News headlines for “Palestine and Israel”, page 67
MIDEAST: Custodial Death Marred Palestinian Prisoners Day
- Inter Press Service
A young Palestinian man died in Israeli custody as hundreds of Palestinians took to the streets of villages and towns across the West Bank and Gaza to commemorate Palestinian Prisoners Day on Friday, Apr. 16.
Q&A: ‘U.S. Can Stop Israeli Settlements’
- Inter Press Service
Ziad Abuzayyad was Palestinian cabinet minister responsible for Jerusalem affairs and a member of the Palestinian Legislature. During previous rounds of peace talks with Israel he was a leading member of the Palestinian negotiating team
Alleged Weapons Transfer Threatens Mideast Status Quo
- Inter Press Service
This week, Israeli President Shimon Peres accused Syria of arming Lebanon's Hezbollah with long-range Scud missiles, possibly altering the current political and military dynamics of the region and affecting U.S. interests.
MIDEAST: Gaza Border Tension Sparks Security Concerns
- Inter Press Service
Tension on Israel’s border with Gaza has increased over the last two weeks. A number of rockets hit Israel while ensuing clashes between the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) and armed Palestinians left a number of Palestinians and two Israeli soldiers dead.
MIDEAST: Israel Trapped in Nuclear Isolation
- Inter Press Service
As the world grapples with controlling the spread of nuclear weapons, it's a time of complex choices in a Middle East edging between possible confrontation with Iran and possible movement towards Israeli-Palestinian peace.
MIDEAST: Adding Torture to Injury
- Inter Press Service
It was bad enough that Ahmad Asfour was severely maimed by an Israeli drone strike outside his house on Jan. 9, 2009. But, his search for advanced treatment landed the journalism student, now 19, in Israeli prison where he remains.
MIDEAST: Gazans Gassed by Silent Killer
- Inter Press Service
'You feel very sleepy and dizzy. You put your head down and all you want to do is sleep. Everything feels very peaceful, you are not even aware what is happening and if there is no immediate intervention you are dead within minutes,' Enaam Abu Nada told IPS.
MIDEAST: 'Poetic Justice' in Jerusalem
- Inter Press Service
President Barack Obama has made plain he means to deconstruct Israel’s 43-year-old grip on East Jerusalem. But, for all Washington’s pressure, Israel seeks to tighten its hold on the occupied part of the city.
MIDEAST: Belgian Bank Financing Illegal Settlements
- Inter Press Service
Dexia, a major Belgian-French bank, is continuing to finance Israeli authorities in the occupied Palestinian territories almost a year after it indicated that it would cease providing loans to illegal settlements.
MIDEAST: Palestinian Christians Barred From Jerusalem for Easter
- Inter Press Service
Israeli authorities prevented thousands of Palestinian Christians from entering Jerusalem and accessing Christianity’s most holy sites over Easter in an unprecedented clampdown on religious freedom.
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