Global IssuesNews headlines for “Palestine and Israel”, page 20
Despite Western Boycott, Racism Meet Gets Overwhelming Support
- Inter Press Service
A 'boycott' by more than a dozen Western nations, including the United States, Germany, Canada and Israel, failed to derail a high-level meeting on racism and xenophobia hosted by the 193-member General Assembly.
MIDEAST: As a Street Parliament Views Obama
- Inter Press Service
'Welcome to our 'Palestine State Parliament'!' Nidal Bazbaz calls out to a friend who's passing by in between an assembly of older and younger Palestinians. They're seated on plastic chairs, lined up against opposite walls, in an alleyway of the walled Old City.
MIDEAST: Hamas Turning Away From UN Towards Arabs
- Inter Press Service
In the face of the moves by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas for recognition of an independent Palestinian state, the Hamas-led foreign ministry in Gaza is forming a new diplomatic strategy that looks to Arab countries in the region such as Egypt and Turkey to apply political pressure on Israel.
DEATH PENALTY: Not in the Name of the Quran
- Inter Press Service
Islamic regimes look for provisions and precedents to carry out the death sentence in the name of Islam. But, says Dr. Mohammad Al-Habash, director of the Islamic Studies Centre in Damascus, they are not looking enough at 13 provisions within the Quran to commute the death sentence to a lesser punishment.
OP-ED: Palestine and the U.N.: A History of Double Standard
- Inter Press Service
Failure to resolve the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and Israel's 40-year occupation, in the words of former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, would 'continue to hurt the reputation of the United Nations and raise questions about its impartiality'.
OP-ED: Palestine and the U.N.: A History of Double Standard
- Inter Press Service
Failure to resolve the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and Israel's 40-year occupation, in the words of former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, would 'continue to hurt the reputation of the United Nations and raise questions about its impartiality'.
MIDEAST: Palestinians Prepare for Settler Attacks Over UN Vote
- Inter Press Service
Amidst reports that the Israeli military is arming and training Israeli settlers in advance of the Palestinian Authority’s bid to recognise a Palestinian state at the United Nations later this week, Palestinian activists in the West Bank have organised emergency response teams to document settler attacks and prevent more from taking place.
MIDEAST: Europe Divided Over Palestinian State
- Inter Press Service
Divisions that have surfaced within the European Union over recognition of the Palestinian Authority as an independent and sovereign state are unlikely to be resolved ahead of a crucial vote in the United Nations next week.
U.S.: Republicans Call for Major Cuts to U.N.
- Inter Press Service
As leaders from around the globe begin gathering in New York City for the annual opening of the U.N. General Assembly (UNGA), Republican lawmakers in Washington are calling for a major overhaul of the world body that would almost certainly result in huge cuts to its budget and operations.
Concrete Impact of Palestine's U.N. Bid Still Uncertain
- Inter Press Service
Despite the frenzy of media attention bestowed upon Palestine's expected bid for statehood at the United Nations later this month, some doubt the impact it would have on the political complexities of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict or the humanitarian issues and human rights abuses that many Palestinians face regularly.
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