News headlines for “Palestine and Israel”, page 93
MIDEAST: Israel and EU Clash Over Settlements
- Inter Press Service
The Israeli Foreign Ministry's concern over an 'unusually harsh statement' by the European Commission over Israel's settlement policy indicates a growing unease between Israel and the EU.
MIDEAST: Fine-Tuning the Cold War
- Inter Press Service
Ambiguity - is it the watchword for all involved in the issue over whether Iran goes nuclear, especially in light of the ongoing political uncertainties that engulf the Islamic Republic?
MIDEAST: Succession Issues Face Key U.S. Allies
- Inter Press Service
Two key U.S. allies in the Arab world, Egypt and Saudi Arabia, are now both facing succession crises that may absorb, or even split, their political elites. This promises a period of political unpredictability ahead in both countries.
U.S.: Obama Discredits 'Green Light' for Israeli Attack on Iran
- Inter Press Service
Seeking to end speculation about whether his administration had eased its opposition to an Israeli military strike against Iran's nuclear facilities, U.S. President Barack Obama Tuesday insisted that Washington's position remained unchanged.
G8: It Will Be a Tale of Two Summits
- Inter Press Service
There is a reason that eight and five do not add up to 13 when it comes to the G8. And it is not just that the five developing countries that now attend the summit of the eight mighty ones as a matter of course are less rich. It's because they have their own way to go, and parallel with the G8 meet, their own summit to attend.
MIDEAST: Future of Fatah in Doubt
- Inter Press Service
The future of Palestinian unity talks is far more complex than the bitter rivalry, bloodshed and division which represent the yawning chasm separating Palestine's two main political factions, Hamas and Fatah.
MIDEAST: Nobel Laureate 'Abducted' by Israeli Navy
- Inter Press Service
Twenty-one international peace activists were seized by Israeli naval frigates in international waters Tuesday as their boat 'The Spirit of Humanity' tried to carry humanitarian aid to Gaza.
MIDEAST: Finding Fish, But Israelis Too
- Inter Press Service
'They told us 'go west or we will shoot you',' says Ashraf Sadallah. 'Initially, we refused, so they began shooting very close all around our boat.'
MIDEAST: When Drones Become Indiscriminate
- Inter Press Service
The concerted effort of international human rights activists to rein in violations of laws of war was given a major impetus when Human Rights Watch researchers presented a report Tuesday on the unbridled use by the Israeli military of unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCLAV), commonly known as drones, during Israel's 22-day assault on Hamas in Gaza at the beginning of the year.
MIDEAST: Not Correct Soccer, But Better
- Inter Press Service
In this Arab town in northern Israel, Michael Zantovsky, the Czech Republic ambassador, is throwing an end-of-term party, an event markedly different from customary diplomatic bashes.
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