News headlines for “Palestine and Israel”, page 96
MIDEAST: Israel Tightens Stranglehold in East Jerusalem
- Inter Press Service
'What are you doing here?' The motorist in the battered white Volvo stops to ask us alongside an overflowing rubbish cart. Residents of this poor Palestinian neighbourhood in occupied East Jerusalem have been burning garbage in a bid to clear the uncollected mounds.
MIDEAST: Palestinians Begin to See Real Hope
- Inter Press Service
Chief Palestinian Authority negotiator Saeb Erekat believes Palestinians are politically in their strongest position ever in their decades-long conflict with the Israelis.
DEVELOPMENT: UNESCO Race Wide Open
- Inter Press Service
The contest for a new UNESCO director-general is now wide open with the addition of last-minute nominees for the post, following the controversy around leading contender Farouk Hosny.
MIDEAST: Obama Speech Leaves a Heavy Hangover
- Inter Press Service
The historic speech U.S. President Barack Obama delivered in Cairo Jun. 4 continues to stir people around the Middle East. Questions are raised what it will mean on the ground in the region.
POLITICS: Syrian Foreign Minister Eager to Work with Obama
- Inter Press Service
Former U.S. senator George Mitchell is due to arrive in Syria’s capital, Damascus, Friday on his first visit there since being named Pres. Barack Obama’s special envoy for Arab-Israeli peace.
MIDEAST: Some Unclean Drops to Drink
- Inter Press Service
Faqua village has found itself unfortunately named. Faqua in Arabic means spring water bubbles; the village was named after the abundant natural underground springs that were once found all around it.
MIDEAST: Long Way From 'Settlerland' to 'Palestineland'
- Inter Press Service
Has Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu got the Obama message? To judge by his minimalist response to President Barack Obama's landmark Cairo University address and his continuing reluctance to meet Obama's demand for a total freeze on Israeli settlements, the answer would seem to be, 'No'.
POLITICS: Iranians Keen on Improved Ties with U.S.
- Inter Press Service
More than three out of every four Iranian citizens favour improved relations with the United States, according to a major survey conducted less than one month before this Friday's presidential elections in Iran by a U.S. non-governmental organisation, Terror Free Tomorrow (TFT).
LEBANON: March 14 Marches Ahead
- Inter Press Service
The Jun. 7 election in Lebanon has provided another dramatic turn of events in the country's tumultuous political arena. While early opinion polls had pointed to a landslide sweep for the March 8 opposition that prominently includes Hizbullah, the Western and Arab backed March 14 coalition won the majority of parliamentary seats in a surprise victory.
MIDEAST: Israel Cracks Down on Minority Rights
- Inter Press Service
Three bills recently making the rounds in the Israeli parliament have caused outrage amongst Israel's Arab minority.
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