Israel Concerned For Jordan's Stability
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Al-Monitor
by Alon Ben David - (Editorial) February 13, 2013 - 1:00am

 

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"Herod the Great" show in Israel angers Palestinians
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Reuters
by Ori Lewis - February 13, 2013 - 1:00am

The Israel Museum in Jerusalem on Tuesday unveiled a display dedicated to Herod - branded a baby-killer in the Christian tradition but remembered by many in Israel for rebuilding the Jewish Temple two millennia ago.

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Australia to Investigate Suspected Spy’s Death in Israeli Prison
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from
February 13, 2013 - 1:00am

Australia’s foreign minister on Wednesday ordered an investigation into his government’s handling of the 2010 detention and death of an Australian immigrant to Israel who was known as Prisoner X and may have b

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PA official: Israel continues to withhold tax revenue
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'an News Agency
February 13, 2013 - 1:00am

Israel is still withholding Palestinian tax revenue breaching the 2004 Paris agreement, an official in the Palestinian Ministry of Finance said Tuesday. Spokesman Rami Mahdawi told Ma'an that the ongoing breach "confirms that Israel is going on with its piracy on Palestinian money."

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Hamas officials make first ever visit to EU country
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Xinhua
February 13, 2013 - 1:00am

A delegation from Hamas arrived Wednesday in Bulgaria in the first visit by officials from the Palestinian Islamic movement to a EU country. In a statement, Hamas' parliamentary bloc described the visit as "unprecedented." The EU classifies Hamas, which controls the Palestinian enclave of Gaza Strip, as a terrorist organization.

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Egyptian court sentences 2 Israelis in prison over illegal entrance
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Xinhua
February 12, 2013 - 1:00am

Egypt's South Sinai Court has on Monday sentenced two Israelis to two years in jail on the charge of entering the Egyptian territories illegally, an intelligence source told Xinhua Tuesday. Both were also fined 3,000 Egyptian pounds (about 446 U.S. dollars) respectively, said the source, who requested anonymity. "The two Israeli persons were caught in Taba city after they infiltrated to Egypt ... without crossing the Taba crossing," the source told Xinhua, adding that they were prisoned for two months pending investigations.

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Anticipating Obama In Israel
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Daily Beast
by Bernard Avishai - (Opinion) February 12, 2013 - 1:00am

 

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Struggling Caribbean islands selling citizenship
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Associated Press
by David McFadden - February 12, 2013 - 1:00am

Hadi Mezawi has never set foot on the Caribbean island of Dominica, has never seen its rainforests or black-sand beaches. But he's one of its newest citizens. Without leaving his home in the United Arab Emirates, the Palestinian man recently received a brand new Dominican passport after sending a roughly $100,000 contribution to the tropical nation half a world away.

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Netanyahu hints Israel will prevent Syria transferring arms to Hezbollah
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
by Barak Ravid - February 11, 2013 - 1:00am

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hinted Monday that Israel will prevent the transfer of "chemical and strategic" arms from Syria to Hezbollah. Speaking in Jerusalem at the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, Netanyhau stressed, "I said it before and I'll say it again, we cannot allow these weapons to fall into terrorist hands."

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Arabs Look for Decisive Obama in Palestinian-Israeli Negotiations
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Asharq Alawsat
by Michel Abu Najm - February 11, 2013 - 1:00am

Following the announcement that US President Barack Obama will visit Israel and Palestine for the first time next spring, Arab ministerial sources warned Asharq Al-Awsat that the US president has only a short window to advance peace. They said: "Obama has 18 months to achieve something on the question of peace between the Palestinians and Israelis. Afterward, there will be the midterm elections and the presidential campaign, which will lead to a decline in interest in this issue."

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