December 19th

Palestinians call for Arab summit to save cash-strapped PNA ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Xinhua December 18, 2012 - 1:00am   The Palestinian government on Tuesday called for an urgent Arab summit to secure its cash supplies after Israel withheld Palestinian tax revenues. In a statement following its weekly meeting, the government said Israel works on undermining the Palestinian National Authority (PNA). » Read more

Israel charges Tel Aviv bus bomb suspect ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Reuters December 19, 2012 - 1:00am   Israel charged an Israeli Arab citizen on Wednesday over a bomb explosion on a Tel Aviv bus during Israel's November military offensive in the Palestinian Gaza Strip, the Justice Ministry said. » Read more

Israeli Arabs unenthusiastic about Jan. 22 vote ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Associated Press by Lauren E. Bohn - December 19, 2012 - 1:00am     » Read more

Syria's Palestinians sleep rough in wintry Damascus ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Reuters December 19, 2012 - 1:00am   The amber light of the street lamp illuminates the boy, wrapped in a thin blanket, his legs exposed to the December cold as he sleeps by a kerbside in a wealthy district of Damascus. » Read more

Palestinian president offers aid to Syria refugees ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Associated Press December 19, 2012 - 1:00am   The Palestinian president says he is ready to take in Palestinian refugees fleeing Syria's civil war. » Read more

Ex-Israeli military chief and minister dies at 68 ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Associated Press by Aron Heller - December 19, 2012 - 1:00am   Amnon Lipkin-Shahak, a former Israeli military chief who later became a Cabinet minister, died Wednesday after a long battle with cancer. He was 68. » Read more

Controversial Israeli Embassy Facebook Page Taken Down ‘for Maintenance’ ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times by Robert Mackey - December 18, 2012 - 1:00am » Read more

How some Israelis see the sacred in settlements ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Christian Science Monitor by Christa Case Bryant - December 19, 2012 - 1:00am   » Read more

Israel approves new east Jerusalem settlement ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Associated Press by Tia Goldenberg - December 19, 2012 - 1:00am     » Read more

UN security council's EU members to condemn Israeli settlements expansion ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Guardian by Harriet Sherwood - December 19, 2012 - 1:00am   » Read more