August 2nd

Encountering Peace: I should be a millionaire! ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jerusalem Post by Gershon Baskin - (Opinion) August 1, 2011 - 12:00am ‘The people demand social justice” – I can hear the rhythm of the chant of the masses along the route from the tent encampment on King George Street in Jerusalem to the prime minister’s house. The beat, the words – “the people demand….” so reminiscent of the sounds of Tahrir square in Cairo or Tunis a few months before. The Arab spring has arrived in Israel – unbelievable! » Read more

Encountering Peace: I should be a millionaire! ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jerusalem Post by Gershon Baskin - (Opinion) August 1, 2011 - 12:00am ‘The people demand social justice” – I can hear the rhythm of the chant of the masses along the route from the tent encampment on King George Street in Jerusalem to the prime minister’s house. The beat, the words – “the people demand….” so reminiscent of the sounds of Tahrir square in Cairo or Tunis a few months before. The Arab spring has arrived in Israel – unbelievable! » Read more

Settlers served restraining orders from West Bank over planned attacks on Palestinians ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz by Chaim Levinson - August 2, 2011 - 12:00am Judea and Samaria District Police and Shin Bet security services served 12 West Bank settlers with administrative restraining orders overnight on Monday. The orders were served in the wake of intelligence gathered by the Shin Bet, according to which a group of extremists have been involved in leading, planning and carrying out widespread secret, violent attacks against Palestinians in the West Bank over the last two years. » Read more

Israeli museum showing Muslim-world artists ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Associated Press by Amy Teibel - August 2, 2011 - 12:00am JERUSALEM — A museum on the road separating Jewish west Jerusalem from the Arab neighborhoods in the city's east is attracting a daring group of artists from Middle Eastern nations that shun contact with Israel, trying to erode political barriers through art. It's been a years-long process for the Museum on the Seam, which is one of the few art museums in Israel that aggressively tries to convince Arab and Muslim artists to show in its galleries. » Read more

Air strikes hit targets in the Gaza Strip ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'an News Agency August 2, 2011 - 12:00am GAZA CITY (Ma’an) -- Israeli warplanes struck two targets in the northern and southern Gaza Strip on Tuesday morning, with no casualties reported. Israeli air crafts fired at a target in Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip causing material damage but no human casualties, medical sources told Ma'an's correspondent. Israeli jets also fired missiles at a smuggling tunnel in the Al Brazil neighborhood of Rafah in southern Gaza, causing material damage only. » Read more

US, Israel propose new talks to head off Palestinian UN bid ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'an News Agency August 2, 2011 - 12:00am JERUSALEM (AFP) -- Israel is willing to begin new peace talks using the 1967 lines as a basis for negotiations, if the Palestinians drop their UN membership bid, an Israeli government official confirmed on Tuesday. Speaking on condition of anonymity, the official confirmed that Israel has been working with Washington and members of the international peace-making Quartet to draw up a new framework that could relaunch stalled talks. » Read more

August 1st

Israel's water management shameful ATFP World Press Roundup Article from San Antonio Express by Xelena Gonzalez - (Opinion) August 1, 2011 - 12:00am Following a series of pro-Israel stories that reek of propaganda, your paper praised Israel's wise water management in the July 23 piece, “Israel trip is already paying off for SAWS.” This is ironic considering the dire situation faced by half country's population. » Read more

3 Israeli insiders lament drift from two-state talks ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Philadelphia Inquirer by Trudy Rubin - (Opinion) July 31, 2011 - 12:00am It's time to start thinking about what will happen to Israel - and U.S. policy in the Middle East - when the peace process ends. Politicians don't openly discuss the deep threat to Israel's existence that would result from an end to negotiations over a two-state solution (meaning a Palestinian state living peacefully alongside Israel). » Read more

A prosperous Israel is dancing on the rim of a volcano ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Daily Star by Dominique Moisi - (Opinion) August 1, 2011 - 12:00am It is difficult not to be struck by the contrast between the “Asian”-like energy of Israel’s economy and civil society and the purely defensive nature of its approach to political change, inside the country and out. A recent law passed by Israel’s Knesset bars Israeli citizens from supporting Western boycotts aimed at putting an end to the country’s settlement policies and at backing an independent Palestinian state. While Israel has never been so affluent, dynamic, and confident, it also has never been so isolated internationally. » Read more

Dahlan must get what he deserves ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Gulf News (Opinion) July 31, 2011 - 12:00am Mohammad Dahlan, a former member of Fatah Central Committee, returned to Palestine from Jordan in the hopes of challenging his sacking from the Fatah party. Instead, his appeal has been rejected and his home has been searched and bodyguards arrested. Palestinian police removed weapons, files and computers from his house. He is now being investigated for corruption and murder charges in a case which is to be referred to the attorney-general. » Read more