January 3rd

Self-preservation affects Israelis as it does Palestinians
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Daily Star
by Ariel Katz - (Opinion) January 3, 2013 - 1:00am


 


Overheated rhetoric on Israeli settlements
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Washington Post
(Editorial) January 1, 2013 - 1:00am


 


The heart of the conflict
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ynetnews
by A.B. Yehoshua - (Opinion) January 1, 2013 - 1:00am


With elections just around the corner, now is a good time to define the heart of the conflict between the "hawks" and "doves" in Israel. The heart of the conflict today is not so much about the peace process.


Not Baron Netanyahu's clerks
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ynetnews
by Shimon Shiffer - (Opinion) January 3, 2013 - 1:00am


The speech delivered by Israel's UN Ambassador Ron Prosor ahead of the recognition of the Palestinian Authority as a non-member observer state a month ago was impressive and echoed the sentiments of many Israelis. Netanyahu called Prosor and praised him with warm words.


Will Abbas hand over the key to the Israelis?
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Arab News
by Abdul Rahman Al-Rashed - (Opinion) January 3, 2013 - 1:00am


This is how Mahmoud Abbas, commonly known as Abu Mazen, threatened Israelis, when he said that he would dismantle the Palestinian Authority (PA) and “give the keys to the Muqata’a” — his government complex in Ramallah — to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, effectively dumping responsibility for the Palestinians on the Israeli leader.


Season of Palestinian threats
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
by Amira Hass - (Opinion) January 3, 2013 - 1:00am


  The Palestinian threat season is in full swing, although what sounds like a threat to Israeli ears is a promise to anyone who has had his fill of the occupation: to turn weakness into an advantage in the asymmetric balance of power. It's a promise of something that will shake up and disrupt the violent complacency with which Israel continues to dominate the Palestinians.


The settlers' aim: Occupy Israel
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
by Ari Shavit - (Opinion) January 3, 2013 - 1:00am


  The old occupation was the occupation of Palestine. It started with the military occupation of the West Bank and continued with the settlement occupation of the West Bank, and has reached the point where some 360,000 Israelis live today in the West Bank. At the same time that the smaller occupation of the Gaza Strip failed, the large occupation of the West Bank has done quite well.


Netanyahu aide Ron Dermer brings American sensibilities to Israeli politics
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA)
by Ben Sales - January 2, 2013 - 1:00am


  Like many Israeli politicians, Ron Dermer is an unapologetic defender of Israel’s actions, even if it might mean being undiplomatic.


Likud members call for Israeli annexation of West Bank territories
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Guardian
by Harriet Sherwood - January 3, 2013 - 1:00am


Prominent members of Israel's ruling Likud party have proposed the annexation o


Palestinian owners barred from Jordan Valley land, while Israeli farmers profit
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
by Chaim Levinson - January 3, 2013 - 1:00am


  Settlers in the Jordan Valley are farming more than 5,000 dunams (1,250 acres) of private Palestinian land located between the border fence and the actual border with Jordan. They received the land from the World Zionist Organization in the 1980s.



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