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MIDEAST: Pray the PA Way or Face Arrest
The Palestinian Authority (PA) is using West Bank mosques as a new battleground in its political offensive against its opponents within Hamas as well as critics from its own Fatah party.U.S.: Obama Faces Increasingly Daunting Picture Overseas
While President Barack Obama's first State of the Union Address Wednesday night will almost certainly focus on the economy, unemployment, and other pressing domestic issues, an increasingly worrisome international situation is likely to be tugging at the back of his mind.MIDEAST: U.S. Policy in Gaza Remains Unchanged
One year ago Thursday, the last Israeli tanks were lumbering out of the Gaza Strip, ending the 22-day Gaza War and leaving in their wake a decimated landscape and population.MIDEAST: Civil Society Takes On Israeli Settlements
Salam Fayyad turned civil society activist this week. In Salfit, on the West Bank, the Palestinian prime minister threw onto a giant bonfire goods made in Israeli settlements.RIGHTS: Defenders Under Sustained Attack Worldwide
Abusive governments around the world escalated their attacks against local human rights defenders and other independent monitors during 2009, according to the 2010 edition of Human Rights Watch's annual 'World Report' released here Wednesday.MIDEAST: Israel Crushes Local Dissent, Attacks Global Criticism
Israel is lashing out at international criticism and attempting to crush local dissent in what appears to be growing sensitivity to reproach of its policies.
Q&A: ‘Religious State, Recipe for Disaster’
When Omar Abdel-Razeq was appointed finance minister following the election of Hamas in January 2006, the BBC characterised the post as the "least enviable job in the new Palestinian government."MIDEAST: Harsher Gaza War Looming on Horizon?
According to several prominent Palestinians and Israelis another major Israeli military assault on Gaza, even harsher than last year’s Operation Cast Lead, is imminent. But will this change anything and have the underlying causes behind the previous bloody war been addressed?LEBANON: Spy On Thy Neighbour
Recent inter-factional clashes in Lebanon's Ain al-Hilweh refugee camp once more illustrated the fragile security situation in some of its Palestinian camps. Lebanese plans to take over security within the camps are rejected by the Palestinians.MIDEAST: Israel Jails Palestinian Peace Activists
Israel has long argued that Palestinians should pursue their political objectives in a non-violent way. However, several prominent Palestinian peace activists have recently been arrested and jailed for doing just that.MIDEAST: Turkey Going Its Own Way
The recent diplomatic crisis between Turkey and Israel has raised questions about the future of relations between the two closest allies of the United States in the region and the direction of the markedly independent foreign policy agenda that Turkey has pursued in recent years.MIDEAST: Israel Cannot be Sultan
A bizarre diplomatic incident - even by the Byzantine-like standards of the old near East - has threatened already strained relations between Israel and Turkey.
MIDEAST: Will You Marry Poor Me
"If we had money we'd get married right away," says Samir*, 23. He has found his bride, but not the money to hold the wedding./CORRECTED REPEAT*/MIDEAST: Israel Declares War on Peace NGOs
One year after the devastating attack on Hamas in Gaza a new wave of reports castigating Israel for war crimes has emerged.MIDEAST: Gaza Extremists Drifting Towards al-Qaeda?
Two separate bomb attacks on Internet cafes in Gaza last week have served as an uncomfortable reminder that extremist groups within the coastal territory may be stronger than the comparatively moderate Hamas organisation which rules the strip.MIDEAST: Israel Cool to New U.S. Pressure
In the past, whenever there was even a semblance of pressure from Washington on Israel, nerves in Jerusalem went all a-jangle.MIDEAST: Sale of Land to Israel Threatens to Split Church
Israel’s bid to keep occupied East Jerusalem under its sovereignty and prevent its incorporation into a future Palestinian state has been boosted over the years with the acquiescence of the Greek Orthodox Church.MIDEAST: Route May Open, But Not to Peace
Just beyond the main Israeli checkpoint, ten kilometres short of Jerusalem, a white Nissan station wagon is abruptly edging to the side of the road. It comes to a halt on the shoulder.MIDEAST: ‘Prince of Peace’ – Obama or Netanyahu?
United States President Barack Obama’s intended broad Mideast policies are running into the complexities of peacemaking - especially after the ‘Prince of Peace’ began insisting on the necessity of, sometimes, fighting for peace.U.S.: Digging Out or Digging Deeper?
As 2009 draws to a close, the big question here is whether President Barack Obama is succeeding in digging out of the hole – international as well as financial - that he inherited from George W. Bush or digging deeper into it.
Q&A: ”Israeli Settlements Killing Two-Nation Solution”
In the absence of any progress towards peace between Israelis and Palestinians, leaders of the Palestinian Authority (PA) are adopting a reasonable approach as a way of building up international pressure on Israel to get it back to the negotiating table.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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