A difference beyond question
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Washington Post
by Richard Cohen - (Opinion) August 6, 2012 - 12:00am


Before the Jews of Hungary were emancipated in the 19th century, they were not permitted to own land. By the end of the century, they were on their way to owning fully one-fifth of Hungary’s large estates and were hugely successful in business and the arts. The Jews of Germany had a similar history.


Israel Must Accommodate The Arabic Language
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Yedioth Ahronoth
by Gilad Kariv - (Opinion) August 6, 2012 - 12:00am


Not long ago while on an El Al flight, I received an explanation from a service manager about the plane’s sound system. On a list hung on the side of the control box was a roster of the numerous languages used in the in-flight announcements. Only one language did not appear: Israel's second official language, Arabic.


Israel’s future depends on two states
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jerusalem Post
by David Halperin, Peter A. Joseph - (Opinion) August 6, 2012 - 12:00am


The Israel Policy Forum clearly struck a chord when it sent a letter signed by a politically diverse group of over 40 philanthropists and Jewish leaders to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu urging him not to adopt the Levy Report.


On Apartheid
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jerusalem Post
by Gershon Baskin - (Opinion) August 6, 2012 - 12:00am


Spending days with the Jewish community of South Africa at Limmud is a unique opportunity to meet another dynamic, engaged Jewish community in the Diaspora.


Egypt’s challenge
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jerusalem Post
(Editorial) August 6, 2012 - 12:00am


We express our heartfelt condolences to Egypt over the murder of 16 of its soldiers at a base in Sinai near the Israeli border on Sunday.


Obama: real actions, not bluster, in support of Israel
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
by Edgar M. Bronfman - (Opinion) August 6, 2012 - 12:00am


I have always held the well-being of the Jewish people close to my heart. On its behalf, I have engaged countless heads of state on matters relating to the Jewish people and the State of Israel.


The 'cruel revenge' that helped drive the British out of Palestine
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
by Ofer Aderet - (Opinion) August 7, 2012 - 12:00am


In July 1947, two British sergeants were being held in a narrow, closely-guarded bunker that had been dug underneath a diamond-polishing plant in Netanya. The two were captured by the Irgun, and the Jewish underground militia threatened to hang them unless the British commuted the death sentences of three Irgun operatives.


“Dear President Perez”
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from NOW Lebanon
by Hussein Ibish - (Opinion) August 7, 2012 - 12:00am


A major controversy erupted last week when Israel announced that Egyptian President Mohammad Morsy had sent a letter in reply to Ramadan greetings he had received from Israeli President Shimon Peres.


Syria’s Palestinians Seeking Help in Lebanon
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Media Line
by Stephen Staff - August 6, 2012 - 12:00am


On the streets of Hamra, a neighborhood of Beirut where young Lebanese men in expensive sports cars make their presence known by playing loud music, Syrian accents are clearly heard. They come from the young mothers begging for money and food on the sidewalks who have fled the violence that has racked their country, in what initially began as a peaceful uprising against President Bashar al-Assad’s rule. Their children run and play in the streets of Hamra past well-heeled and fashionably-dressed Lebanese women.


Gaza Water Increasingly Polluted and Expensive
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Media Line
by Linda Gradstein - August 6, 2012 - 12:00am


Gaza’s population is increasing, and the water supply is not keeping pace according to Oxfam, the British human rights organization. In a new report, the group asserts that Gazans are spending as much as one-third of their household income on drinking water, and are facing growing health risks.



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