Global IssuesNews headlines for “Palestine and Israel”, page 31
MIDEAST: Politics Triumphs Over Reason
- Inter Press Service
'The heart has it reasons, of which reason knows nothing of,' wrote 15th- century French philosopher Blaise Pascal. Apply the words of wisdom to the prospective U.N.-endorsed recognition of Palestinian statehood, but replace 'the heart' with 'politics'.
MIDEAST: A Price to Pay for Israeli Aid Restrictions
- Inter Press Service
Israeli restrictions on the delivery of international aid to impoverished Palestinians in the occupied Palestinian territories are costing aid organisations nearly five million dollars annually, and European and U.S. tax payers are footing the bill.
Moussa Seeks to Calm Arab Countries ‘Privately’
- Inter Press Service
Leaving his position as secretary-general of the Arab League, Amr Moussa is now a 'private citizen' as he prepares to contest the Egyptian presidential election. And as a private citizen there is little he can do officially to fight government crackdown on citizens across parts of the Arab world, he tells IPS in an interview.
MIDEAST: Fishing Under Fire
- Inter Press Service
In Gaza's main port, beyond the newly-built memorial to the Freedom Flotilla martyrs, Gaza's fishermen prepare to go out trawling at shallow depths in Palestinian waters. Other fishers stay on land to mend nets and fix boats damaged or destroyed by Israeli navy gunfire, shelling, water cannoning and even ramming. Such moves as the opening of Rafah have done nothing for Gaza's fishermen.
EGYPT: Gaza Crossing Lets Trickle Through
- Inter Press Service
Egypt's border with the Hamas-run Gaza Strip was reopened to Palestinian travellers Wednesday after a series of squabbles over operational procedures had temporarily brought cross-border traffic to a halt.
MIDEAST: Promised Crossing Denied
- Inter Press Service
Many hoping to find free movement between Egypt and Gaza have found the border gates at the Rafah crossing closed. Egyptian officials closed the gates on Saturday, according to Palestinian officials.
MIDEAST: September Knocks on Israeli Gates
- Inter Press Service
'September 2011 is knocking on our gates,' says an Israeli army officer who, under strict operation procedures, would not reveal his name. He was alluding to the United Nations General Assembly annual meeting expected to resoundingly endorse the Palestinian drive for recognition of statehood.
MIDEAST: Palestinian Spring Brings no Fruit
- Inter Press Service
It is a scene replayed weekly in Palestine. In Gaza, groups of chanting demonstrators walk towards the border with Israel, singing, chanting, dancing. Ayat el Masari, 20, walks with the masses. An English major at Gaza's Aqsa University, the young woman is among many women who regularly attend Palestinian protests.
MIDEAST: Settling Into Humiliation
- Inter Press Service
For 61-year-old Abd al-Rahim Bisharat, life in the Bedouin community of al- Hadidiya in the northern Jordan Valley is anything but easy. 'The problem is not only poverty, but the degree of how (the Israelis) treat us as humans, our rights as humans,' Bisharat told IPS over the phone from his home, with the sound of roosters crowing in the background. 'We have no transportation, no electricity, no water, no health, no education.
MIDEAST: Killer Butterfly Takes Wing
- Inter Press Service
'Look, a swallowtail!' A 70-year old moustachioed man hops jubilantly between rocks and prickly flowers, chasing a butterfly. 'And look here!' What looks like a dragonfly hovers around in a mechanical whirr of transparent wings.
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