Global IssuesNews headlines for “Palestine and Israel”, page 14
Stepping Towards Nuclear-Free Middle East
- Inter Press Service
Representatives from over 65 organisations and countries convened in Amman, Jordan last week in an effort to lay the groundwork for the United Nations’ goal of creating a Middle East without nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction.
BOOKS-US: Deconstructing Thomas Friedman
- Inter Press Service
A new book on the influential New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman sets out to debunk his hawkish, neoliberal views, accusing him of overt racism, factual errors and skewed judgments on issues ranging from the U.S. invasion of Iraq to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
ISRAEL: ‘Don’t be Right, be Clever’
- Inter Press Service
Is his reticence vis-à-vis the Palestinians justified? Has his unsympathetic view of the convulsions gripping the Middle East conquered the world's leaders? Is he right about Iran's nuclear intentions?
EGYPT: Round One Goes to the Islamists
- Inter Press Service
Islamists appear poised for a landslide victory in the first round of Egypt's parliamentary elections, putting them on track to secure a majority in the country's first parliament since the fall of president Hosni Mubarak.
Most Israelis Favour a Nuclear-Free Middle East, Poll Shows
- Inter Press Service
A clear majority of Israeli Jews would support a nuclear weapons-free Middle East, even if it meant that Israel too would have to give up its stockpile of nuclear weapons.
EGYPT: Muslim Brotherhood Looks Beyond Tahrir
- Inter Press Service
Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood came under fire from various political quarters for its decision to stay out of last week's clashes in and around Cairo's Tahrir Square. But as Egyptians vote in the country's first post-Mubarak parliamentary polls, many local analysts believe the controversial decision may have ended up paying political dividends.
EGYPT: ‘Army On Its Way Out’
- Inter Press Service
Egyptians in Cairo and Alexandria went to the polls on Monday in the first parliamentary elections since the January 25 protest movement drove former president Hosni Mubarak from a 30-year grip on power.
ISRAEL: Eritreans Flee From Dictatorship to Detention
- Inter Press Service
Standing across the street from the American embassy in Tel Aviv, more than 200 Eritrean asylum seekers chanted 'Yes to justice! Yes to humanity!', and demanded international intervention to stop torture camps in the Egyptian Sinai. Protests by African asylum seekers in Israel are growing, in the face of increasingly tough policies by the Israelis.
Arab Women Seek a Place in the Spring
- Inter Press Service
As several countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) elect bodies to write new constitutions, women are looking to expand their rights through legislation.
MIDEAST: Guarding Aggressors Against Victims
- Inter Press Service
Ahmed Qaraeen walks with a limp, more than two years after he was shot twice, in the hip and left knee, by an Israeli settler near his home in the East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Silwan.
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