News headlines for “Palestine and Israel”, page 68
MIDEAST: Obama Said to Mull Israel-Palestinian Peace Plan
- Inter Press Service
Amid still-unresolved tensions over Jewish settlement expansion in East Jerusalem, two major publications reported Wednesday that President Barack Obama is seriously considering proposing later this year a U.S. peace plan to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
EGYPT: Looking Away From the Disabled
- Inter Press Service
Egyptians find it hard to see past Mahrousa Salem's wheelchair, so they look away.
MIDEAST: Fatah Men Face Imminent Execution in Gaza
- Inter Press Service
Nine Palestinians - most of them affiliated to the Palestinian Authority (PA) Fatah movement - face imminent execution by hanging or firing squad in Gaza.
MIDEAST: Israel Gags News on Extra-Judicial Killings
- Inter Press Service
An Israeli journalist remains under house arrest and another lives abroad, after they broke news on Israeli undercover units carrying out assassinations or 'targeted killings' of non-combatant Palestinian political opponents.
EGYPT: Death Sentences Rise With Poverty
- Inter Press Service
Egyptian courts are handing down death sentences with 'alarming frequency' as the state attempts to use capital punishment to stem rising crime rates.
MIDEAST: Palestinian Death Penalty Very Much Alive
- Inter Press Service
Last November, Muhammad Al Saba, 36, from Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip was sentenced to death by hanging by a military court in Gaza for alleged acts of 'treason and collaborating with hostile forces.'
MIDEAST: Israel Recognising Obama Means Business
- Inter Press Service
Against all expectations, it's becoming the forerunner of a peace plan. Indeed, it might in the end even surprise the world as Israelis and Palestinians are forced into a peace. Even if, for now, it's shaping up as anything but peaceful.
MIDEAST: Religion Sways Policy, Now in Israel
- Inter Press Service
There was a time when Israel was held in contempt by its neighbours for its over-liberal ways. They felt it did not 'belong' in the Middle East.
EGYPT: Civil Society Sidelined Ahead of Elections
- Inter Press Service
Egypt's ruling party is taking measures to restrict the work of non-governmental organisations ahead of crucial parliamentary elections.
MIDEAST: U.S. Poll Reveals Sharp Partisan Divide
- Inter Press Service
Eighty-one percent of U.S. citizens say the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has hurt their country's interests, according to a new poll, although a sharp partisan divide increasingly frames the issues.
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