Netanyahu, stunning Israel by forging unity bloc, defends move as pro-stability
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
May 8, 2012 - 12:00am

The newly formed unity government was created to advance the main issues facing Israel today, including a "responsible peace process," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a joint press conference with Kadima head Shaul Mofaz on Tuesday, while the leader of Israel's Labor Party Shelly Yacimovich - thought likely to be become leader of the opposition - slammed the pair's pronouncements in her own press conference later on Tuesday.

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Netanyahu's next Israel: Bad for the Right, good for the Jews
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
by Bradley Burston - (Opinion) May 8, 2012 - 12:00am

Israelis don't change, unless someone or something creeps up on them from a direction they never look, and slips the comfort zone rug out from under them. The rug may be frayed to the floor, faintly gummy to the touch, it may be mined with thorns and shards of shattered glass. But they'll hang onto it for what passes for dear life. Unless …

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Master Tactician in Israel Adds Power in a Coalition Deal
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times
by Jodi Rudoren - May 8, 2012 - 12:00am

JERUSALEM — Striking a secret deal with the leader of the opposition in the small morning hours, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel significantly expanded his power on Tuesday, creating the largest and broadest c

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New Israel Partner Offers Moderate Voice on Iran
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times
by Isabel Kershner - May 8, 2012 - 12:00am

JERUSALEM — Less than two weeks ago, Yuval Diskin, the recently retired chief of Israel’s internal security agency, carried out a blistering verbal assault on Prime Minister

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How Netanyahu's 'unity' government may affect Palestinians, Iran
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Christian Science Monitor
by Joshua Mitnick - May 8, 2012 - 12:00am

A stunning overhaul in the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could produce progress on the peace process with the Palestinians but also enhance Israeli threats to attack Iran’s nuclear program.

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Netanyahu's Globalists
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Daily Beast
by Bernard Avishai - (Opinion) May 8, 2012 - 12:00am

I know I should be appalled by Shaul Mofaz's opportunism and Benjamin Netanyahu's grin, but I confess to being just a little relieved.

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By winning the elections, Netanyahu can enact his vision – doing nothing
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
by Yoel Marcus - (Opinion) May 4, 2012 - 12:00am

The big riddle is what Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was thinking when he decided to move up the elections. Why not elections at the scheduled time? After all, another year and a half in a safe government is nothing to sneeze at. In addition, he is running the country with a solid majority of 65 seats. Nobody can bring him down. If he wanted, he could even bring Kadima under Shaul Mofaz into the coalition. Bibi Netanyahu is admired by a large part of the public, unlike during his first term when he slipped on every banana peel.

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Changing course in Israel
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Gulf News
by Patrick Seale - (Opinion) May 4, 2012 - 12:00am

Israel’s hard-line Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is facing an unprecedented challenge. As Israel’s longest serving prime minister, who has been in office for more than three years, he had come to seem immovable.

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Israel in disarray
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jordan Times
by George S. Hishmeh - (Opinion) May 3, 2012 - 12:00am

Since the criticism, last Friday, by a key secret service official of the right-wing Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and his wishy washy Labourite defence minister, Ehud Barak, the Israeli establishment appears to be in a serious state of disarray.

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A federated state for Israelis and Palestinians
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jerusalem Post
by Jay Bushinsky - (Opinion) May 3, 2012 - 12:00am

If anyone gains from the national election likely to take place in early September, it probably will be incumbent Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. At least one major public opinion poll gives his right-wing Likud party a two-to-one edge over its closest rival, the Labor party. A reaffirmation of Netanyahu’s leadership for up to four more years will enable him to change the partisan and personal make-up of his next coalition government. In that case, the losers might include the Yisrael Beytenu party of Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman.

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