News headlines for “Palestine and Israel”, page 98
MIDEAST: Obama Turns the Screws on Israel
- Inter Press Service
Air raid sirens wailed out on Tuesday morning and Israelis were asked to go down into bomb shelters as the country engaged in its largest-ever civil defence drill. Israelis remain deeply worried by what they perceive as an existential threat of a possible future all-out missile attack from Iran and its proxies.
MIDEAST: Palestinian Authority Going the Israeli Way
- Inter Press Service
A surge in confidence, following unprecedented U.S. political support, led to the Palestinian Authority's bloody crackdown on a Hamas cell in the northern West Bank on Sunday which left six Palestinians dead.
EGYPT: Muslim Brotherhood On The Mat
- Inter Press Service
Several leading members of the Muslim Brotherhood opposition movement stand accused of plans to form an 'international network of organisational cells.' Its leaders say the charges are blatant fabrications.
EGYPT: Cyber Insurgency Rattles Regime
- Inter Press Service
Egyptian cyber-dissidents are becoming increasing vocal in their online criticism of President Hosni Mubarak's regime, utilising a widening repertoire of Internet networking and publishing tools to expose government abuses.
LEBANON: Legal Flaws Could Twist Election Result
- Inter Press Service
When Lebanon heads to the polls Jun. 7 to decide whether the Hizbullah-led opposition alliance will unseat the ruling Western-backed coalition, voter anonymity could be compromised by shortcomings in the 2008 parliamentary election law.
FRANCE: Sharing a Recipe for Peace
- Inter Press Service
Fourteen women are gathered in a Jewish kosher bakery on a sunny afternoon in Creteil, a multi-ethnic commune southeast of Paris. Bent over bowls of flour, tubs of butter and cartons of eggs, the women share jokes and anecdotes, speaking in both French and Arabic, as they knead dough and crack eggs open.
MIDEAST: Bloody New Battles Suit Israel
- Inter Press Service
The inevitable has happened. Simmering tensions between rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah have left six Palestinians dead, in the bloodiest confrontation between the two groups since Hamas ousted Fatah from Gaza in June 2007.
POLITICS: Abbas Visit Comes as U.S.-Israeli Tensions Mount
- Inter Press Service
U.S. President Barack Obama’s first meeting on Thursday with Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas was less remarkable for the actual talks between the two leaders than it was for the changed Washington political climate in which it took place.
POLITICS: Where Iran Fits in the Mideast Peace Puzzle
- Inter Press Service
What is the relationship between the United States’ policy towards Iran and its performance on Arab-Israeli peacemaking, including the crucial quest for peace between Israel and the Palestinians?
FRANCE: 'Defying Rules on Arms Sales to Israel'
- Inter Press Service
French arms sales to Israel are 'in total contradiction' of European Union rules on the defence industry, the author of a new study has said.
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