News headlines for “Palestine and Israel”, page 102
MIDEAST: Pope Failing the 'Test of Pain'
- Inter Press Service
Before stepping into Jerusalem's interfaith and inter-political Middle East minefields, Pope Benedict XVI had posited himself as a 'pilgrim of peace'. But, only hours into his spiritual mission, the Pope found himself crashing up against the walls erected by pain - Jewish pain and Muslim pain, the memory of the Holocaust, and Palestinian pain of the continued Israeli occupation.
MIDEAST: Abbas Standing Takes a Fall
- Inter Press Service
Yet another sign of the growing unpopularity of the Western-backed Palestinian Authority (PA) was evident on the streets of Ramallah last weekend.
MIDEAST: U.S. Thaw with Syria Hits Stumbling Blocks
- Inter Press Service
U.S. President Barack Obama issued a statement on May 8 calling for the renewal of sanctions on Syria, which were set to expire on Monday. The declaration came at the end of a busy week in which both high-level U.S. officials and the Iranian president visited the Syrian capital, Damascus.
MIDEAST: Assault Leaves Debris in the Mind
- Inter Press Service
Gazans have a colloquial term to describe the buzzing of Israeli warplanes that is an ever-present feature of their lives: zanana.
MIDEAST: Fatah-Hamas Reconciliation Looking Distant
- Inter Press Service
Doubts have arisen about a Fatah-Hamas reconciliation ahead of a new round of talks. The last talks between the two Palestinian factions failed to bridge outstanding differences.
U.S.: Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, Who’s the Greatest Threat of All?
- Inter Press Service
A potentially major clash appears to be developing between powerful factions inside and outside the U.S. government, pitting those who see the Afghanistan/Pakistan ('AfPak') theatre as the greatest potential threat to U.S. national security against those who believe that the danger posed by a nuclear Iran must be given priority.
POLITICS: Obama Aide Puts Israel’s Nukes in the Diplomatic Mix
- Inter Press Service
Last month in Prague, President Barack Obama vowed that he would seek a world without nuclear weapons. On Tuesday, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Rose Gottemoeller spelled out that this policy would apply to Israel, as well.
MIDEAST: Palestinians Rebuild With Mud
- Inter Press Service
Jihad el-Shaar is pleased with his mud-brick house in the Moraj district of Gaza. The 80-square metre home is a basic one-storey, two-bedroom design, with a small kitchen, bathroom and sitting room, made mostly with mud and straw.
MIDEAST: Israel Hit by Doubts Over U.S.
- Inter Press Service
Almost a full fortnight before Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is received at the White House, and already political nerves here are all a-jangle. Is a showdown with Israel's staunch ally about to materialise?
Q&A: 'We Eat Hatred Here'
- Inter Press Service
Beit Daniel is an Israeli pluralist religious organisation promoting coexistence between Jews and Muslims in the Holy Land. Executive director Rabbi Meir Azari speaks here to IPS about the war in Gaza, the importance of compromise, and the moral dilemmas of Israel.
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