Global IssuesNews headlines for “Palestine and Israel”, page 16
MIDEAST: Jailed Activists Get Little Help
- Inter Press Service
As 18 international activists remain in an Israeli prison following the take-over of two Gaza-bound aid ships late last week, the activists have condemned their respective governments for failing to apply pressure on Israel to release the detainees and to respect international law.
Palestine Pushes On at United Nations
- Inter Press Service
Palestine plans to continue its bid to become a full member at the United Nations, even with the odds stacked against the Palestinians receiving the requisite nine votes from the Security Council.
MIDEAST: Festive Season Highlights Deprivation
- Inter Press Service
Crowds of women waving coupons worth two kilograms of beef line the stairwell to Secours Islamique France’s Gaza City office several hours before the aid agency begins its meat distribution for Eid. Aid workers struggle to climb the stairs, hauling large bags of fresh meat to assist impoverished families in Gaza this holiday season.
U.S. Move Hurts More Than UNESCO
- Inter Press Service
The United States’ decision to cut funding for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation will hurt the specialised agency’s work, officials here say.
ISRAEL: To Strike Iran or Not, With the US or Not
- Inter Press Service
Preceding the UN atomic watchdog's report on Iran's nuclear quest, a flurry of reports about Israel increasingly tilting towards preventive military action against Iran highlights U.S. military support of Israel, but tests its influence over its ally.
Twenty Years After Madrid, Israel-Palestinian Peace Prospects Bleak
- Inter Press Service
Veteran U.S. diplomats and scholars who have worked for decades on resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict have grown increasingly pessimistic about the continued viability of the U.S.- sponsored 'peace process' and the two-state solution that was presumed to be its goal.
U.S. House Committee Okays Sweeping Sanctions on Iran
- Inter Press Service
Amid growing tensions in the Middle East, including speculation about a possible Israeli attack on Iran, a key U.S. Congressional committee Wednesday approved two bills that would impose sweeping new economic and diplomatic sanctions against the Tehran.
U.S. Halts UNESCO Funding After Palestinian Vote
- Inter Press Service
The administration of President Barack Obama announced Monday that it would immediately cut U.S. funding for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, just hours after UNESCO's governing board voted overwhelmingly to grant Palestine full membership.
MIDEAST: Virtually, There Are No Borders
- Inter Press Service
Israeli entrepreneurs dream of a region without borders. Given their country's remoteness from its vicinity, that's a natural need. It's a dream also nurtured by their Palestinian counterparts, and a national necessity given their own encirclement by Israel. That's where high-tech comes into play…
LIBYA: After Gaddafi, Unease Rules
- Inter Press Service
'The war is over and Gaddafi already buried. What else could we possibly ask for?' says Adnan Abdulrafiq at his busy street restaurant in Omar Mukhtar street in downtown Tripoli. But troubles may not have ended with the war.
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