News headlines for “Palestine and Israel”, page 75
/CORRECTED REPEAT*/MIDEAST: Israel Declares War on Peace NGOs
- Inter Press Service

One year after the devastating attack on Hamas in Gaza a new wave of reports castigating Israel for war crimes has emerged.
MIDEAST: Gaza Extremists Drifting Towards al-Qaeda?
- Inter Press Service

Two separate bomb attacks on Internet cafes in Gaza last week have served as an uncomfortable reminder that extremist groups within the coastal territory may be stronger than the moderate Hamas organisation which rules the strip.
MIDEAST: Israel Cool to New U.S. Pressure
- Inter Press Service

In the past, whenever there was even a semblance of pressure from Washington on Israel, nerves in Jerusalem went all a-jangle.
MIDEAST: Sale of Land to Israel Threatens to Split Church
- Inter Press Service

Israel’s bid to keep occupied East Jerusalem under its sovereignty and prevent its incorporation into a future Palestinian state has been boosted over the years with the acquiescence of the Greek Orthodox Church.
MIDEAST: Route May Open, But Not to Peace
- Inter Press Service

Just beyond the main Israeli checkpoint, ten kilometres short of Jerusalem, a white Nissan station wagon is abruptly edging to the side of the road. It comes to a halt on the shoulder.
MIDEAST: 'Prince of Peace' - Obama or Netanyahu?
- Inter Press Service

United States President Barack Obama’s intended broad Mideast policies are running into the complexities of peacemaking - especially after the ‘Prince of Peace’ began insisting on the necessity of, sometimes, fighting for peace.
U.S.: Digging Out or Digging Deeper?
- Inter Press Service

As 2009 draws to a close, the big question here is whether President Barack Obama is succeeding in digging out of the hole — international as well as financial - that he inherited from George W. Bush or digging deeper into it.
Q&A: ''Israeli Settlements Killing Two-Nation Solution''
- Inter Press Service

In the absence of any progress towards peace between Israelis and Palestinians, leaders of the Palestinian Authority (PA) are adopting a reasonable approach as a way of building up international pressure on Israel to get it back to the negotiating table.
MIDEAST: New Year Reopens Wounds of the Old
- Inter Press Service

For many survivors of the last Israeli war on Gaza, time has not healed their wounds, physical or emotional.
LEBANON: Hip-hop Kindles Hopes in Destroyed Refugee Camp
- Inter Press Service

The hip-hop beats ringing through the muddy, unlit streets of this burnt-out Palestinian refugee camp seem incongruous. But the rhymes are camp-grown - and courageous.

