Hacking away at Arab and Israeli stereotypes
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Guardian
by Khaled Diab - (Opinion) January 19, 2012 - 1:00am

Earlier this week, a hacker or group of hackers who claim to be Saudi scaled up their cyber offensive against Israel by paralysing the websites of El Al airline and the Tel Aviv stock exchange. This was the latest in a series of attacks over the past fortnight, which has also seen the credit card details of thousands of Israeli citizens leaked online.

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Obama vs. Netanyahu vs. Ahmadinejad
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from CNN
by Trita Parsi - (Opinion) January 19, 2012 - 1:00am

U.S.-Israeli relations are in a crisis over Iran. It has been in the making for quite some time – arguably since the early 1990s – and edging closer to climax by the minute. The personal chemistry between the leaders is abysmal – Barack Obama and Nicolas Sarkozy recently discussed how they can’t stand Benjamin Netanyahu – and disagreements abound on the Arab uprisings, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and on how to deal with Iran.

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Israel must understand that Europe is indeed relevant
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
by Carlo Strenger - (Opinion) January 18, 2012 - 1:00am

First Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion’s adage ‘what matters is not what the goyim say, but what the Jews do," may have been charming when Israel was a young state, but does not befit a mature country. Nevertheless, current Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government has made this adage into a whole worldview.

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The VIPs' hush money
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
by Amira Hass - (Opinion) January 18, 2012 - 1:00am

Two people signed the entry permit into Israel that Mahmoud Abbas received from Israel's Civil Administration on January 1 (and which will be in force until March 1 ): 1st Lt. Noy Mitzrafi, commander of the permits office, and Lt. Col. Wissam Hamed, a department head in the Israel Defense Forces' operations directorate. It is this limited permit that Abbas, the Palestinian Authority president and PLO chairman, complained of receiving instead of his normal VIP permit during a closed meeting of his Fatah faction.

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Israeli foreign minister Lieberman to face pre-indictment hearing
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Los Angeles Times
by Batsheva Sobelman - January 17, 2012 - 1:00am

REPORTING FROM JERUSALEM -- Israel's top justice authorities began a two-day hearing Monday for one of the government's top officials, Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman. The proceedings move a years-long legal case closer to the end and signal what could also be the end of the current chapter in Lieberman's political career.

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Israeli Arabs have never been equal before the law
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
by Yitzhak Laor - (Opinion) January 17, 2012 - 1:00am

Last week's decision by the High Court of Justice to uphold the amendment to the Citizenship Law that keeps Palestinians apart from their Israeli spouses has closed a chapter in the life of Israeli democracy. The Supreme Court no longer wants to protect Israel's Arab citizens.

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The Quieter Upheavals
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jewish Daily Forward
(Editorial) January 17, 2012 - 1:00am

The narrative of last September from both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian divide is strikingly similar. The high point in Israel came September 3, when nearly half a million people took to the streets in peaceful protest against an economic system that they argued betrayed the Zionist dream. A few weeks later, the Palestinian Authority president delivered his historic request for statehood to the United Nations.

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Could corruption trial stop the rise of the black sheep of Israeli politics?
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Independent
by Catrina Stewart - January 17, 2012 - 1:00am

Described once by an American magazine editor as a "neo-fascist" and a "certified gangster", Israel's firebrand Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman is no stranger to controversy. It has not stopped him from building up a devoted following that has propelled his party to the forefront of Israeli politics. But as a more than decade-long corruption probe nears its conclusion, even this canny political survivor may find that this is one controversy he cannot so easily dodge.

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Could corruption trial stop the rise of the black sheep of Israeli politics?
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Independent
by Catrina Stewart - January 17, 2012 - 1:00am

Described once by an American magazine editor as a "neo-fascist" and a "certified gangster", Israel's firebrand Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman is no stranger to controversy. It has not stopped him from building up a devoted following that has propelled his party to the forefront of Israeli politics. But as a more than decade-long corruption probe nears its conclusion, even this canny political survivor may find that this is one controversy he cannot so easily dodge.

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Israeli Defense Minister Says West Bank Faces “Period of Uncertainty”
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Xinhua
January 17, 2012 - 1:00am

JERUSALEM, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- Defense Minister Ehud Barak said on Tuesday that though the West Bank has been stable in recent years, Israel's security establishment is gearing up for a "period of uncertainty" in the region. Speaking during a visit to the Israeli army's West Bank Division, Barak said that the military's most important mission is to protect the lives of Israeli settlers in the area.

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