Global IssuesNews headlines for “Palestine and Israel”, page 30
MIDEAST: Post-Mubarak Egypt Inches Towards Iran
- Inter Press Service
Based on several recent statements by Egyptian and Iranian officials, Cairo and Tehran appear closer than ever to restoring diplomatic ties following a 31-year hiatus.
MIDEAST: Turkey Sails Closer to Israel Ahead of Flotilla
- Inter Press Service
Amidst last-minute preparations for a new Peace Flotilla that will try this week to break Israel's maritime blockade on Gaza, signs of a tentative thawing in relations between Israel and Turkey following a two-year crisis are becoming more and more apparent.
Scrubbing Egypt Clean of Mubarak
- Inter Press Service
Throughout Egypt the once-ubiquitous name and image of ousted president Hosni Mubarak is becoming increasingly scarce as citizens attempt to purge the land of the former dictator's tarnished legacy.
Second Humanitarian Flotilla Prepares to Sail for Gaza
- Inter Press Service
As the second Freedom Flotilla, made up of some 10 ships carrying 1,000 activists from 20 countries, gets ready to sail for the besieged Gaza Strip, Israeli authorities are stepping up their threats.
MIDEAST: When a Spy Speaks
- Inter Press Service
The man who, for the last eight years, embodied Israel's secret operations and had a penchant for the use of forged documents by his spies has been ordered by his former boss to relinquish his own diplomatic passport.
MIDEAST: Medical Crisis Worsening in Gaza
- Inter Press Service
'During the first years of the siege, we could still manage, but nowadays we have no alternatives,' says Dr. Hassan Khalaf, Deputy Health Minister in Gaza. 'It is a major crisis: many health services have stopped, and I'm afraid this will spiral out of control, because Gaza doesn't have the essential medicines and supplies needed.'
OP-ED: Experts Fear Israeli Design to Balkanise Arab States
- Inter Press Service
Developments in Libya have raised fears among Egyptian analysts and political figures of the possible break-up of the North African nation into two warring halves. To support the assertion, they point to longstanding Israeli designs - supported by the western powers - to balkanise the Arab states of the region.
MIDEAST: Sphinx Avenue Paved With Bitter Memories
- Inter Press Service
Mohamed Saeed’s battle with a wrecking crew ended predictably. His refusal to leave the home his grandfather built and defiant attempts to throw himself in front of the giant hydraulic hammer bought his family some time, but by the end of the day their two-storey house was reduced to rubble.
MIDEAST: Where Freelance Means Abandoned
- Inter Press Service
Sitting by the hospital bed of freelance photographer Mohammed Othman, Ashraf Abu Amrah knows that nobody owns a freelance journalist from Gaza who gets injured, or dies.
Palestinian Children Targeted as Israel Crushes Unrest
- Inter Press Service
'Father please help me! Don’t let them take me away,' screamed 12-year-old Ahmed Siyam as approximately 50 heavily armed Israeli soldiers and police dragged the handcuffed and blindfolded boy away.
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