November 26th

Israel says successfully tested new missile defense system ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Xinhua November 26, 2012 - 1:00am JERUSALEM, Nov. 25 (Xinhua) -- Israel has successfully tested a new missilbe defense system, which can intercept targets with a longer range than those downed by Iron Dome in the recent Israel- Gaza conflict, the Defense Ministry said Sunday. » Read more

Hezbollah says could hit all of Israel in future war ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Reuters by Dominic Evans - November 25, 2012 - 1:00am BEIRUT, Nov 25 (Reuters) - Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah warned Israel on Sunday that thousands of rockets would rain down on Tel Aviv and cities across the Jewish state if it attacked Lebanon. » Read more

Gaza losses total 300 mln USD after Israeli airstrikes: report ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Xinhua November 24, 2012 - 1:00am GAZA, Nov. 24 (Xinhua) -- The Gaza Strip must be declared an economically-disastrous area, Palestinian Chamber of Commerce said Saturday. In a report assessing the damage following an eight-day Israeli air raids, the study said that the economic losses in Gaza reached 300 million U.S. dollars. » Read more

Gaza cease-fire raises hopes for reconstruction ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Associated Press by Sarah El Deeb - November 25, 2012 - 1:00am GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Mohammed Falah Azzam has been through this before. » Read more

Israel, militants begin talks on truce details ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Associated Press by Josef Federman - November 26, 2012 - 1:00am JERUSALEM — Israel and Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip began indirect talks Monday in Egypt aimed at forging a new era of relations between the bitter enemies following a cease-fire that ended the heaviest fighting in nearly four years. » Read more

On This, 2 Sides Agree: Fighting Hardened Positions ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times by Isabel Kershner, Jodi Rudoren - November 24, 2012 - 1:00am GAZA — The eight days of fighting between Hamas and Israel left more than 160 Palestinians and six Israelis dead, but there may be another casualty from the sudden burst of violence: whatever small chance there was for reviving a long-moribund peace process. » Read more

Hamas Claim Complicates Talk of Truce With Israel ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times by Jodi Rudoren - November 24, 2012 - 1:00am GAZA — Confusion continued Saturday over the status of cease-fire talks Egypt is conducting between Hamas and Israel, as the Hamas prime minister announced progress regarding restrictions on the movements of fishermen and farmers in the border area, which the Israeli prime minister’s office denied. » Read more

As Bombs Fell in Gaza, a Rich Cactus Lover Could Cultivate Only Patience ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times by Jodi Rudoren - November 25, 2012 - 1:00am GAZA — Jawdat N. Khoudary is one of Gaza’s wealthiest men, and one of its boldest dreamers. » Read more

Barak to Haaretz: Netanyahu government should have done more to advance peace ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz by Barak Ravid - November 4, 2012 - 12:00am Defense Minister Ehud Barak this weekend criticized the way Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman have handled relations with the Palestinian Authority over the last four years, telling Haaretz in an interview: "The last government should have done much more to advance the peace process vis-a-vis [Palestinian President Mahmoud] Abbas." » Read more

Israeli Defense Minister to Quit Politics ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times by Jodi Rudoren - November 26, 2012 - 1:00am JERUSALEM – The Israeli defense minister, Ehud Barak, announced Monday that he would soon “leave political life,” after a half-century career in the military and government that included two years as prime minister. » Read more