http://www.globalissues.org/news/topic/111 2010-03-21T04:23:36-07:00 Global Issues Inter Press Service http://www.globalissues.org/i/globalissues.png http://www.globalissues.org/i/globalissues/logo-feed.jpg © Inter Press Servicehttp://www.globalissues.org/news/2010/03/17/48792010-03-17T00:00:00-07:00

<p>On Tuesday tens of hundreds of Palestinians of all political persuasions took to the streets, alleys and sidewalks as widespread rioting and protests spread across East Jerusalem, the West Bank, Gaza and into Israel proper. </p>

http://www.globalissues.org/news/2010/03/16/48692010-03-16T00:00:00-07:00

<p>Despite assurances by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Tuesday that the United States and Israel share a 'close, unshakeable bond', the week-old crisis between the two allies continued to percolate here Tuesday.</p>

http://www.globalissues.org/news/2010/03/16/48642010-03-16T00:00:00-07:00

<p>Three thousand heavily armed Israeli security service forces locked down large parts of the Old City of Jerusalem on Tuesday, as battalions of police fired rounds of tear gas and rubber-coated steel bullets at Palestinian protesters in the occupied eastern part of the city. Nearly 40 Palestinians were wounded and treated at nearby hospitals, as 25 were arrested during intense clashes.</p>

http://www.globalissues.org/news/2010/03/15/48552010-03-15T00:00:00-07:00

<p>The crisis touched off by last week's announcement of Israel's plans to build 1,600 new homes for Jews in Arab East Jerusalem during a high-profile visit by U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden appears to be escalating rapidly.</p>

http://www.globalissues.org/news/2010/03/15/48492010-03-15T00:00:00-07:00

<p>In the middle of last week, it seemed that the old cliché about the light at the end of the dark Middle East tunnel was being confirmed: the U.S. had successfully cajoled both Israel and the Palestinian Authority into beginning to talk again.</p>

http://www.globalissues.org/news/2010/03/14/48462010-03-14T00:00:00-08:00

<p>Arab cinema, which had a promising presence at international film festivals during the 1990s, may now be going through a declining phase for lack of patronage. </p>

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<p>Israeli riot police and soldiers have, since Friday, sealed off the Al Aqsa mosque, Islam’s third holiest shrine, restricting entry to women and Palestinian men over 50. </p>

http://www.globalissues.org/news/2010/03/13/48402010-03-13T00:00:00-08:00

<p>'Condemn' is not a word that rolls trippingly off the tongue of a U.S. politician addressing anything having to do with actions, however objectionable, by Israel.</p>

http://www.globalissues.org/news/2010/03/12/48272010-03-12T00:00:00-08:00

<p>Literacy programmes are teaching millions of Egyptians to read, but are struggling to keep up with the country's high population growth.</p>

http://www.globalissues.org/news/2010/03/12/48262010-03-12T00:00:00-08:00

<p>'The best laid-schemes o' mice an' men gang aft a-gley' (Scottish for 'going wrong'). </p>