News headlines for “Palestine and Israel”, page 69
MIDEAST: 'Palestinian Life is Cheap'
- Inter Press Service
In early February, 41-year-old Fayez Ahmed Faraj, a father of nine from the city of Hebron, 30 miles south of Jerusalem, in the southern West Bank, was shot dead in his home town by Israeli soldiers after he allegedly tried to stab one of them.
MIDEAST: Israeli Army World's Most Moral?
- Inter Press Service
Many Israelis like to believe, and the cliché is repeated regularly in Israel, that their army is the 'most moral army in the world.'
MIDEAST: Israel Hovers Between War and Peace
- Inter Press Service
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s current visit to Washington is not just about trying to smooth over the crisis which has rocked U.S.-Israeli relations over the past fortnight.
MIDEAST: Clinton Acknowledges 'Daylight' Between US and Israel
- Inter Press Service
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton offered reassurance Monday to the influential American Israel Public Affairs Committee that the Barack Obama administration's 'commitment to Israel's security and Israel's future is rock solid,' while echoing the words of warning issued by Gen. David Petraeus and Vice-President Joe Biden.
MIDEAST: EU Boosts Israel Ties, Ignores Illegal Settlements
- Inter Press Service
Diplomats representing the European Union (EU) have drawn up a new plan for strengthening their relations with Israel despite the expansion of illegal settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories.
MIDEAST: 'Day of Rage' Engulfs Palestine
- Inter Press Service
On Tuesday tens of hundreds of Palestinians of all political persuasions took to the streets, alleys and sidewalks as widespread rioting and protests spread across East Jerusalem, the West Bank, Gaza and into Israel proper.
MIDEAST: Israel-U.S. Tensions Continue to Percolate
- Inter Press Service
Despite assurances by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Tuesday that the United States and Israel share a 'close, unshakeable bond', the week-old crisis between the two allies continued to percolate here Tuesday.
MIDEAST: Israeli Raids Target Children
- Inter Press Service
Three thousand heavily armed Israeli security service forces locked down large parts of the Old City of Jerusalem on Tuesday, as battalions of police fired rounds of tear gas and rubber-coated steel bullets at Palestinian protesters in the occupied eastern part of the city. Nearly 40 Palestinians were wounded and treated at nearby hospitals, as 25 were arrested during intense clashes.
MIDEAST: U.S.-Israeli Tensions Escalating Quickly
- Inter Press Service
The crisis touched off by last week's announcement of Israel's plans to build 1,600 new homes for Jews in Arab East Jerusalem during a high-profile visit by U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden appears to be escalating rapidly.
MIDEAST: An Unlikely Collision Takes Place
- Inter Press Service
In the middle of last week, it seemed that the old cliché about the light at the end of the dark Middle East tunnel was being confirmed: the U.S. had successfully cajoled both Israel and the Palestinian Authority into beginning to talk again.
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