Building a Stage for Mideast Peace Before the Final Curtain
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times
by Isabel Kershner - April 6, 2011 - 12:00am


Juliano Mer Khamis lived a paradox. The internationally renowned actor, director and political activist, who was killed here this week, was both an Israeli and a Palestinian, born to a Jewish mother and an Arab Christian father in the Israeli Arab town of Nazareth. Mr. Mer Khamis embodied the Israeli-Arab conflict and embraced its complexities in a way that few could. He was regarded as an Arab by many Israelis, and by some in this West Bank city, his adopted home, first and foremost as a Jew.


Sudan Says Israel Launched a Missile Strike on a Car, Killing 2
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times
by Josh Kron - April 6, 2011 - 12:00am


The government of Sudan accused Israel on Wednesday of carrying out a fatal airstrike on a car traveling from the Red Sea city of Port Sudan. Sudan is considered a transit point in the weapons route to Hamas, the Palestinian faction that runs Gaza. Israel has not yet responded to the accusation. Sudanese officials said a missile struck the car around 10 p.m. on Tuesday, obliterating the vehicle and killing two people who were inside.


Sudan Says Israel Launched a Missile Strike on a Car, Killing 2
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times
by Josh Kron - April 6, 2011 - 12:00am


The government of Sudan accused Israel on Wednesday of carrying out a fatal airstrike on a car traveling from the Red Sea city of Port Sudan. Sudan is considered a transit point in the weapons route to Hamas, the Palestinian faction that runs Gaza. Israel has not yet responded to the accusation. Sudanese officials said a missile struck the car around 10 p.m. on Tuesday, obliterating the vehicle and killing two people who were inside.



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