank. Abbas met with 20 well-known members of the Jewish community at Le Meurice Hotel in Paris, reiterating that "if Israel does not continue the freeze on settlement process, the peace process will be a waste of time." » Read more

The Palestinians Are Taking the Initiative to End the Occupation ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Dar Al-Hayat by Raghida Dergham - September 24, 2010 - 12:00am New York-The concept of building the state or destroying it remains obscure for many in the Arab region – this not out of a lack of awareness but rather purposely. This is why many ignore the importance of what the Palestinian Authority is doing in terms of strengthening the building of the Palestinian state’s institutions, in parallel with political negotiations, as a strategy to end the Israeli occupation. » Read more

West Bank settlement construction resumes ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'an News Agency September 27, 2010 - 12:00am NABLUS (Ma’an) -- Israelis resumed construction across several illegal West Bank settlements on Monday, following the expiration of Israel's 10-month partial moratorium at midnight. Israel's Channel 2 said construction would be resumed in at least eight illegal West Bank settlements, including Kiryat Arba in Hebron. » Read more

Obama and his audacity of hope for Middle East peace talks ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Christian Science Monitor (Editorial) September 24, 2010 - 12:00am At the United Nations on Thursday, President Obama took a risk by speaking so optimistically about the fragile Middle East peace talks. He told his international audience that “this time will be different.” The president offered that outcome as a choice, but even so, he went out on a limb by pronouncing that one short year from now, the UN could have a new member: a sovereign Palestine living in peace with Israel. In 2003, President Bush held out that possibility for 2005. » Read more

As Israel settlement freeze ends, one-year peace plan begins ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Christian Science Monitor by Joshua Mitnick - September 26, 2010 - 12:00am Tel Aviv — If negotiators can overcome today’s deadline to resolve a dispute on Israeli settlement expansion and keep peace talks alive, the date of September 2011 will begin to loom as the target for reaching an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement. » Read more