The Death of Israel's "Quality Minority"
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Daily Beast
by Hussein Ibish - (Opinion) November 30, 2012 - 1:00am


 


Fair Go: Australia and the U.N. Vote
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Daily Beast
(Opinion) December 3, 2012 - 1:00am


 


The State-Builder
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Daily Beast
by Matthew Duss - (Opinion) December 3, 2012 - 1:00am


 


Palestine's Man in the Middle
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New Yorker
by David Remnick - (Opinion) December 3, 2012 - 1:00am


 


After the Gaza war, Palestine becomes an Arab concern again
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Daily Star
(Opinion) December 3, 2012 - 1:00am


 


Get Real, Israel
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Slate
(Opinion) December 3, 2012 - 1:00am


 


The Palestinian Goals behind Demanding a Non-member State
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Al-Hayat
by Raghida Dergham - (Opinion) December 3, 2012 - 1:00am


  Perhaps the most important implication of Palestine receiving recognition as a state, at the UN General Assembly, is the fact that international laws have been reemphasized as a reference point, while Palestine has now obtained the right to ratify international treaties. In truth, this represents a strategic shift in the Israeli – Palestinian conflict, as it backs negotiations with international legitimacy, and releases them from the clutches of politicking or military escalation.


UN vote is symbolic - unless Palestinians take advantage
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The National
by Mouin Rabbani - (Opinion) December 3, 2012 - 1:00am


 


A diplomatic defeat
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
by Yehuda Ben Meir - (Opinion) December 3, 2012 - 1:00am


  Israel suffered a diplomatic setback at the United Nations last week. All the explanations, excuses, wisecracks and circumlocutions by government spokespeople and Likud members can't obscure the bitter truth. The General Assembly vote making the Palestinians a nonmember observer state put Israel's stark isolation on display - isolation we haven't experienced since the Sinai Campaign of 1956.


It's time for Israel to talk to Hamas
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
by A.B. Yehoshua - December 3, 2012 - 1:00am


  During the War of Independence in 1948, the Jordanians shelled western Jerusalem for months, besieged the city and prevented water and fuel from reaching its residents. Hundreds of civilians were killed during the shelling, yet Israel did not refer to the Jordanians as terrorists, but as an enemy. Once a cease-fire was attained, Israel began open negotiations with the Jordanians, at the end of which an armistice agreement was signed.



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