Is This the Real Concern of the Palestinians?
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Al-Hayat
by Elias Harfoush - (Opinion) November 14, 2012 - 1:00am

There is a question that requires some courage to be asked at this point in time, i.e.

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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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PNA rejects Israeli threats to annul Oslo Accords
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Xinhua
November 14, 2012 - 1:00am

RAMALLAH, Nov. 14 (Xinhua) -- The Palestinian National Authority (PNA) on Wednesday rejected Israeli threats to annul Oslo Accords, though the interim peace deal is hardly functional. "Oslo agreement is no longer existed on the ground, since it was supposed expiring in 1999," said Saeb Erekat, the chief Palestinian negotiator.

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Lieberman mulling offer to Palestinians: Drop UN bid and Israel will recognize state within provisional borders
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
by Barak Ravid - November 14, 2012 - 1:00am

Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman is considering a draft document that would offer the Palestinians immediate recognition of statehood within provisional borders as an incentive for dropping their UN bid. 

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From his West Bank Italian villa, Palestinian billionaire Munib al-Masri calls for peace
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA)
by Ben Sales - (Analysis) November 13, 2012 - 1:00am

NABLUS, West Bank (JTA) -- Dozens of photographs line the wall of a room on the first floor of Palestinian billionaire Munib al-Masri's West Bank villa, depicting a man of global influence but also of divergent impulses.

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Palestinians to present UN bid on Nov. 29: Abbas
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Xinhua
November 13, 2012 - 1:00am

CAIRO, Nov. 12 (Xinhua) -- The Palestinians are set to present their bid for the status of an observer state in the United Nations on Nov. 29, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said here Monday evening. Abbas made the remarks after meeting with Arab League (AL) chief Nabil al-Arabi in Cairo during an AL ministerial meeting on the Syrian crisis.

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Palestinian Authority unable to pay salaries, even as it pursues statehood
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Christian Science Monitor
by Ben Lynfield - November 13, 2012 - 1:00am

Doha, West Bank

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Abbas tells Obama he'll seek Palestinian UN upgrade, defying U.S.
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Reuters
by Noah Browning, Matt Spetalnick - November 12, 2012 - 1:00am

RAMALLAH, West Bank/WASHINGTON, Nov 11 (Reuters) - P alestinian President Mahmoud Abbas told President Barack Obama on Sunday he was intent on pressing ahead with a Palestinian bid for United Nations recognition as a non-member state, despite the U.S. leader's objections. Abbas explained his decision to Obama in a phone conversation, according to Abbas aide Nabil Abu Rdaineh. Continued defiance of Washington on such a sensitive issue casts further doubt on the chances for any renewed U.S.-led Israeli-Palestinian peace drive following Obama's re-election on Tuesday.

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Israeli FM meets ambassadors over Palestinian UN bid
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Xinhua
November 12, 2012 - 1:00am

JERUSALEM, Nov. 11 (Xinhua) -- Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman met Sunday with Israeli ambassadors to the European Union regarding Israel's response to the Palestinians' bid for upgrading their status at the United Nations. The Palestinian National Authority (PNA) is expected to submit its application for upgrading their status at the United Nations later this month.

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Israeli threat a sign of growing anxiety
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The National
(Editorial) November 12, 2012 - 1:00am

The Palestinian people should take satisfaction from Israel's latest bit of bluster, because it reveals growing alarm over the world's steadily growing support for Palestine. To be sure, there is nothing pleasing about the threat, made on Saturday by the Israeli Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz, that Israel will stop collecting taxes on the PA's behalf, and withhold money already collected, if the Palestinians persevere in their effort to take a step, via the United Nations, towards statehood.

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