News headlines for “Palestine and Israel”, page 47
EGYPT: Shark Attacks Bite Tourism
- Inter Press Service
The beaches of Egypt's Red Sea resort city of Sharm al-Sheikh are tentatively back to normal after having recently been the site of five separate shark attacks, one of which proved fatal. While the phenomenon's precise cause remains undetermined, local experts fear that the spate of attacks could have dire consequences for Egypt's vital tourism industry - especially in the event of another incident.
MIDEAST: Parents Unite Across Violent Borders
- Inter Press Service
With Middle East peace talks at a standstill, a group of activists is taking matters into its own hands. The Parents’ Circle Families Forum, a group comprising Palestinians and Israelis who have lost family members in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, aims to build a bridge between the two fractured communities.
EGYPT: Church Bombing Fuels Sectarian Rift
- Inter Press Service
It was a tragic year for Egypt’s minority Coptic Christian community that began with a drive-by shooting at a church in southern Egypt, and ended in deadly clashes near Cairo after authorities halted construction of a church. As 2010 came to a close, Copts ushering in the New Year with a midnight mass in the northern Egyptian city of Alexandria wondered if 2011 would be any better.
MIDEAST: Israelis Resist Their Own Arabs
- Inter Press Service
A number of recent incidents discriminating against Israel’s Palestinian minority has prompted Israeli Knesset (parliament) members to debate whether Israel is becoming increasingly racist.
SOUTH AMERICA: Closer to a Palestinian State
- Inter Press Service
With the string of announcements in South America of recognition of a Palestinian state this month, the region's integration process showed a new interest in and capacity to reach common positions in the realm of foreign policy.
MIDEAST: Nazi-Like Jews to the Fore
- Inter Press Service
Emotions are running high in this working class town on the Mediterranean adjacent to Tel Aviv, the Israeli metropolis that has long been the symbol of liberal laissez-faire Israel. Principally, anti-Arab emotions: Racism is on the march.
MIDEAST: Israel Demolishing Talks
- Inter Press Service
More and more Palestinians are paying the price for deadlocked talks over Israel’s continued settlement building in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
MIDEAST: Where to Park a Hospital
- Inter Press Service
At the Rambam medical centre here in Israel’s third largest city just 30 odd kilometres from Lebanon, they are working around the clock, racing against time.
Public Money May Fund European Arms
- Inter Press Service
Arms traders are seeking to convince the European Union that publicly-funded scientific research grants should help develop weapons for future wars.
MIDEAST: Israel Now Builds Separation Wall With Africa
- Inter Press Service
After the separation barrier against Palestinian territories, Israel has begun to build a new wall, this one to keep migrants from Africa out. The new wall is coming up on the Egyptian border, and with Egyptian support.
Powered by
