Global IssuesNews headlines for “Palestine and Israel”, page 35
MIDEAST: The Indigenous Become Squatters
- Inter Press Service
As plans to demolish a Palestinian Bedouin village to make way for a new, Jewish-only town move forward in Israel’s Negev desert, the Bedouin residents have submitted a motion for the right to appeal to the Israeli Supreme Court.
SYRIA: Obama Pressed to Take Stronger Action Against Assad
- Inter Press Service
Amid a continuing crackdown against opposition forces, U.S. President Barack Obama is coming under growing pressure to impose tougher sanctions against the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
EGYPT: After Mubarak, the Military Fist
- Inter Press Service
Thousands of Egyptian civilians, including protesters who helped topple the authoritarian regime of president Hosni Mubarak, have been tried in military courts without due process. 'The use of military trials on this scale is without precedent,' says Adel Ramadan, a rights lawyer at the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR).
Egypt's Moves Raising Anxiety in Washington
- Inter Press Service
With U.S. lawmakers threatening this week to cut aid to Pakistan over its alleged harbouring of the late Osama bin Laden, concern is growing steadily here over the future of ties with another key predominantly Muslim ally heavily dependent on U.S. aid: Egypt.
MIDEAST: Egypt Plays Best Man at Hamas-Fatah Union
- Inter Press Service
Rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah signed a reconciliation agreement in Cairo on Wednesday, paving the way for the formation of a Palestinian national unity government. The move, say local analysts, reflects the changing political equation in the Middle East amid the ongoing wave of Arab popular uprisings.
Israel Gathers Support from ‘Best Enemy’
- Inter Press Service
First Egypt, then Syria, finally the Palestinians — while most Israelis concur with their Prime Minister that the revolutions, upheavals and shifting alliances closing in on their country have postponed peace prospects, remarkably, the evolving events convulsing the region may yet restore their country's battered legitimacy.
Israel Lashes Out at Palestinian Reconciliation
- Inter Press Service
Israel has lashed out at the recent ground-breaking deal in Cairo, which will see unification of the two main Palestinian political factions after four years of bitter infighting, by threatening economic sanctions against the Palestinians.
EGYPT: Press Freedom Comes With a few Red Lines
- Inter Press Service
The collapse of autocratic regimes in Tunisia and Egypt has broken the state’s stranglehold on the local press, but journalists and bloggers must still be careful what they say.
‘Good News’ on Holocaust Anniversary
- Inter Press Service
Israelis woke up in the morning of Holocaust Remembrance Day, switched on their radio, and heard unexpected 'good news'.
Amid Turmoil, a Nuke-Free Middle East May Be in Jeopardy
- Inter Press Service
A proposed international conference on a nuclear weapons-free Middle East, tentatively scheduled for 2012, may be in jeopardy amid the growing political turmoil sweeping across the Arab world - and Israel's fears of negative fallout on its own security.
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