News headlines for “Palestine and Israel”, page 55
MIDEAST: Towards 'Déjà vu All Over Again'
- Inter Press Service
'If you come to a fork in the road, take it.' Sometimes, the nonsensical quote of the legendary New York Yankees baseball catcher Yogi Berra has a real message. It can pointedly be applied to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on peace with the Palestinians.
Arab-Israeli Orchestra Spreads Message of Peace in Latin America
- Inter Press Service
'The West-Eastern Divan Orchestra has proved that music can break down barriers previously considered insurmountable,' its Argentine-Israeli conductor, Daniel Barenboim, told IPS on a visit to Ecuador.
MIDEAST: God Grant Us a Permit to Pray
- Inter Press Service
For Muhammad el-Baradiyeh, 38, the Muslim holy month of Ramadan is always a blessing.
Food Cartels Feast on Ramadan Profits
- Inter Press Service
Opportunistic food traders have been blamed for soaring food prices across the Middle East that have added a financial burden on families observing the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.
Israeli Generals and Intel Officials Oppose Attack on Iran
- Inter Press Service
Pro-Israeli journalist Jeffrey Goldberg's article in 'The Atlantic' magazine was evidently aimed at showing why the Barack Obama administration should worry that it risks an attack by the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Iran in the coming months unless it takes a much more menacing line toward Iran's nuclear programme.
White House Questions Suspension of Military Aid to Lebanon
- Inter Press Service
Several powerful members of Congress have worked to suspend U.S. military aid to Lebanon's military after a deadly skirmish on the Lebanese-Israeli border last week which left two Lebanese soldiers, a Lebanese journalist and one Israeli officer dead.
U.N. Chief May Be Heading for Showdown with Israel
- Inter Press Service
When the Israeli government gave its blessings to a U.N. panel of inquiry probing the military attack on a flotilla of ships carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza last May, there was widespread speculation that Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon may have struck a backdoor deal over its mandate.
MIDEAST: Homeless Take On Israeli Forces
- Inter Press Service
A bruising battle of will is taking place between Israeli security forces and Palestinians recently made homeless after two Palestinian villages were razed and hundreds left homeless.
MIDEAST: Injured Workers Man Battered Services
- Inter Press Service
Outside the battered Civil Defence station in northern Gaza's Jabalia region, Mohammed Zidan, a seven-year veteran of fire-fighting and rescue services, stands on crutches in front of battered Civil Defence vehicles.
ISRAEL: Kibbutz Returns With Moneyed Communism
- Inter Press Service
It was an idea that became an institution, and that became the moving spirit behind the creation of the State of Israel. These were people who wanted to change the world. Now, they're content to live a life of carefree irrelevance. That's the Kibbutz today.
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