Mahmoud Abbas Bid for U.N. Sanction of Palestine State Could Explode West Bank
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Daily Beast
by Peter Beinart - (Opinion) November 26, 2012 - 1:00am


 


Seven Takeaways From The Gaza Ceasefire
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Daily Beast
by Daniel Levy - (Opinion) November 22, 2012 - 1:00am


  1) And the winner… is President Morsi


The Gaza War Was Not Iran's War
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Al-Monitor
by Meir Javendanfar - (Opinion) November 22, 2012 - 1:00am


  After eight days of fighting, on the 21st of November, Israel and Hamas declared a ceasefire.


Hamas Won Partial Victory In Gaza Cease-Fire Deal
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Al-Monitor
by Mohammed Yaghi - (Opinion) November 26, 2012 - 1:00am


  The courageous Gazan resistance was not expected to liberate Jerusalem, force the Israeli occupation to withdraw to the lines of June 4, down an F-16 aircraft or destroy Israeli warships in the middle of the sea. It was not expected to creep from Gaza into Israel's international borders.


Egypt Hesitates to Reopen Crossing at Rafah
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Al-Monitor
by Danny Rubenstein - (Opinion) November 25, 2012 - 1:00am


 


The latest conflict in Gaza is over, so what happens next?
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Daily Star
by Gareth Evans - (Opinion) November 24, 2012 - 1:00am


 


Wrong war in new regional order
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Gulf News
(Opinion) November 26, 2012 - 1:00am


 


The Gaza War Reinforces Palestinian Division and Threatens Abbas’s Palestinian Authority
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Al-Hayat
by Raghida Dergham - (Opinion) November 24, 2012 - 1:00am


  The most recent war in Gaza has provided an opportunity on the field for Israel to test its new anti-missile system, the Iron Dome, and for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to prove to Israeli voters his ability to protect his country’s civilians from rockets fired by Hamas or Hezbollah.  


Long-range rockets change balance of power with Israel – Hamas strongman
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Asharq Alawsat
by Salah Jumaa - (Opinion) November 23, 2012 - 1:00am


 


Arafat exhumation is just a beginning
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The National
(Editorial) November 26, 2012 - 1:00am


  Tomorrow, a team of French, Russian and Swiss scientists will unearth the remains of Yasser Arafat, interred in Ramallah since 2004. That project may begin to answer one of the intractable mysteries of the past decade: what (or who) killed the former Palestinian leader?



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