News headlines for “Palestine and Israel”, page 70
CULTURE: Arab Cinema Dying for Poor Patronage
- Inter Press Service
Arab cinema, which had a promising presence at international film festivals during the 1990s, may now be going through a declining phase for lack of patronage.
MIDEAST: Israel Lands in Public Relations Nightmare
- Inter Press Service
Israeli riot police and soldiers have, since Friday, sealed off the Al Aqsa mosque, Islam’s third holiest shrine, restricting entry to women and Palestinian men over 50.
US-ISRAEL: Tiff or Tipping Point?
- Inter Press Service
'Condemn' is not a word that rolls trippingly off the tongue of a U.S. politician addressing anything having to do with actions, however objectionable, by Israel.
EGYPT: Population Growth Overtakes Literacy Rise
- Inter Press Service
Literacy programmes are teaching millions of Egyptians to read, but are struggling to keep up with the country's high population growth.
MIDEAST: Building Settlements, Not Peace
- Inter Press Service
'The best laid-schemes o' mice an' men gang aft a-gley' (Scottish for 'going wrong').
RIGHTS: Middle East Women Ahead But Not Home
- Inter Press Service
Male leaders fail to break the Mideast impasse. Enter women from Israel and the Palestinian territories working together. And… it would have been nice to say they succeeded where the men failed.
MIDEAST: Iran, Israel Spoiling for a Fight?
- Inter Press Service
Iran and Israel appear to be spoiling for a fight, going by recent belligerent statements emanating from several regional capitals.
MIDEAST: Israeli Left Emerges From Coma Amid Atrocities
- Inter Press Service
Amid the wave of violence that swept through the occupied Palestinian West Bank, including East Jerusalem, over the last few days, there are signs that the Israeli left may be emerging from its collective coma.
Q&A: 'Israeli Siege Causing De-development of Gaza'
- Inter Press Service
For the first time since September 2006, Mahmoud Abu Rahma, a leading figure in the Palestinian human rights group Al Mezan, has been granted permission to travel outside Gaza.
MIDEAST: Palestinians Prepare for Statehood
- Inter Press Service
Was it Yasser Arafat's biggest political error? A decade ago, the deadline for the creation of an independent Palestinian state alongside Israel as envisaged in the 1993 Oslo peace accords thrust itself into the fruitless Palestinian-Israeli negotiations.
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