The Three-State Solution ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Foreign Policy by Aaron David Miller - (Opinion) January 10, 2013 - 1:00am   » Read more

Ahmad Tibi: No Apologies For Being a 'Palestinian Patriot' ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Al-Monitor by Shlomi Eldar - (Opinion) January 9, 2013 - 1:00am "I’m a Palestinian patriot whether you like it or not. If I wasn’t, I wouldn’t be Ahmad Tibi.” That’s how the Arab Knesset member who has spent fourteen years on the opposition benches of Israel’s parliament, describes himself in a special interview with Al-Monitor. » Read more

Iran Top Backer of Palestinian Islamic Jihad ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Al-Monitor by Abeer Ayyoub - (Opinion) January 9, 2013 - 1:00am   As far as the Al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, are concerned, 2012 was their golden year. For the first time, it managed to use qualitative weapons that seemingly altered the pace of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. » Read more

The confessions of Hamas are a message to the Islamists ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Asharq Alawsat by Osman Mirghani - (Opinion) January 9, 2013 - 1:00am   Speaking before the Islamists and Democratic Governance Conference a few months ago, Khaled Mishal, head of the Hamas political bureau, acknowledged there was a difference between opposition and governance, between imagination and reality, and between being a critic and a practitioner. He concluded that the Islamists in general had to admit that governance was harder than they had first imagined, and this applies to Hamas as well. » Read more

Chuck Hagel Failure May Haunt Hawks ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Forward (Opinion) January 9, 2013 - 1:00am   Hawkish groups that sought to pre-emptively sink Chuck Hagel’s candidacy for secretary of defense may have been trying to teach President Obama and his supporters a lesson — but it seems they’re the ones who may look back at this episode as a cautionary tale. » Read more

What makes Chuck Hagel a true friend of Israel ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Guardian by Chris McGreal - (Opinion) January 9, 2013 - 1:00am   » Read more

Why are Israel’s critics trying to kill two-state solution? ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jerusalem Post (Opinion) January 9, 2013 - 1:00am The two-state solution apparently has seen better days. Indeed, according to The Atlantic’s Robert Wright the two-state solution is on its “deathbed,” while the Daily Beast’s Andrew Sullivan has already lost all hope in the prospects of an independent Palestinian state. » Read more

White House changed the rules ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ynetnews by Eitan Haber - (Opinion) January 10, 2013 - 1:00am You would have to be deaf, a fool and a minor – as it says in the Talmud – not to understand the message relayed this week from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington to the residents of Kaplan 3 Street in Jerusalem: The people in the White House changed the rules of the game and have informed Benjamin Netanyahu of the change. » Read more

Back to the Road Map? ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ynetnews by Dov Weissglas - (Opinion) January 10, 2013 - 1:00am The Israeli-Palestinian horizon is getting so dark there is almost no hope left. The complete diplomatic stalemate, the deteriorating economic situation, the weakening of the Palestinian Authority and Hamas' growing power (to some extent as a result of intentional Israeli activity) – all of these have brought the Palestinians back to the streets and intensified the rioting and acts of violence. » Read more

The Arab elephant in the Knesset ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz by Zvi Barel - (Opinion) January 8, 2013 - 1:00am   » Read more