News headlines for “Palestine and Israel”, page 77
POLITICS: Poll Finds Optimism for Obama's Mideast Diplomacy
- Inter Press Service
Israeli attitudes toward U.S. President Barack Obama aren't nearly as dismal as previous reports have implied, according to a poll released Thursday by the Washington-based think tank, the New America Foundation.
MIDEAST: In a Muddle Over Mixed Signals
- Inter Press Service
'Get your hands off the Land of Israel and the people of the Land of Israel - that's what we need to tell Mr. Obama - get on the phone to the White House each and every one of you!'
MIDEAST: Europe Steps In to Pressure Israel
- Inter Press Service
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Palestinian counterpart Salam Fayyad have both been scrambling earnestly to win the backing of European leaders in advance of what could be a major EU policy shift that aims at creating new impetus for Palestinian-Israeli peace prospects.
MIDEAST: Palestinians Say No to Crumbs
- Inter Press Service
The Palestinian Authority (PA) appears to be successfully countering the Israeli government's refusal to work towards a two-state solution to end the decades- long conflict.
MIDEAST: Settlers Aim a Kick at Football
- Inter Press Service
Without an efficient bureaucracy, occupation of the land of another people cannot be sustained. This is all the more true of Israel's 42-year occupation of Palestinian lands.
BOOKS-US: Hawkish 'Israel Lobby' More Bark Than Bite?
- Inter Press Service
The Nov. 25 announcement by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of a 'moratorium' on settlement construction brought very different responses from the Jewish American 'pro-Israel' groups J-Street and the heavyweight American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), calling attention to the increasing divide within the American Jewish community.
MIDEAST: One Palestinian Prisoner Could Change the Balance
- Inter Press Service
The fate of one prisoner locked in an Israeli jail could release the moribund Israeli-Palestinian peace process from its own jail - provided the timing is right.
MIDEAST: The Man Who Would Move a Hill
- Inter Press Service
In this city of fraternal faiths and conflicting political aspirations, dreams need to be made of sterner stuff.
MIDEAST: Settlements 'Moratorium' Still Short of Freeze
- Inter Press Service
U.S. special envoy to the Middle East George Mitchell and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton welcomed an announcement by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Wednesday that Israel will impose a 10-month 'moratorium' on settlements, but warned that the move falls short of a freeze on settlement building - a condition that has been a mainstay of U.S. policy towards Israel.
LEBANON: Refugees Remain Sceptical of Nahr al-Bared Reconstruction
- Inter Press Service
More than two years after their refugee camp was destroyed in a war between the Lebanese army and the Islamist militant group Fatah al-Islam, Nahr al-Bared refugees Wednesday witnessed the start of the camp’s reconstruction. Their relief is mixed with scepticism, however.
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