Misguided UN bid
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jerusalem Post
(Editorial) November 27, 2012 - 1:00am

Tomorrow, November 29, the PLO will attempt to erase a colossal historic mistake. Sixty-five years to the day after foolishly squandering their opportunity for national self-determination by rejecting the 1947 UN Partition Plan for Palestine and instead launching a war to snuff out the Jewish State at its very inception, the Palestinian people – under the PLO’s leadership – hope to go back in time.

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Why Americans Don't Understand Palestine
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The National Interest
by Scott McConnell - (Opinion) November 27, 2012 - 1:00am

If a man from Mars descended to observe Israel’s attack on the Gaza strip, he would have seen one group of humans trapped in a densely populated area, largely defenseless while a modern air force destroyed their buildings at will.

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Official: Cairo will invite factions for reconciliation talks
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'an News Agency
November 24, 2012 - 1:00am

BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Egypt will invite Palestinian factions to Cairo to resume reconciliation talks after Palestine's bid for a UN status upgrade this week, a political official said Saturday. Khalil Assaf, who heads the coalition of independents in the West Bank and also chairs the public freedoms committee established under the reconciliation deal, said he expects Egypt's invitation in the coming days.

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All for one cause
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Daily Star
(Editorial) November 20, 2012 - 1:00am

Bitter infighting has always been the Achilles heel of the Palestinian struggle, and Arab regimes have long propped up these power struggles, supporting one faction over another when they felt it was to their benefit. The aims of these governments have been pursued with no recourse to what might be best for the Palestinians they purport to help. The examples of these divisions and their outside influence abound. Take, for example, fighting in Palestinian camps in Syria, which has essentially come down to a split between those who support the Syrian regime and those who do not.

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Still Think Middle East Peace Doesn't Matter?
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Foreign Policy
by Steven A. Cook - (Opinion) November 19, 2012 - 1:00am

Everyone knew it was coming. Once the giddy days of the Arab uprising had passed, it was the subject of discussion at almost every roundtable, panel discussion, and bull session among Middle East analysts: What about Gaza?

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Oil rise following Israeli airstrikes on Gaza
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Associated Press
by Pamela Sampson - November 15, 2012 - 1:00am

BANGKOK — Oil prices rose slightly Thursday, a day after Israel launched an offensive against Islamic militants in Gaza as analysts downplayed the risk that the fighting poses to energy supplies.

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Israel ministry paper proposes 'toppling' Abbas over UN bid
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from BBC News
November 14, 2012 - 1:00am

A position paper by Israel's foreign ministry proposes "toppling" President Mahmoud Abbas if Palestine's bid for UN non-member state status is approved. The internal document says it is "the only option" if deterrence efforts do not succeed, despite the consequences.

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Scarlet 'A' Is for 'Anti-Semitism'
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jewish Daily Forward
by Eva IIIouz - (Opinion) November 14, 2012 - 1:00am

Like Hester Prynne, the heroine of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s 1850 novel “The Scarlet Letter” about the rigid and harsh religiosity of 17th century Puritans, many contemporary Jewish intellectuals are marked with the infamous letter ‘A’ (not for adultery as in the novel, but for anti-Semitism).

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Israel minister: Iran slowed down enrichment push
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Associated Press
by Tia Goldenberg - (Analysis) November 9, 2012 - 1:00am

  Israel's defense minister has said that Iran has slowed the timetable for enriching enough uranium to build nuclear weapons, implying that Israel would have more time to decide whether to strike Iran's enrichment facilities.

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Israel warns Assad over stray Syrian fire on Golan
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Reuters
by Dan Williams - (Analysis) November 9, 2012 - 1:00am

   Israel warned Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Friday to prevent his anti-insurgency sweeps from spilling over into the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, saying it was prepared to defend itself.

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