News headlines for “Palestine and Israel”, page 57
Egypt Punishes Gaza More
- Inter Press Service
Almost two months since Egypt announced it would reopen its Rafah border terminal with the Gaza Strip, operation of the crossing remains sorely limited.
Regional Powers Step Into the Middle East Pot
- Inter Press Service
The strained diplomatic relations between Turkey and Israel since June have unveiled intensive jockeying between regional powers for influence in the Middle East peace process.
Once Upon a Time, When Israel Was a Democracy
- Inter Press Service
Once upon a time, Israel for all its shortcomings, was regarded by much of the world as a true and vibrant democracy. Israelis themselves were never shy of parading their country as 'the only democracy in the Middle East.'
Anger Rises Over U.S. Tax Dollars for Settlements
- Inter Press Service
Anger has arisen in Palestinian areas over reports that millions of tax-exempt dollars from the U.S. are being funneled towards Israel's illegal settlement building in the Palestinian West Bank -- in flagrant violation of international law.
Tourists Now in Their Land of Birth
- Inter Press Service
Beyond the pernicious well-documented aspects of the Israeli Occupation, all sorts of niggling fragments of Israeli control over Palestinian life, and individual petty cases of nastiness leave new Israeli talk of 'gestures' towards peace hollow.
Israel Gets Brutal With Media
- Inter Press Service
Palestinian activists are being jailed, Israeli activists are under surveillance, and the Israeli military is increasingly targeting journalists who cover West Bank protests.
Palestinians Remain Split, US Doesn’t Adjust
- Inter Press Service
Last summer, a tight consensus formed in Washington around Palestinian Authority (PA) Prime Minister Salam Fayyad’s plans to build up state-like institutions in the West Bank and revive the territory’s sagging economy from the lingering effects of the Second Intifada.
Women Prepare to Set Sail Past Israel
- Inter Press Service
The 'Maryam', an all-female Lebanese aid ship, currently docked in the northern Lebanese port of Tripoli, is getting ready to set sail for Gaza in the next few days. The ship, which aims to break Israel's siege on the Palestinian territory, will carry about 50 aid workers, including some U.S. nuns keen to deliver aid to the long-suffering women and children of Gaza.
UN Chief Dilly-Dallying on Panel to Probe Israeli Killings?
- Inter Press Service
When the Security Council condemned the killings by Israeli military forces of nine Turkish civilians on a flotilla of ships carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza last May, it also released a presidential statement 'taking note' of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s proposal for an international investigation of the incident.
MIDEAST: Can't Digest This Occupation
- Inter Press Service
Nasser Abdulhadi is a mild-mannered man who runs a restaurant. He was always known as the jovial sort. One day, his friends say, he stopped being jovial. He chose instead to fight for a world title for one of his country's national dishes, and through that to gain worldwide recognition for Palestine.
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