Abbas Has One Last Chance At The UN General Assembly ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Al-Ayyam by Rajab Abu Sariya - (Opinion) September 24, 2012 - 12:00am Up until now, the Muslim Brotherhood presidency in Egypt has been pursuing the worst possible policy when it comes to the Palestinians. Cairo has made no effort in the peace process, nor have they assigned their intelligence agency — or any other agency — to work on this issue. » Read more

Real Friends Are Honest — Even With Israel ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jewish Daily Forward by Ken Schechtman - (Opinion) September 25, 2012 - 12:00am During his July experiment with international diplomacy, Mitt Romney’s encomium about the Israeli health care system provided a delicious illustration of one of our few remaining bipartisan sports: pandering to all things Israel. “Do you realize what health care spending is as a percentage of GDP in Israel? Eight percent,” Romney intoned. “You spend 8% of GDP on health care. And you’re a pretty healthy nation. We spend 18% of our GDP on health care. Ten percentage points more.” » Read more

Who are You? ID Cards and East Jerusalem’s Identity Crisis ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Media Line by Linda Gradstein - (Opinion) September 25, 2012 - 12:00am In the United States, you need a passport to travel abroad, and a drivers’ license to cash a check. In Israel, you need an ID card just to cross the street. » Read more

There is a way out ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jerusalem Post by Gershon Baskin - (Opinion) September 24, 2012 - 12:00am I am sitting in a workshop at the Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non- Proliferation. The meeting is taking place a few days after the after the annual meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). In the room are some of the people who negotiated arms control and disarmament treaties between the United States and the Soviet Union. There are several Arab ambassadors who represent their governments to the IAEA and were present at the annual meeting in which Shaul Horev, the Israeli head of the Israeli Atomic Energy Authority, spoke. » Read more

A time for war, a time for peace ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jerusalem Post by David Newman - (Opinion) September 24, 2012 - 12:00am It is with regret that I recently read about the closing of the Bitterlemons website dedicated to bringing Israeli and Palestinian voices together. Run for over a decade by Yossi Alpher and Ghasan Khatib, the site was produced on a weekly basis. Each issue focused on a single topic relevant to the Israel-Palestine conflict, around which there were four short essays – two from Israelis (including Alpher) and two from Palestinians (including Khatib). » Read more

Defusing Israel's 'detonator' strategy ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Los Angeles Times by Patrick Tyler - (Opinion) September 25, 2012 - 12:00am Moshe Dayan, the one-eyed general who led Israel to military victories in the 1956 Suez war and the Six-Day War of 1967, believed in what he called a "detonator" strategy for the Jewish state. "When someone wishes to force on us things which are detrimental to our existence, there will be an explosion which will shake up wide areas, and realizing this, such elements in the international system will do their utmost to prevent damage to us." » Read more

What if Israel bombed Iran? The view from Washington. ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Washington Post by Blake Hounshell, Karim Sadjadpour - (Opinion) September 21, 2012 - 12:00am For months, Israel has threatened to strike Iran’s nuclear sites. The United States has urged restraint. If such an operation were launched, how might Washington react? President Obama is enjoying a quiet dinner with Michelle, Sasha and Malia at the White House residence on a Thursday evening in October when he gets the call. » Read more

Americans for Peace Now Launch Campus Group ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA) September 24, 2012 - 12:00am Americans for Peace Now is establishing a presence on college campuses aimed at reaching students and faculty. The left-leaning group is working “in full coordination” with J Street U to provide information and speakers that can be used on campuses across the country, said APN spokesman Ori Nir. Campuses in the Washington area have been sent information kits, and other universities will be receiving them as well, he said. » Read more

In New York, defiant Ahmadinejad says Israel will be 'eliminated' ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Reuters by Louis Charbonneau - September 25, 2012 - 12:00am NEW YORK (Reuters) -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday disregarded a UN warning to avoid incendiary rhetoric and declared ahead of the annual General Assembly session that Israel has no roots in the Middle East and would be "eliminated." In remarks to reporters in New York, Ahmadinejad also said he did not take seriously the threat that Israel could launch a military strike against Iran's nuclear facilities, denied sending arms into Syria, and alluded to Iran's threats against the life of British author Salman Rushdie. » Read more

Who’s creating ‘daylight’ now? Jewish Dems ask Netanyahu ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA) by Ron Kampeas - September 24, 2012 - 12:00am WASHINGTON (JTA) -- In the U.S.-Israel relationship, "daylight" is back, but this time it’s Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who is being called on to draw down the shades. Netanyahu’s recent sharp rebuke of the Obama administration’s Iran policies has drawn equally pointed pushback from Jewish Democrats. » Read more