Netanyahu's Move to Right Leaves Opening for Olmert at Center ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Al-Monitor by Alon Pinkas - (Opinion) November 1, 2012 - 12:00am This was supposed to be a Seinfeld election in Israel: no real agenda, no real visions, no big narratives except for "Iran&quo » Read more

Netanyahu's Move to Right Leaves Opening for Olmert at Center ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Al-Monitor by Alon Pinkas - (Opinion) October 31, 2012 - 12:00am This was supposed to be a Seinfeld election in Israel: no real agenda, no real visions, no big narratives except for "Iran" and all those urgent issues that the political system conveniently defers to the next generation. But these elections are in fact historic for one reason: the first time ever not dealing with Israel's relations with the Arab world, or with the future of our cohabitation with the Palestinians. "Peace" is a T-shirt, and Palestinians exist is a parallel universe. » Read more

Peres: No diplomatic moves on the Palestinian track before January ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Times of Israel by Elhanan Miller - October 31, 2012 - 12:00am President Shimon Peres said Wednesday that no diplomatic moves should take place on the Israeli-Palestinian track before a new American president takes office and elections are held in Israel in late January. “Public leaders should respect calendars,” Peres told the press ahead of a meeting with Robert Serry, UN special coordinator for the Middle East peace process, at his Jerusalem residence. “Until the middle of January, we should not take steps that will fall into a vacuum. » Read more

The new Palestinians ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jerusalem Post by Menachem Klein - (Opinion) November 1, 2012 - 12:00am It’s not the economy, stupid, that’s shaking the foundations of the Palestinian Authority. » Read more

24 years later, Israel acknowledges top-secret operation that killed Fatah terror chief ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Times of Israel by Michal Shmulovich - November 1, 2012 - 12:00am For the first time, Israel acknowledged that it was behind the killing of Abu Jihad, the PLO’s number two and cofounder, at his home in Tunis in April 1988. » Read more

Is There Room for Women Among Israel's Zionists? ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Al-Monitor by Yedidia Stern - (Opinion) November 1, 2012 - 12:00am Rabbi Shlomo  » Read more

Palestinian businesswomen finding their own solutions ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Daily Star by Morgan McDaniel - (Opinion) November 1, 2012 - 12:00am Abeer Abu Ghaith, a poised young woman overflowing with optimism, works tirelessly to help Palestinian women achieve their dreams and improve their lives. » Read more

Levy Report serves Israel haters ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ynetnews by Jeremy Ben-Ami - (Opinion) November 1, 2012 - 12:00am For a moment there is appeared as though the  » Read more

U.S. police officials study counterterrorism in Israel ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA) November 1, 2012 - 12:00am WASHINGTON (JTA) – Counterterrorism officials from five U.S. cities met with their counterparts in Israel. Ten officials from five major cities -- New York; Los Angeles; Oakland, Calif.; Austin, Texas; and Houston -- met in mid-October with representatives of Israel's police, the Jerusalem Post reported. The tour focused on "technological and operational advances in counterterrorism," according to the American Jewish Committee's Project Interchange, which organized the tour. Separately, the New York Police Department now has a branch in Israel. » Read more

What the new darling of Israel's center-left really thinks about the West Bank ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz by Barak Ravid - (Blog) November 1, 2012 - 12:00am It's been two weeks since Moshe Kahlon announced that he was leaving politics. » Read more