December 20th

You Must Pay the Rent!
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Media Line
by Diana Atallah - December 20, 2012 - 1:00am


  Mohammed Saadi hasn’t gone to his job at the Palestinian Authority's Public Works and Housing Ministry for a week now, “I pay seven dollars for transportation each day, which means more than $125 from my $450 monthly salary is being spent on that," he told The Media Line.


Netanyahu battered by the Jewish Home-builder
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Times of Israel
by David Horovitz - December 20, 2012 - 1:00am


 


Hamas bars EU observers from border crossing with Egypt
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Times of Israel
by Elhanan Miller - December 19, 2012 - 1:00am


  Hamas is preventing the return of European monitors to the Rafah border crossing with Egypt, despite an agreement between Israel and the Palestinian Authority requiring their presence at the border.


IDF to reduce time Palestinian minors may be held without seeing a judge
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
by Amira Hass - December 20, 2012 - 1:00am


  The Israel Defense Forces will further reduce the amount of time Palestinian minors may be held before they are brought before a judge, the state informed the High Court of Justice this week.


Presidential aide: France, Britain proposing talks initiative
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'an News Agency
December 19, 2012 - 1:00am


Britain and France are proposing a new initiative to resume negotiations between Palestinians and Israelis, an adviser to President Mahmoud Abbas said Wednesday.


Banks to lend PA $100 million
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'an News Agency
December 19, 2012 - 1:00am


Palestinian banks will lend the Palestinian Authority $100 million to see it through a financial crisis caused by Israeli sanctions, the Palestine Monetary Authority chief said Wednesday.


Fighting subsides at Palestinian refugee camp in Damascus, some who fled trickle back
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Associated Press
December 20, 2012 - 1:00am


   Days of intense fighting in a Palestinian refugee camp subsided on Thursday and some of the more than 100,000 residents who fled the violence in the capital Damascus began to trickle back, activists and officials said.


Majority of Israelis support two-state solution: poll
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Xinhua
December 20, 2012 - 1:00am


  A new poll published on Tuesday revealed that 62 percent of Israelis support the two-state solution and believe it is the best option for the Israeli state, the Jerusalem Post reported.


Investigation shows militants behind Tel Aviv bus bombing planned to assassinate Israeli ministers
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Xinhua
December 20, 2012 - 1:00am


  The perpetrators of a bombing attack on a Tel Aviv bus last month plotted to assassinate government ministers and other Israeli officials, according to new details of an investigation released Wednesday.


Israeli Arab MP who joined Gaza flotilla barred from re-election
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Reuters
by Allyn Fisher-Ilan - December 19, 2012 - 1:00am


  Israel's electoral authority barred an Arab lawmaker from re-election on Wednesday, saying she had supported the nation's enemies by joining a protest ship that tried to break a naval blockade of Gaza.



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