Obama’s Visit to Israel a Chance To Reset US-Israel Ties
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Al-Monitor
by Ben Caspit - (Opinion) February 7, 2013 - 1:00am

The previous elections in Israel took place in February 2009, some three months after Barack Obama was elected as the first black president in the history of the United States, and about one month after he assumed office. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu formed his government on April 1, 2009. In other words, Obama had a 40-day hiatus in which he was the sitting president and Netanyahu was the prime minister-designate, attempting to put together a coalition.

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Welcome, Secretary Kerry!
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jerusalem Post
by Uri Savir - (Opinion) February 7, 2013 - 1:00am

Congratulations to John Kerry on his taking office as secretary of state of the United States. President Barack Obama could not have made a better choice than a man who was himself close to being in the Oval Office, a liberal democrat from Massachusetts with bipartisan support, a champion of human rights and democracy who understands all too well the might of the United States as leader of the free world, a true American and a cosmopolitan man who fathoms the changing world.

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Chill Out, John Kerry
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New Republic
by Aaron David Miller - (Opinion) February 7, 2013 - 1:00am

Here we go again.  A recently minted American secretary of state eager to burnish his foreign policy credentials barely a day after his confirmation has already called both the Israeli prime minister and Palestinian president to discuss the importance of trying to resume the peace process and to express America’s commitment to Arab-Israeli peace. 

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Obama's Israel visit may mark rebirth of 'centrality' of the Palestinian conflict
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
by Chemi Shalev - (Opinion) February 6, 2013 - 1:00am

As George Mallory famously said about Mount Everest, President Obamais going to visit Israel, first and foremost, “because it’s there.” After the heaps of criticism and mounds of condemnation hurled at him for avoiding Israel after his Cairo speech and throughout his first term, there was no way that Obama was going to let Air Force 1 enter Middle East air space wit

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Secretary of State Kerry to visit Israel, PA
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ynetnews
by Attila Somfalvi - February 6, 2013 - 1:00am

US Secretary of State John Kerry is planning to visit the Palestinian Authority in mid February, the Palestinian newspaper Al-Quds reported Wednesday, citing "sources in the know." This will be Kerry's first visit to the region since taking office.

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Yair Lapid's peace-process doublespeak
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
by Zvi Barel - (Opinion) February 6, 2013 - 1:00am

The peace policy advocated in the platform of Yair Lapid's Yesh Atid party is full of twists, turns and qualifications.

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Obama ‘wants to host Netanyahu-Abbas meeting during visit’
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Times of Israel
by Adiv Sterman - February 6, 2013 - 1:00am

US President Barack Obama wants to host a summit between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas during his visit here this spring, Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon said Wednesday. Ayalon said he was “certain” that efforts to arrange such a meeting were already under way.

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Why Obama is visiting Israel
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from CNN
by Aaron David Miller - (Opinion) February 6, 2013 - 1:00am

 

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Obama’s Israel visit will be the moment of truth for Netanyahu
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
by Itamar Rabinovich - (Opinion) February 6, 2013 - 1:00am

The White House's surprising, dramatic announcement this week that President Barack Obama will come to Israel, the Palestinian Authority and Jordan has had an immedi

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Obama’s Reset Opportunity with Israel
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Council On Foreign Relations
by Robert Danin - February 6, 2013 - 1:00am

 

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