Global IssuesNews headlines for “Palestine and Israel”, page 11
EGYPT: A Year On, Tiring of Demonstrations
- Inter Press Service
Several revolutionary groups are calling for mass demonstrations against military rule on Wednesday to coincide with the first anniversary of the January 25 uprising that ultimately toppled the Mubarak regime. But many express doubt the event will succeed in replicating last year's revolutionary fervour on the part of the masses, most of whom express a desire for stability and a smooth transition to democratic governance above all else.
MIDEAST: Into an Unsettled New Year
- Inter Press Service
An elderly Palestinian woman spent last week on hunger strike to protest violent attacks by Israeli settlers. Hana Abu Heikel went on the hunger strike on behalf of her family after settlers burned the family car during the previous weekend. Since Israeli settlers moved into the houses surrounding the Abu Heikel family home in Hebron in 1984, the Abu Heikels have seen eight cars burned. Six vehicles were also smashed by settlers.
EGYPT: Islamist Parties to Abide by Camp David — For Now
- Inter Press Service
The Islamist landslide in recently concluded parliamentary polls has led to fears in some quarters of an impending paradigm shift in Egyptian foreign policy. Most local analysts, however, dismiss the likelihood of any sea changes, especially when it comes to the sensitive issues of Palestine and the Camp David peace agreement between Egypt and Israel.
U.S.: Worries Mount over Blowback of Israeli Attack on Iran
- Inter Press Service
A former senior adviser on the Middle East to the last four U.S. presidents says that 'the negatives far outweigh the positives' of war with Iran and the United States should augment Israel's nuclear weapons delivery systems to dissuade it from attacking the Islamic Republic.
EGYPT: Lending to Repression, Again
- Inter Press Service
For three decades Western governments and lending institutions bankrolled a corrupt regime in Egypt that trampled human rights and stifled democracy. Now they appear ready to do it again, say critics of the military council that has ruled since removing president Hosni Mubarak last February.
MIDEAST: All Unclear on Nuclear
- Inter Press Service
Blame for the shadowy war of attrition against Iran’s ballistic missile and nuclear programmes usually prompts vigorous U.S. and Israeli denials of involvement, or self-imposed silence. Yet, the two allies risk being hoisted on their own ambiguity petard.
In Signal to Israel and Iran, Obama Delays War Exercise
- Inter Press Service
The postponement of a massive joint U.S.-Israeli military exercise appears to be the culmination of a series of events that has impelled the Barack Obama administration to put more distance between the United States and aggressive Israeli policies toward Iran.
Egypt Follows Israel, Eyeing U.S. Aid Without Pre-Conditions
- Inter Press Service
The United States, the largest provider of military aid to Israel, has rarely, if ever, succeeded in using its leverage to get the Jewish state to abandon its continued repression of Palestinians or halt illegal settlements in occupied territories.
MIDEAST: Flowers Fight Their Way Out
- Inter Press Service
Ayman Siam, 41, is not growing carnations as usual this year. It’s limonium and statice flowers instead because they are hardier. Given the risks of an Israeli blockade, it’s a political decision.
MIDEAST: To Go On Talking
- Inter Press Service
A second meeting of Palestinian and Israeli negotiators took place this week in Amman, Jordan, and expectedly bore no tangible result — except for an agreed third round by month’s end.
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