Global IssuesNews headlines for “Palestine and Israel”, page 28
French Ship Carries Freedom Flotilla's 'Dignity' to Gaza
- Inter Press Service
The French vessel Dignité-Al Karama is the only boat from the Freedom Flotilla II actually sailing for Gaza in an attempt to break the Israeli blockade imposed in 2006. At the same time, six Spanish members of the humanitarian aid mission went on hunger strike in the Greek capital.
MIDEAST: Palestinians Won’t Learn Israeli Lessons
- Inter Press Service
Widespread strikes across Palestinian civil society could be in store for East Jerusalem at the start of the next school year, as the municipality moves ahead with its current plan to implement an Israeli curriculum in Palestinian schools.
EGYPT: Fishing Dangerously for Quick Net Worth
- Inter Press Service
Ali Mohsen knows how to tell a good fish story. The wiry, white-haired Egyptian mariner weaves a yarn about his childhood days when the sea was so full of fish that one could simply dangle a hand net over the side of the boat and pull up a seafood dinner. This morning, his crew spent hours out at sea with only four kilos of small fish to show for it.
MIDEAST: Never a Good Day for This Population
- Inter Press Service
In dire need of money to assist her family back home, 27-year-old Makeda from Ethiopia was forced to return to the Middle East as a domestic worker.
MIDEAST: ‘Flytilla’ Debacle Another PR Nightmare For Israel
- Inter Press Service
Confused foreign tourists arriving at Israel’s Ben Gurion International Airport on Friday would be forgiven for thinking that a terrorist attack was about to take place.
A Weekly Walk to the Border
- Inter Press Service
It is another sweltering morning in Gaza. Despite the heat, a tenacious group of women, men and children gathers near the bombed Agricultural College in Beit Hanoun for the weekly march to the 'buffer zone', the 300 metres flanking the Gaza-Israel Green Line border which Israeli authorities have declared off-limits to Palestinians.
MIDEAST: Egypt-Israel Gas Pipeline Targeted
- Inter Press Service
The pipeline that carries Egyptian natural gas to Israel was attacked by unknown perpetrators on Monday (Jul. 4), the third such incident since the Jan. 25 Revolution that ended the rule of longstanding former president Hosni Mubarak.
MIDEAST: Mosques Carry the Scars of War
- Inter Press Service
'The mosque was just 100 metres from our house. We prayed there every day, five times a day. But it was more than a house of prayer,' says Mohammed, a Beit Hanoun resident, of one of the 34 mosques completely destroyed during the 23-day Israeli war on Gaza in 2008-2009.
GREECE: Activists Protest Ban Confining Gaza Freedom Flotilla to Port
- Inter Press Service
Some 30 Spanish activists are occupying the embassy of their country in the Greek capital to demand that their government pressure Greece to allow the Freedom Flotilla II — 'Stay Human' to set sail for the Gaza Strip.
MIDEAST: Women on a Political Backslide
- Inter Press Service
Following five months of bitter political wrangling, Lebanon’s Prime Minister Najib Mikati finally announced a new government in mid-June. But while many Lebanese feel relieved over the long overdue appointments, gender equality campaigners despair that there is not a single female among 30 ministers appointed to the new Cabinet. It has further ruffled activist feathers that this glaring omission has failed to elicit the condemnation they are demanding.
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