News headlines for “Palestine and Israel”, page 79
Q&A: No Unilateral Declaration of Palestinian State, Says Erekat
- Inter Press Service
The Palestinian Authority has embarked on a new strategic drive to get renewed international recognition for the borders of the future Palestinian state. Last Thursday it gained backing for this approach from the Arab League.
US-MIDEAST: Baseball Team Urged to Cut Ties with Israeli Group
- Inter Press Service
A coalition of 11 U.S., Israeli and Palestinian groups are calling on the New York Mets baseball team to cancel a fundraiser by the 'violent and racist' Israeli Hebron Fund which is scheduled to be held at the Mets' stadium, Citi Field, on Nov. 21.
U.S.: Increasingly Isolated in Key Regions
- Inter Press Service
More than a year after his election, President Barack Obama appears to be dashing hopes both in the Arab world and in Latin America that he would bring major changes in U.S. policy toward their respective regions.
MIDEAST: Gaza Graduates Search for Vitamin W
- Inter Press Service
'We fast a long time,' says Gaza graduate Mona Ismail, 23. 'Only to break our fast on a piece of onion.'
MIDEAST: New Face of Palestine, Now Showing
- Inter Press Service
Other than to movie aficionados, the refurbishing of an old cinema hall is no cause for great excitement.
MIDEAST: The 'Unknown' Fight the Illegal
- Inter Press Service
'Make sure your father gets this,' the municipal inspector tells a ten-year-old boy at the gate of the concrete house in an alleyway in the Al-Bustan quarter of Silwan, a Palestinian neighbourhood right under the shadow of the walled Old City.
MIDEAST: Lessons from the Karine A -Déjà Vu All Over Again
- Inter Press Service
As Israeli Defence Forces munitions experts sorted through 300 tonnes of weapons found on a German-owned, Cypriot-operated cargo ship flying the Antiguan flag, Israeli politicians were sifting through the various talking points that could be offloaded from the vessel.
MIDEAST: Abbas Produces a Dubious Twist
- Inter Press Service
U.S. and Israeli failure to take either Palestinian rights or Israeli settlement expansion seriously has placed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and his Palestinian Authority (PA) in an untenable situation, which could seriously damage peace prospects.
POLITICS: U.N. Affirms Israeli-Hamas War Crimes Report
- Inter Press Service
A 575-page blistering report by Justice Richard Goldstone detailing war crimes in Gaza last December is refusing to die despite an aggressive Israeli smear campaign to kill it.
US-SYRIA: Diplomatic Thaw Just Penetrating the Surface
- Inter Press Service
Four months ago, the Barack Obama administration announced that it would appoint an ambassador to Syria, ending a four-year freeze on diplomatic relations between the two countries.
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