News headlines for “Palestine and Israel”, page 71
US-TURKEY: Armenian Genocide Vote Threatens Ties at Key Moment
- Inter Press Service
Thursday's vote by a Congressional committee condemning the deaths of up to 1.5 million Armenians during World War I as 'genocide' is almost certain to complicate U.S. ties with Turkey, a long-time strategic ally and increasingly influential player in the Middle East and central and southwest Asia.
MIDEAST: Palestinian Homes on 'David's Garden' Spared for Now
- Inter Press Service
Outside the Bedouin-style protest tent in the heart of this Palestinian neighbourhood, the anger is palpable, but controlled.
MIDEAST: Occupation Turns Palestinian Women Into Breadwinners
- Inter Press Service
Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territories, with its ubiquitous closures, checkpoints, military raids and arrests, has decimated the Palestinian economy in the West Bank and Gaza.
MIDEAST: Piano Sounds Good in Gaza Too
- Inter Press Service
At 14, Nour plays the piano, and she knows the facts around her. That the average age for marriage is 18, likely to a man found by parents, her place would be within that home, and a woman has on average 6.5 children.
MIDEAST: Picking Pebbles to Live Somehow
- Inter Press Service
They come by the hundreds every day to sand dunes and rubble sites to sift for pebbles, stones and sand that can be used in making concrete blocks. They lean into trash bins across the Strip, and wade through piles of rubbish scavenging for plastics, metals, and any bits worth reselling.
HEALTH: Chained to Smoking
- Inter Press Service
Arab governments have stepped up efforts to curtail tobacco use, but initiatives have met stiff resistance from the region's smokers.
MIDEAST: New Call to Past Adds to Troubles
- Inter Press Service
When last December Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, delivering to an international conference in Herzliya outside Tel Aviv what has become the equivalent of Israel's 'State of the Union' address, chose to focus not on Iran's nuclear ambitions or on the prospects of Middle East peace, but on 'the need to re-enforce our national heritage,' his vision was dismissed by supporters and critics alike as inconsequential.
MIDEAST: How to Check Both Iran and Israel
- Inter Press Service
The U.S. is raising the stakes in its bid to halt Iran's nuclear programme, putting the issue on a 'pressure track', says top U.S. general David Petraeus. The U.S. and other world powers are drumming up support for a fourth round of UN sanctions against Iran for its refusal to comply with repeated ultimatums to suspend uranium enrichment and to agree to a deal involving UN-backed nuclear fuel.
MIDEAST: Palestinians Excluded From Bulk of West Bank
- Inter Press Service
Israel’s illegal occupation and continued expropriation of Palestinian land in the West Bank has left 2.5 million Palestinians living there with effectively less than 40 percent of the territory.
US-MIDEAST: Unraveling the Knottiest Issues in Stalled Peace Talks
- Inter Press Service
The United States needs to take on a more aggressive presence in peace negotiations between the Israelis and Palestinians, according to a major report published earlier this month by the James Baker III Institute for Public Policy at Rice University.
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