News headlines for “Palestine and Israel”, page 78
BRAZIL-IRAN: New Boost to South-South Diplomacy
- Inter Press Service
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's controversial visit to Brazil further underscored the independence of this country's diplomacy, and gave Tehran a chance to defend its points of view on the construction of a lasting peace in the Middle East.
MIDEAST: Palestinian Children Face Daily Settler Attacks Getting to School
- Inter Press Service
Being able to travel to school in relative safety is something children all over the world take for granted. But, for Palestinian children living in the shadow of the ubiquitous and illegal Israeli settlements dotting the West Bank, simply walking to school can be a terrifying experience.
MIDEAST: Threat Rises From Within
- Inter Press Service
Israelis were perturbed when new recruits at a recent passing-out parade at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, the remains of Judaism's holiest site, suddenly unfurled banners reading, 'Our Sons Do Not Evacuate Jews'.
U.S.: Obama Returns to Greater Middle East Mess
- Inter Press Service
As Barack Obama arrives home from his weeklong tour of East Asia, he confronts a growing list of ever more urgent problems in the Greater Middle East that he inherited from George W. Bush's 'global war on terror'.
MIDEAST: U.S. Credibility as Peace Broker Eroding by the Day
- Inter Press Service
In the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, movement in the standoff between the two sides can be as often backward as it is forward. The past couple of weeks have seen moves from both sides that have garnered the attention of the world, but forward progress remains elusive.
RIGHTS-MIDEAST: Palestinians See Writing on the Wall
- Inter Press Service
The three-storey, 36-room Cliff Hotel used to be a favourite with Western pilgrims in quest of the ‘authentic Holy Land flavour’, as also with Jerusalem Palestinians for wedding parties.
MIDEAST: West Is East, When Israel Decides
- Inter Press Service
Along a wall not about to come down - a hotel no longer a hotel, but an outpost.
MIDEAST: Palestinians Threaten Unilateral Independent State
- Inter Press Service
Following the political deadlock between the Israelis and Palestinians, the Palestinian Authority (PA) has decided to take the matter directly to the U.N. Security Council.
MIDEAST: U.S. Takes Aim Over Jordan's Shoulder
- Inter Press Service
In the bleak and seemingly endless desert expanse that unfolds east of Jordan's capital city, Amman, lies a crucial cog in the ambitious regional designs of the U.S. and its allies in the Middle East.
MIDEAST: Gazans Brace for Cold, Bleak and Miserable Winter
- Inter Press Service
Tens of thousands of Gazans living in tents and damaged homes face a wet, cold and miserable winter as Israel’s blockade of the coastal territory continues to prevent the importation of building and reconstruction material.
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