News headlines for “Palestine and Israel”, page 51
U.S. Jews Increasingly Hawkish on Iran, Sceptical of Obama
- Inter Press Service
U.S. Jews, who, next to African Americans, have constituted the minority most supportive of Barack Obama, are growing more sceptical of his performance and increasingly hawkish on Iran, according to a new poll released Tuesday by the American Jewish Committee (AJC).
DEATH PENALTY: Arab Abolitionist Movements Seek Unity
- Inter Press Service
Rights activists have called for nascent abolitionist movements of the Middle East and North Africa to coordinate their efforts to press Arab regimes to end capital punishment.
MIDEAST: Documentary Probes Death of a Peace Activist
- Inter Press Service
The 2003 death of young peace activist Rachel Corrie, crushed by an Israeli military bulldozer, inspired worldwide press coverage, demonstrations and debates — and eventually at least two plays and a number of songs.
MIDEAST: Arabic Comes to Jewish Schools
- Inter Press Service
'As a democracy Israel aspires to complete equality of all its citizens,' said Dr. Shlomo Alon, head of the education ministry's Arabic and Islam education division as he launched a programme at the beginning of the new school year to make classes in Arabic compulsory in all Jewish public schools. But just a month later, the commitment to 'complete equality' looks like it's taking a back seat.
LEBANON: Tourism Planted at a Barbed Border
- Inter Press Service
The contours of a modern medieval castle stretch along the Wazzani River delineating Lebanon's border with Israel. A few metres away from the United Nations-mandated Blue Line, on Lebanon's first line of fire with Israel, a tourism project at an estimated cost of 20 million dollars is slowly taking shape.
MIDEAST: Israeli Police Given Protection for Killing
- Inter Press Service
A peaceful morning is interrupted by the sounds of an Israeli helicopter circling overhead -- often a sign of trouble on the ground. Later Sunday the news broke -- a Palestinian man was shot dead in the village of Issawiya by Israeli paramilitary border police as he tried to enter Israel in search of work.
Peacemaking Raises Identity Fears
- Inter Press Service
The fate of the just resumed Palestinian-Israeli peace-building efforts is being kept under a tight wrap by all parties. So far, so good.
MIDEAST: Israel Deports Peace Laureate
- Inter Press Service
Irish Nobel Laureate Mairead Corrigan Maguire was deported from Israel Tuesday after spending more than a week in detention at Tel Aviv Airport as she attempted to fight the deportation order.
MIDEAST: U.S. Scrambles to Save Peace Talks
- Inter Press Service
With a key Arab League meeting delayed until Friday, the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama is scrambling to keep one-month-old direct Israeli- Palestinian peace talks alive.
MIDEAST: Syria in the Catbird Seat
- Inter Press Service
As the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama struggles to salvage Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, Syria is well positioned to benefit no matter the outcome.
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