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News headlines for “Middle East and North Africa Unrest”, page 35
A War Writ Small On the Other Side
- Inter Press Service
ASHDOD, Southern Israel, Nov 20 (IPS) - Overhead on a bombing mission, an Israeli Air Force F16 screams its way towards Gaza. On the street, the fighter jet's shriek is covered by a plaintive sound – a "red alert". Within seconds, an "Iron Dome" anti-missile missile launched roaring in a spark of light intercepts the incoming GRAD rocket.
Attacks on Gaza Unite Palestinians
- Inter Press Service
HAIFA, Northern Israel, Nov 19 (IPS) - Dozens of Israeli tanks slowly made their way south on the back of flatbed trucks along Israel's Road 6 highway Sunday. Emblazoned with Stars of David and Hebrew letters, and carrying frayed Israeli flags, the movement of these tanks has left many believing that Israel will soon launch a large-scale ground operation into the Gaza Strip.
Cold and Dusty But Safe
- Inter Press Service
ZA’ATARI REFUGEE CAMP, Jordan, Nov 19 (IPS) - No other camp for Syrians match the size of Za'atari. Equal rows of tents marked with the UNHCR logo spread to the horizon, dotted with lanterns and water tanks. Only a handful of people remain in sight, mostly on their way to or from the bathrooms.
Israel Prepares for Deeper Confrontation
- Inter Press Service
JERUSALEM, Nov 17 (IPS) - Four days into Israel's fierce assault on Hamas in Gaza, the ongoing operation looks on the surface a remake of the Gaza War of 2008-9 – with one unanswered distinction: whether it is aimed at completing what the previous onslaught didn't achieve – the removal of the Palestinian Islamic movement from power once and for all.
War Clouds Over Gaza Again
- Inter Press Service
JERUSALEM, Nov 15 (IPS) - As Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip enters its second day, Palestinians fear that this is only the beginning of another widespread Israeli offensive into the besieged Palestinian territory that would leave them nowhere to hide.
Israel Throttles Palestinian Television
- Inter Press Service
RAMALLAH, Occupied West Bank, Nov 14 (IPS) - George Sahhar opens the door to a closet-sized control room, where a cacophony of wires, routers, papers, and computer screens are messily strewn across a desk.
Radical Clerics Seek to Legalise Child Brides
- Inter Press Service
CAIRO, Nov 14 (IPS) - An ultraconservative Salafi cleric recently sparked outrage among Egypt's liberal circles when he attempted to justify his opposition to a proposed constitutional article that would outlaw the trafficking of women for sex.
Syrian Opposition Rebrands as Rebels Advance
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Nov 13 (IPS) - As Syrian rebels launched a new attack in Damascus, opposition leaders announced the creation of the National Coalition of Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces, an umbrella group designed to be more representative of – and more influential with – anti-Assad forces on the ground.
Kurdish Prisoners Hungry for Freedom
- Inter Press Service
DIYARBAKIR, Nov 13 (IPS) - Five MPs from Turkey's main Kurdish political party, the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP), and the Mayor of Diyarbak?r have gone on hunger strike to support a protest by more than 700 Kurdish prison inmates. The prisoners' hunger strike has now lasted 63 days, and spans dozens of prisons across Turkey.
Home Is Not for Visiting
- Inter Press Service
SAFED, Northern Israel, Nov 12 (IPS) - It came like a bolt from the blue on this serene city perched in the hills of Galilee. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas declared on Israel's Channel Two television earlier this month, "I want to see Safed! It's my right to see it, but not to live there."
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