An Intifada in Fatah's Future ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Jewish Ideas Daily by Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi - (Opinion) August 2, 2012 - 12:00am Could we soon begin to see the end of Fatah and the Palestinian Authority (PA) as a coherent Palestinian national movement? There is much evidence that appears to point in that direction. To begin with, it is apparent that there is a deep contradiction in the stance of Fatah and the PA. As Avi Issacharoff notes, they feel a need to glorify terrorists such as Dalal Mughrabi, who was one of the perpetrators of a massacre in 1978 that killed 37 Israelis. » Read more

The Elephant in the Map Room ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times by Frank Jacobs - (Opinion) August 7, 2012 - 12:00am My better half: “Are you sure about this? They’ll kill you.” Me: “Sure I’m sure. You can hardly expect me to write a series called Borderlines, about the strange lines that people draw to distinguish ‘us’ from ‘them,’ and then finish it without discussing the border between Israel and Palestine.” Better half: “Do what you have to. But they are going to kill you.” Me, slightly apprehensive: “You mean metaphorically kill me, right?” » Read more

Reality and the rule of law ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz by Shaul Arieli - (Opinion) August 8, 2012 - 12:00am Anyone who seeks to undermine Israel's future as a democratic country and as the state of the Jewish people could find no better way to do so than to adopt the Levy Committee report. In fact, should the Israeli government adopt the committee's recommendations, it would constitute further proof of the political blindness and abandonment of the Zionist idea that seem to be the principles guiding this government in its management of the conflict with the Palestinians. » Read more

Was there an occupation? ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz by Zvi Barel - (Opinion) August 8, 2012 - 12:00am All told, what did the justice minister really want to do? Insert a small correction. Clerical. Fair, like most of the minister's ideas. Courts, he decided, cannot review claims that do not cite the identity card number or passport number of the plaintiff. Yet this is no naive directive. It is designed to nullify the basic rights of thousands of work migrants and residents from the territories. It will stop them from lodging claims in Israeli courts. One small step for bureaucracy, one giant leap for the occupation. » Read more

No religious freedom in Israel ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ynetnews by Yizhar Hess - (Opinion) August 8, 2012 - 12:00am I am the son of a Yekke. My father was born in Germany. His parents, my grandparents, fled to Palestine just before the war broke out. Two doctors who did not speak the language and were out of a job. But order is order. Grandma was strict about everything, particularly words. "You don't talk just for the sake of talking," she used to say. » Read more

The ultra-Orthodox tighten their grip in Israel ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Washington Post by Ruth Marcus - (Opinion) August 7, 2012 - 12:00am The rock hit Nili Philipp on the side of her helmet as she biked last year along the main road in this Jerusalem suburb. A few years earlier, the spitting had begun, as Philipp jogged on a road bordering an ultra-Orthodox neighborhood. Men called her names: Shikseh, the derogatory term for a Gentile woman. Prutzah, whore. » Read more

Gaza pays dearly ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Daily Star (Editorial) August 8, 2012 - 12:00am The militarization of the Sinai by all kinds of extremist factions, as well as the spread of such parties inside Gaza, began under the nose of Hosni Mubarak, and has been going on in Gaza since Hamas took over the strip. » Read more

Battle for Sinai ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jordan Times by Osama Al-Sharif - (Opinion) August 8, 2012 - 12:00am Egypt is going to war in a bid to reclaim sovereignty over Sinai. Its armed forces will fight to stop arms dealing, overcome rebellious bedouin tribes and chase out foreign jihadist infiltrators.  Sunday’s terrorist attack on a checkpoint along the Sinai-Israel border in which 16 Egyptian soldiers and officers were killed has triggered the biggest security operation by the Cairo government in years to end the state of lawlessness in the peninsula. » Read more

Morsy, Hamas and the short-lived honeymoon ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jerusalem Post by Khaled Abu Toameh - (Analysis) August 8, 2012 - 12:00am For Hamas, the timing of Sunday night’s terror attack in Sinai could not have been worse. The attack, which resulted in the killing of 16 Egyptian border guards while they were enjoying the fast-breaking meal of Ramadan, took place just when it seemed that Hamas and Egypt were about to embark on a honeymoon. In fact, the terror attack has been a complete disaster for Hamas, both politically and economically. » Read more

Revise peace treaty to uproot terrorism ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ynetnews by Yaron Friedman - (Opinion) August 7, 2012 - 12:00am Until recently the Sinai Peninsula was a tourist paradise: A demilitarized area nearly empty of soldiers that symbolizes the peace between Israel and Egypt – with enchanting desert views and tropical beaches on which courteous Bedouins serve coffee. So how did it become a terrorist paradise? » Read more