News headlines for “Palestine and Israel”, page 66
Hezbollah Rocket Inventories Worry Israel, U.S.
- Inter Press Service
Recent warnings by the United States that Hezbollah (Party of God) possesses more rockets than most governments has once again placed the party’s arsenal under the spotlight.
When Israel is 64
- Inter Press Service
'Mine forever more, Will you still need me, Will you still feed me, When I'm sixty- four.' Israelis weren't explicitly intoning the Beatles when they gathered around their Bar-B-Q get-togethers or followed the live broadcasts of official state ceremonies.
MIDEAST: Egypt, Hamas Complicit in Israel’s Gaza Blockade
- Inter Press Service
A convoy of boats laden with humanitarian goods and accompanied by hundreds of journalists, human rights activists and European parliamentarians, is due to challenge Israel’s naval blockade of Gaza at the end of May.
MIDEAST: Settler Sewage Ruins Palestinian Crops, Drinking Water
- Inter Press Service
Residents of this Palestinian village refuse to buy the idea that the flood of raw sewage from the adjacent Israeli settlement of Kfar Etzion, that destroyed vineyards and contaminated their drinking water, was an accident.
U.S.-MIDEAST: To Peace Plan or Not to Peace Plan, and When?
- Inter Press Service
Reports earlier this month that President Barack Obama may present a comprehensive U.S. peace plan for resolving the longstanding Israeli-Palestinian conflict have spurred a growing public debate over its wisdom and timing.
Goldstone Escapes Solomonic Trial
- Inter Press Service
He is among the most respected international jurists. But in Israel today, and in much of the Jewish world, he is among the most reviled.
MIDEAST: Hunger Strike by Palestinian Prisoners Cuts No Ice
- Inter Press Service
Raed Abu Hammad, 27, was allegedly kicked to death by Israeli prison wardens on Apr. 16. This while Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails have been on hunger strike since Apr. 7 to press for better treatment.
U.S. Nuclear Option on Iran Linked to Israeli Attack Threat
- Inter Press Service
The Barack Obama administration's declaration in its Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) that it is reserving the right to use nuclear weapons against Iran represents a new element in a strategy of persuading Tehran that an Israeli attack on Iranian nuclear sites is a serious possibility if Iran does not bow to the demand that it cease uranium enrichment.
Israel Winning its War on Goats
- Inter Press Service
Nine-year-old Ismail spends every afternoon herding his family's flock of sheep and goats, a scraggly group of roughly 20 animals. They live in a shanty house district near Tel el Howa in Gaza City, where growth is sparse to non-existent.
MIDEAST: Hamas to Carry Out More Executions
- Inter Press Service
The Hamas authorities in Gaza have vowed to carry out more executions of those on death row despite intense international criticism and condemnation from both Israeli and Palestinian human rights groups.
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