January 7th

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

In poor Arab villages like Jisr a-Zarka, poverty and alienation keep people from the polls ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Times of Israel by Assaf Uni - January 7, 2013 - 1:00am   » Read more

Official: PLO seeking return of refugees to Damascus camp ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'an News Agency January 7, 2013 - 1:00am PLO leaders, the Free Syria Army and Syrian regime forces are in ongoing talks to finalize an agreement to allow Palestinian refugees who fled fighting in a Damascus camp to return, a PLO official said. » Read more

Israel's premier reaffirms landmark speech on Palestinian statehood ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Los Angeles Times by Batsheva Sobelman - January 6, 2013 - 1:00am   » Read more

Hamas to pick new chief this month: official ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Xinhua January 6, 2013 - 1:00am    Islamic Hamas movement will pick a new chief of its politburo through internal elections this month to succeed current leader Khaled Mashaal, a Hamas official said Sunday. "We will elect a new chief this month under a new electoral system," Hamas senior member Salah al-Bardawil told Xinhua. » Read more