The most fateful decision of all
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Times of Israel
by David Horovitz - (Analysis) August 28, 2012 - 12:00am

Hear that frantic whispering noise beneath the hum of the air-conditioners in this sweltering Israeli summer? That’s the sound of many Israeli insiders repeating over and over and over: Don’t do it. Don’t do it. Don’t do it.

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What if a war broke out?
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Asharq Alawsat
by Emad El Din Adeeb - (Opinion) August 27, 2012 - 12:00am

What would happen if a regional war broke out between Israel and Iran? I'm not here to talk about who would be the "devil" or the "angel" in this political context. I will not enter into the issue of who is right and who is wrong, nor will I touch upon the overwhelming state of hostility towards Israel or the hostility that the majority of Arabs currently display towards Iran. Rather, I will focus my attention on answering the big question.

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Anti-rocket school protects Israeli kids near Gaza
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Associated Press
by Aron Heller - August 27, 2012 - 12:00am

For the first time in years, the children of Sderot can study in peace. Living under a constant threat of rocket fire from militants in the nearby Gaza Strip, their schooldays were often interrupted by mad dashes to bomb shelters. But on Monday, they started the school year safe from attack in a new, fortified, rocket-proof school building.

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Israel shells Gaza compounds after rocket attacks
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Reuters
by Nidal al-Mughrabi, Dan Williams - August 27, 2012 - 12:00am

Israeli forces shelled two compounds run by the Hamas government's security services in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, wounding two Palestinians, Hamas said. Israel described the targets as weapons manufacturing and storage sites and said they were hit in retaliation for recent short-range rocket salvoes launches from the coastal enclave into the Jewish state. Two such salvoes, on Sunday and Monday, caused no casualties and were claimed by ultra-conservative Salafi Islamists who have a presence in Gaza and the neighbouring Egyptian Sinai.

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Israelis get gas masks, shelters in order
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Los Angeles Times
by Edmund Sanders - August 27, 2012 - 12:00am

With his wife expecting their third child next month, Ram Gilboa, a sports commentator who lives just outside Tel Aviv, recently found himself jotting down a list of baby supplies that friends and family could buy: a crib, diapers ... gas mask. "That's not normal," Gilboa, 32, recalled with a nervous laugh. "When you're making a list of gifts for a baby, gas mask is not supposed to be on it."

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Israeli police arrest suspects in firebomb attack
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Associated Press
August 26, 2012 - 12:00am

Israeli police say they have arrested three Jewish youths from a West Bank settlement as suspects in firebomb attack that wounded six Palestinians in a taxi. Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said Sunday the three suspects were minors, aged 12-13. They will appear in a Jerusalem court to face charges. The attack 10 days ago targeted a taxi driving in the West Bank. A firebomb struck the vehicle, injuring the six people inside, one seriously. The military suspected Jewish extremists. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israeli leaders condemned the firebombing.

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Egypt: 76 convicted for attack on Israeli Embassy
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Associated Press
August 26, 2012 - 12:00am

A Cairo court has convicted 76 Egyptians on charges linked to last year's attack by protesters on the Israeli Embassy. Seventy-five of the defendants received suspended one-year sentences Sunday, while one defendant tried in absentia was given a five-year prison term. The court listed eight charges, including "an assault against diplomatic missions" and "sabotage."

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Egypt and the treaty
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Jerusalem Post
by Liron A. Libman - (Opinion) August 26, 2012 - 12:00am

Since the beginning of the regional turmoil and the regime change in Egypt, there were Egyptian voices speaking of cancelling or reviewing the peace treaty with Israel. Lately, after the terrorist attack in Sinai that killed 16 Egyptian border guards, Mr. Mohamed Gadallah, legal adviser to the president of Egypt, Mohamed Morsy, was quoted saying that the president is studying whether to amend the Camp David accords to ensure Egypt’s “full sovereignty” over Sinai.

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Sinai: Shift in Egypt’s strategic doctrine?
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Gulf News
by Mohammad Fadhel - (Opinion) August 26, 2012 - 12:00am

As the army continues its campaign against terrorists in the Sinai peninsula, there are growing calls in Egypt for comprehensive development projects in Sinai. Opposition figures, politicians and former officials are seeing this goal as a strategic effort to enhance the country’s national security. It seems that this topic will become one of the priorities for President Mohammad Mursi and the entire Egyptian leadership.

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Ashkenazi comes out against Iran strike
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ynetnews
by Itamar Eichner - August 24, 2012 - 12:00am

Former IDF Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi voiced his firm opposition to a strike in Iran on Thursday, Yedioth Ahronoth reported.

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