News headlines for “Palestine and Israel”, page 94
MIDEAST: Lest We Don't Forget
- Inter Press Service
They are little white, yellow or green pills and are available almost anywhere. At the pharmacies or in the market, they are accessible, addictive and cheap.
TURKEY: Military Ghost Rises Again
- Inter Press Service
Less than two years after its discreet sealing, the truce between ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party and the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) seems to have ended.
MIDEAST: Deal on Gaza Makes Headway
- Inter Press Service
Under a complex twin-pronged initiative from the U.S. and Egypt, Israel's hard- line government is moving towards backtracking on two major planks of its policy in the occupied territories - resisting demands for a blanket freeze on all settlement building in the West Bank, and acquiescing in the end of its tight siege of the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip.
MIDEAST: Arabs Court U.S. via Baghdad
- Inter Press Service
Egypt finally appointed an ambassador to Iraq earlier this month after four years without diplomatic representation in Baghdad. While the last year has seen other Arab capitals do likewise, some critics question the wisdom of the move in light of Iraq's still volatile security situation.
MIDEAST: Iran Crisis Ripples Outward
- Inter Press Service
As the political crisis that erupted after Iran’s Jun. 12 elections enters its third week, it is becoming evident that this crisis will have repercussions in many parts of the Middle East - and far beyond.
LEBANON: How Not to Oppose an Opposition
- Inter Press Service
Christian heads of both the majority and the opposition have raised their stakes ahead of the imminent formation of the Lebanese government headed by Sunni leader Saad Hariri.
MIDEAST: Prisoners Shackled, and Hidden Away
- Inter Press Service
The Public Committee Against Torture in Israel has accused the Israeli security forces of deliberately shackling Palestinian prisoners in a painful and dangerous manner, amounting to a form of torture.
POLITICS: U.S. to Name Ambassador to Damascus after Four Years
- Inter Press Service
After informing the Syrian embassy in Washington on Tuesday night, the U.S. State Department announced on Wednesday that President Barack Obama will be sending an ambassador to Damascus for the first time since 2005.
MIDEAST: The Writing Is On the Settlement Walls
- Inter Press Service
A paralysing equation has long bedevilled would-be Middle East peacemakers: either, go directly to negotiating the kernel issues of the Israel-Palestine conflict - borders, security, refugees, Jerusalem - and leave, in the context of a full peace, the thorny question of Israeli settlements in the West Bank to fall naturally into place. Or, tackle the settlements head-on, thereby opening the way for a peace drive.
MIDEAST: Bloody Showdown Looming if Unity Talks Fail
- Inter Press Service
Egyptian mediators have set Jul. 7 as deadline for final Palestinian reconciliation talks in Cairo. The Egyptians say time is running out, and if there is no progress in July, they will no longer be prepared to arbitrate.
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