Britain becomes Palestinian-Israeli legal battleground
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Xinhua
by David Harris - October 2, 2009 - 12:00am

Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak had a narrow escape when he visited Britain earlier this week. Immediately prior to his meeting with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, a group of Palestinians attempted to use the court system to have him arrested for alleged war crimes. Their bid failed. The case is just the latest in a string of attempts by Palestinians in Britain to protest Israeli actions in the Palestinian territories.

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Lieberman: Norway too 'hostile' to have monitors in Hebron
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
by Barak Ravid - October 2, 2009 - 12:00am

Israel should consider ousting Norwegian monitors from Hebron due to Oslo's "hostility" toward Israel, Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman told the cabinet Thursday.

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Erekat denies PA to withdraw support of Goldstone report
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ynetnews
by Ali Waked - October 2, 2009 - 12:00am

Top Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat denied on Friday reports that the Palestinian Authority has decided to withdraw its bid to adopt the Goldstone report on alleged war crimes in Gaza during Operation Cast Lead. Thursday night Israeli Ambassador o the UN in Geneva Aharon Leshno Yaar said his Palestinian counterparty told the UN body in Geneva that the Palestinian Authority plans to announced it's withdrawal at the Human Rights Council's vote on Friday.

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PA envoy to Geneva: We'll withdraw support for Goldstone report
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ynetnews
by Roni Sofer - October 2, 2009 - 12:00am

The Palestinian envoy in Geneva, Ibrahim Khraisha, told his Israeli counterpart Aharon Leshno Yaar that the Palestinian Authority (PA) plans to announce that it will be withdrawing its support for the adoption of the Goldstone Report during the UN Human Rights Council's vote on Friday. The report accuses Israel and Hamas of war crimes during their conflict in Gaza in January, an allegation Israel condemns and claims is the result of bias against the Jewish state.

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ISRAEL-US: Goldstone Rejects Netanyahu Remarks
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Inter Press Service (IPS)
by Jim Lobe - October 2, 2009 - 12:00am

"For the life of me, I don't understand the reason for that [Netanyahu's assertion]," Richard Goldstone, a former South African supreme court judge who also served as chief prosecutor for war-crime tribunals on Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia, told reporters at the National Press Club here. "Without some form of truth-telling, there cannot be an enduring peace," he said, citing his experiences in South Africa, as well as in the trials on Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia. "Truth-telling and acknowledgement to victims can be a very important assistance to peace," he added.

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What future for Goldstone report?
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jordan Times
by Richard Falk - (Opinion) October 2, 2009 - 12:00am

The United Nations has often been tested in the course of its history, and once again it is facing a major challenge directed at its capacity to serve the cause of peace, security and justice through respect for the rule of law.

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EXCLUSIVE: Obama agrees to keep Israel's nukes secret
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Washington Times
by Eli Lake - October 2, 2009 - 12:00am

President Obama has reaffirmed a 4-decade-old secret understanding that has allowed Israel to keep a nuclear arsenal without opening it to international inspections, three officials familiar with the understanding said. The officials, who spoke on the condition that they not be named because they were discussing private conversations, said Mr. Obama pledged to maintain the agreement when he first hosted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House in May.

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Everything is personal
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
by Gideon Levy - (Opinion) October 1, 2009 - 12:00am

Israel should thank Judge Richard Goldstone and his commission's important report. After subjecting him to useless, automatic mudslinging, Israel suddenly realized that it should finally investigate the events of Operation Cast Lead. Why? What happened? The ground has started to tremble under the feet of a number of Israeli statesmen and officers.

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Assistant US Secretary of State Jeffrey Feltman Talks to Asharq Al-Awsat
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Asharq Alawsat
by Manal Lutfi - October 1, 2009 - 12:00am

Jeffrey Feltman has stressed that there is a sense of urgency for dealing with the Iranian nuclear dossier and explained in an interview with Asharq Al-Awsat in New York that Iran has an "opportunity" at the 1st October meeting to cooperate with the international community and allow the [International Atomic] Energy Agency [IAEA] inspectors to enter the secret Qom installation.

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Accounting for Gaza
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jordan Times
by Mary Robinson - (Opinion) October 1, 2009 - 12:00am

This week, the United Nations Human Rights Council will debate the report of the fact-finding mission led by Judge Richard Goldstone on human rights violations in the Gaza conflict. Let us hope it is a full and fair examination based on the report’s findings and recommendations.

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