Archive - Apr 17, 2009 - World Press Roundup
Mideast envoy George Mitchell continues his meetings with Israeli
leadership (1) (2), and is set to meet with Palestinian President
Mahmoud Abbas today (7). The Washington Post profiles the first-year
accomplishments of new Jewish lobby J Street (3), while the Jewish
Telegraphic Agency reports on J Street's new campus initiative (5). Rahm
Emmanuel is reported to have told a Jewish leader that President Obama
is determined to see a Palestinian state created in his first term (4).
A Palestinian man is shot dead after allegedly trying to stab residents
of a West Bank settlement (6), while The Yesha Council of Settlements
blames the attack on Israeli cooperation in the efforts to create a
Palestinian state (13). A Palestinian protestor in Bilin is killed by
the IDF (14).