News headlines for “Palestine and Israel”, page 42
EGYPT: Labour Unrest Feeds Growing Protests
- Inter Press Service
With international press coverage focused almost entirely on Cairo’s Tahrir Square, few outsiders have grasped the scale of Egypt’s popular uprising, now in its third week. But massive demonstrations, and pitched battles between pro- democracy protesters and the regime’s security forces, are taking place in every corner of the country.
Jordan Feels a Jolt
- Inter Press Service
The wave of political protests that has struck parts of the Middle East and North Africa over the past few weeks has also affected the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. The protest movement here, initiated in the wake of the Tunisian Jasmine revolution, underscores the population’s demand for political reform.
EGYPT: Muslims and Christians Protest as One
- Inter Press Service
Over recent years, Egypt has witnessed mounting tension between its Muslim majority and its sizeable Coptic Christian minority. But in Cairo's Tahrir Square, the site of ongoing mass protests against the ruling regime, members of both faiths chant in unison: 'Muslim, Christian, doesn't matter; We're all in this boat together!'
Hungry Gazans Feed Egyptian Troops
- Inter Press Service
Mustapha Suleiman, 27, from J Block east of the Rafah crossing with Egypt, crosses through gaps in the iron fence on the border carrying bread, water, meat cans and a handful of vegetables for Egyptian soldiers stationed on the other side.
EGYPT: Mubarak’s Fate in Military Hands
- Inter Press Service
Make no mistake about it - Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak will stay in power only as long as his army generals deem it to be in their best interest.
Palestinian Streets Quiet as PA Suppresses Protests
- Inter Press Service
The Palestinian Authority (PA) is using brute force and intimidation tactics - similar to those deployed in Cairo - to suppress pro-Egyptian and Tunisian protests in the West Bank.
EGYPT: Political Energy Powers Exhausted Protesters
- Inter Press Service
Tens of thousands of protesters continue to occupy Cairo's Tahrir Square to demand the ouster of longstanding President Hosni Mubarak. The regime is waging a war of attrition aimed at exhausting demonstrators - and the population at large. But the protest is holding firm.
U.S.-EGYPT: Bush's Democracy Sage Offers Obama Advice
- Inter Press Service
With then-U.S. President George W. Bush's endorsement of his book, Natan Sharanky, the Ukrainian Soviet dissident turned Likud politician in Israel, rose to super-stardom in the world of democracy promotion.
MIDEAST: Now Gaza Begins to Shake
- Inter Press Service
Ripple effects of the Egyptian uprising are now spreading to Gaza, where some groups are planning a new rally next week. Moves by some Gazans to mimic protesters in Egypt, Tunisia and Yemen by taking to the streets are making the Hamas government nervous.
EGYPT: An Air of Dangerous Freedom
- Inter Press Service
Imam Mohammed Al-Saba of the Eisa mosque here in the centre of the rural town Kirdasa takes the pulpit to tell his congregation he can smell 'the air of freedom for the first time in 30 years.'
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