News headlines for “Palestine and Israel”, page 82
POLITICS: U.S. Berated for Shielding Israel on Gaza Killings
- Inter Press Service
A U.S. decision to stall Security Council action against Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas for war crimes during the 22-day conflict in Gaza last December has come under heavy fire both from inside and outside the United Nations.
MIDEAST: Turkey-Israel Rift Good for Palestine
- Inter Press Service
Turkey's cooling relationship with Israel comes in tandem with its improving relations with the Arab and Muslim world, and this development is expected to impact positively on Palestinian politics.
MIDEAST: Security Council Urged to Take Up Gaza War
- Inter Press Service
Pressure has been building on the U.N. Security Council to address the impact of the Gaza war on civilians in advance of its meeting Wednesday to discuss the Middle East.
MIDEAST: Cold Turkey Could Change Political Balance
- Inter Press Service
It's long been among the most durable, strategic relationships in the Near East - perhaps because it was the most unlikely.
MIDEAST: Gaza Gets Ambitious With Mud
- Inter Press Service
On a searing summer morning, workers are adding layers to the mud-brick police station being constructed in Sheikh Zayed, northern Gaza.
MIDEAST: Rift Developing Between PA and Fatah
- Inter Press Service
An increasingly isolated and unpopular Palestinian Authority (PA) has again made a 180-degree turn in the Goldstone report fiasco as it tries to fend off mounting criticism from all and sundry, including its own organisation.
MIDEAST: Another Nobel Message for Peace
- Inter Press Service
In the week of Nobel Prize announcements, the most intriguing comment from the Middle East came not, as one might have expected, as a straight reaction to the shock of U.S. President Barack Obama being awarded this year's Peace Prize.
MIDEAST: Muslims See Victory at Al-Aqsa
- Inter Press Service
Clashes between Israeli security forces and protesting Palestinians have subsided as several hundred Muslims agreed to evacuate Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque following a deal brokered by the Jordanian Embassy in Tel Aviv Saturday.
MIDEAST: U.S. Strategy in Doubt as Abbas Loses Popular Support
- Inter Press Service
Just two months ago, many western commentators were jubilant that Mahmoud Abbas, the U.S.-supported head of both the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) and the interim Ramallah-based Palestinian Authority (PA), was making a comeback and reducing the influence in Palestinian society of the Islamist movement Hamas.
MIDEAST: Unrest Rising Over Goldstone Report
- Inter Press Service
The Palestinian Authority (PA) is trying desperately to contain the political fallout following its decision to withdraw support for a UN report into war crimes committed in Gaza in December and January.
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