January 7th

Binyamin Netanyahu: strong man with a fearful heart ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Guardian by Peter Beaumont - January 5, 2013 - 1:00am   » Read more

Israel's shift to the right will alienate those it needs most ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Guardian by Jonathan Freedland - (Opinion) January 4, 2013 - 1:00am   » Read more

Reality Check: Netanyahu’s damaging policies ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jerusalem Post by Jeff Barak - (Opinion) January 6, 2013 - 1:00am The saddest fact about this election campaign is that the first real opposition blows against Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu were struck by people not running for election.President Shimon Peres landed the first punch with his call last week to renew negotiations with Palestinian Authority Presiden » Read more

Palestinian irresponsibility ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jerusalem Post (Editorial) January 6, 2013 - 1:00am The Palestinian Authority is currently embroiled in a largely self-inflicted financial crisis so bad that it could lead to what one high-ranking Fatah official recently referred to as a “popular explosion.”Unfortunately, instead of taking responsible steps to remedy the situation, the PA h » Read more

The Israeli initiative ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jerusalem Post by Ben Caspit - (Opinion) January 6, 2013 - 1:00am It’s not a putsch, not an attempt to topple Netanyahu or any of the other spins the Likud is currently trying to pin on it.I’d call it “The Israeli Initiative”; the union of the Center-Left, sane Zionist parties – the State of Israel’s last chance to remain in the r » Read more

How Israel will be destroyed without one shot being fired ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz by S. Daniel Abraham - (Opinion) January 6, 2013 - 1:00am   » Read more

In an Arab woman, a new hope for Israel's left ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz by Avner Cohen - (Opinion) January 7, 2013 - 1:00am   Something fascinating, innovative, authentic and hopeful is happening on the Israeli left and it has happened almost overnight. Though this something is still embryonic, a small bud not yet on the opinion poll radar, those following the left's dire situation can't miss it. For the first time since perhaps the death of Jewish-Arab communism of the 1950s, a new Israeli left has been born here, a left that carries hope and a new kind of vision. » Read more

The wrong lesson ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz (Editorial) January 7, 2013 - 1:00am   » Read more

Preserving the two-state solution ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Washington Post by Jeremy Ben-Ami - (Opinion) January 4, 2013 - 1:00am   A mere 24 hours after it takes office this month, President Obama’s new national security team will come face to face with a fundamentally different political reality in Israel and the Palestinian territory than their predecessors dealt with. » Read more

Wading into the Middle East morass ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Washington Post by Jackson Diehl - (Opinion) January 6, 2013 - 1:00am   » Read more