News headlines for “Palestine and Israel”, page 103
POLITICS: U.N. Inquiry Critical of Israeli Attacks in Gaza
- Inter Press Service
A detailed 184-page report critical of Israeli attacks on U.N. personnel and buildings during the Gaza conflict last December-January has been meticulously stripped down to a 27-page document - mostly due to political sensitivities and on security grounds.
POLITICS-US: AIPAC Conference Pushes Hard Line on Iran
- Inter Press Service
The annual conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), the powerful and hawkish pro-Israel lobby, wrapped up on Tuesday with a speech from Vice President Joe Biden, capping three days that were primarily devoted to the threat of a nuclear Iran.
EGYPT: Viral Time Bomb Set to Explode
- Inter Press Service
It is a health crisis of alarming proportions. Up to nine million Egyptians have been exposed to hepatitis C, and tens of thousands will die each year unless they receive a liver transplant.
MIDEAST: Environment Emerges as a Major Casualty
- Inter Press Service
Countless fruit groves across the Gaza Strip are now gone, entire farms bulldozed. The remains of thousands of destroyed homes emit toxic asbestos, while dilapidated infrastructure dumps raw sewage into the Mediterranean Sea. An already deepening environmental crisis in the besieged Gaza Strip has been further compounded by the recent war.
MIDEAST: Pilgrim of Peace Heads for Land of Strife
- Inter Press Service
Pope Benedict XVI says his visit to the Holy Land will be as a 'pilgrim of peace': the pontiff's pilgrimage starts in Jordan Friday (May 8) and continues on from there to Palestine and Israel.
POLITICS-US: AIPAC Conference Comes Amid Turmoil
- Inter Press Service
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), Washington’s powerful and hawkish pro-Israel lobby, kicked off its annual policy conference this weekend during a period of unusual turbulence both for the organisation and for the U.S.-Israel relationship.
MIDEAST: 60,000 Palestinians at Risk in Jerusalem, UN Warns
- Inter Press Service
A report published Friday by a United Nations agency has warned that the problems facing the people of Silwan, who are facing eviction from their homes, are replicated throughout East Jerusalem.
LEBANON: Generals’ Release May Influence June Election
- Inter Press Service
On Wednesday, a judge at the Hague-based 'Special Tribunal for Lebanon' (STL) ordered Lebanon to release four senior Lebanese generals imprisoned since 2005 on suspicion of involvement in killing former prime minister Rafiq Hariri in February of that year.
ENVIRONMENT: Israel Stripping West Bank Quarries
- Inter Press Service
Israeli human rights organisation Yesh Din is taking the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF), the Israeli civil administration and a number of Israeli mining companies to court.
MIDEAST: A Former 'Terrorist' Speaks Out
- Inter Press Service
A former high-level Palestinian resistance fighter, who spent years on the run from Israel's security forces, has just been appointed to the Palestinian Ministry of Prisoners' Affairs, and made honorary theatre director.
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