Israel’s Defense Minister Calls for More Action Against Assad
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times
by Jodi Rudoren - May 30, 2012 - 12:00am

Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Wednesday praised the United States and other countries for ousting Syrian diplomats but said it was not sufficient, declaring that the massacre of 100 people in Houla “compel the world to take action — not just talk, but action.”

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Ailing Palestinian Hospital Awaits Cash Infusion
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Media Line
by Arieh O'Sullivan - May 16, 2012 - 12:00am

Husni Samara is a gynecologist and endoscopic surgeon at Al-Makassed hospital on Jerusalem’s Mount of Olives. Even though he has a family to support and hasn’t been paid in months, he won’t consider lucrative offers from abroad.

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Israel plans for quake aid to Palestinians
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Reuters
by Dan Williams - May 15, 2012 - 12:00am

TEL AVIV, May 15 (Reuters) - Israel said on Tuesday it had set up a mechanism to get aid to the Palestinians in the event of a major earthquake. A 5.5-magnitude quake rattled Israel and the occupied West Bank on Friday, reminding residents of their vulnerability to the Syria-African Rift, a northern extension of Africa's Rift Valley. "The working assumption is that they (Palestinians) do not have the means to deal with such a disaster on their own," said Alon Rozen, director-general of Israel's Civil Defence Ministry.

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Fayyad: Netanyahu Responsible for Health of Striking Prisoners
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'an News Agency
May 4, 2012 - 12:00am

RAMALLAH (Ma’an) -- The prime minister in Ramallah said Thursday that his counterpart in Israel was ultimately responsible for the wellbeing of Palestinian prisoners. 

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Israel Prison Service: Palestinian Hunger-Strike Must “Stand Up” to Visit Lawyer
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Xinhua
May 4, 2012 - 12:00am

  JERUSALEM, May 3 (Xinhua) -- Various NGO's protest against treatment of Palestinian hunger-strikers in Israeli prisons, where they cannot receive legal counseling from lawyers unless they can stand up and ask for it, despite that some of the protesters have been hunger-striking for two months.

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Rabin Killer’s Brother Released From Israel Prison
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Associated Press
by Tia Goldenberg - May 4, 2012 - 12:00am

JERUSALEM — The unrepentant brother of the man who killed Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was released from prison Friday after serving 16½ years for complicity in a murder that stunned Israel and according to some destroyed an opportunity for peace.

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Israel Should Reduce Use of Administrative Detentions for Palestinians, Top Official Says
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
by Barak Ravid - (Analysis) May 3, 2012 - 12:00am

  Public Security Minister Yitzhak Aharonovitch indicated that Israel should reduce its use of administrative detention against Palestinian suspects, a senior official said on Thursday, amid an ongoing wave of hunger strikes among Palestinian detainees.

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A marathon runner with a long-distance goal for Palestinian freedom
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
by Danna Harman - May 3, 2012 - 12:00am

Besides the obvious, what do people do while they run? Some listen to music and get lost in the beat. Some pipe in podcasts. Some, usually those with the big fancy sports watches, pass the time calculating times and distances or monitoring heart beats. And then some just let their minds wander.

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Mashaal, Abbas discuss prisoner hunger strike
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jerusalem Post
April 27, 2012 - 12:00am

Hamas political chief Khaled Mashaal and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas spoke by telephone Thursday about rallying Palestinians to support Palestinian prisoners in their hunger strike against certain Israeli prison policies, such as administrative detention, Palestinian news agency Ma'an reported Friday, citing a Hamas statement.

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More Palestinian prisoners join hunger strike
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Guardian
by Harriet Sherwood - April 26, 2012 - 12:00am

The number of Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike in Israeli jails has grown to 2,000, with more preparing to join the protest next week, according to human rights groups in the West Bank. The Israeli prison service is taking punitive measures against hunger strikers, including solitary confinement, the confiscation of personal belongings, transfers and denial of family visits, say Palestinian organisations.

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