January 10th

Peace Now: Israeli govt secretly approved settler outpost ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'an News Agency January 8, 2013 - 1:00am After the Israeli government gave official sanction to three settler outposts last year, a fourth illegal community has been included in the boundaries, an Israeli peace group said Tuesday. All Jewish settlements in the West Bank are illegal under international law. However, Israel distinguishes between settlements it has approved and the outposts which were never granted official authorization. In April 2012 the Israeli government retroactively authorized three outposts -- Rehelim, Sansana and Bruchin. » Read more

Settlers clash with Nablus villages, 2 wounded by gunfire ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'an News Agency January 10, 2013 - 1:00am Two Palestinians suffered gunshot wounds in clashes with Israeli settlers and soldiers in separate incidents in the northern West Bank on Thursday, an official said. Dozens of residents of Yitzhar settlement clashed with Palestinians who were playing in the snow in the nearby Urif village, south of Nablus, settler-monitoring official Ghassan Daghlas said. Israeli forces arrived at the scene and tried to persuade the Palestinian to leave, but they refused, he said. » Read more

Hamas flagship university grooms Hebrew teachers ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Associated Press by Diaa Hadid - January 9, 2013 - 1:00am   » Read more

Four Palestinians killed in West Bank flooding ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz by Yaniv Kubovich - January 10, 2013 - 1:00am   Four Palestinians have died in the West Bank as a result of this week's storm. On Wednesday morning Palestinian rescue personnel found two bodies of young Palestinian women who had been missing since Tuesday night, after the car they were riding in was swept away by floods between Nablus and Tul Karm. The car and its driver were found several kilometers away with the driver suffering from hypothermia. » Read more

Storm leaves Gaza man dead, Jerusalem snowed in ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Associated Press January 10, 2013 - 1:00am   » Read more

Palestinian leader rejects deal on Syria refugees ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Associated Press by Mohammed Daraghmeh - January 10, 2013 - 1:00am   » Read more

Israeli police say blast criminally motivated ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Associated Press January 10, 2013 - 1:00am   » Read more

Abbas and Hamas Leader Meet at Egypt’s Invitation ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times by Jodi Rudoren - January 9, 2013 - 1:00am   » Read more

January 9th

Patience, not panic, on Israeli-Palestinian peace ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Foreign Policy by Michael Singh - (Opinion) January 8, 2013 - 1:00am   » Read more

Why Won't Israel's Politicians Talk Seriously About Foreign Policy? ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Atlantic (Opinion) January 8, 2013 - 1:00am   » Read more