Global IssuesNews headlines for “Palestine and Israel”, page 3
From Mubarak to Worse
- Inter Press Service
More than 15 months after Egypt's Tahrir Square uprising and four months after free parliamentary polls, many Egyptians say that daily living conditions are worse now than they were in the Mubarak era.
U.S. Iran Hawks in Congress in Some Disarray
- Inter Press Service
Hopes by Iran hawks here to get the U.S. Congress to wield the threat of a U.S. military attack on the Islamic Republic on the eve of next week's critical negotiations on Tehran's nuclear programme appear to have fallen unexpectedly short.
EU Feels Force of Israeli Demolitions
- Inter Press Service
All 27 foreign ministers of the European Union have strongly spoken out against Israeli demolitions in Area C of the West Bank. Since the beginning of 2011 not less than 60 EU-funded projects have been demolished while 110 others are currently at risk. Several analysts claim the Israeli authorities are specifically targeting EU-funded projects.
Presidential Hopefuls Haunted by their Pasts
- Inter Press Service
One is a conservative Islamist attempting to reinvent himself as a pragmatic liberal, the other is a secular statesman trying to distance himself from the authoritarian regime he once served. Both aspire to be Egypt’s first civilian president.
Remembering Is Now 64 Years Old
- Inter Press Service
'There is the beginning of my life. My father would call for prayer, ‘Allahu Akbar’,' says 72-year old Yacoub Odeh, pointing to a collapsed house perched high on the hill. 'The whole village would hear him.' Odeh was then eight years old: 'I’m the son of yesterday.'
Hunger Feeds Growing Protests in Prison
- Inter Press Service
With more than 1,500 Palestinian prisoners weeks into an open-ended hunger strike in protest against worsening conditions in Israeli jails, including two that have gone without food for 72 days, human rights groups say many lives are in danger and are calling for urgent intervention.
Double U-Turn in ‘Theatre of the Absurd’
- Inter Press Service
A double-barrelled ‘coup de théâtre’ — advanced, then postponed, elections within days — has disoriented a polity accustomed to grappling passively with their Prime Minister’s backstage intrigues. But the ‘Theatre of the Absurd’ played outwardly by the 'virtuoso of Israeli politics' conceals a deep need for stability.
Double U-Turn in ‘Theatre of the Absurd’
- Inter Press Service
A double-barrelled ‘coup de théâtre’ — advanced, then postponed, elections within days — has disoriented a polity accustomed to grappling passively with their Prime Minister’s backstage intrigues. But the ‘Theatre of the Absurd’ played outwardly by the 'virtuoso of Israeli politics' conceals a deep need for stability.
Double U-Turn in ‘Theatre of the Absurd’
- Inter Press Service
A double-barrelled ‘coup de théâtre’ — advanced, then postponed, elections within days — has disoriented a polity accustomed to grappling passively with their Prime Minister’s backstage intrigues. But the ‘Theatre of the Absurd’ played outwardly by the 'virtuoso of Israeli politics' conceals a deep need for stability.
Palestinian Children Labour for Little in Israel
- Inter Press Service
'It’s tiring,' says 15-year-old Ibrahim*, deep lines running across his forehead. 'But there is no alternative.' Only a teenager, Ibrahim has been working full-time for three years already.
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