Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Jillian Kestler-D’Amours EAST JERUSALEM, Jul 12, 2011 (IPS) – Widespread strikes across Palestinian civil society could be in store for East Jerusalem at the start of the next school year, as the municipality moves ahead with its current plan to implement an Israeli curriculum in Palestinian schools. [...]
MIDEAST: Medical Crisis Worsening in Gaza
June 19, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Eva Bartlett GAZA CITY, Jun 19, 2011 (IPS) – "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 [...]
MIDEAST: September Knocks on Israeli Gates
June 7, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Pierre Klochendler JERUSALEM, Jun 7, 2011 (IPS) – "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 [...]
MIDEAST: Palestinian Spring Brings Nothing New
June 6, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Eva Bartlett BEIT HANOUN, Gaza Strip, Jun 6, 2011 (IPS) – 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 [...]
MIDEAST: Settlers See New Support from Obama
May 29, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Mel Frykberg RAMALLAH, May 28, 2011 (IPS) – The leader of Israel’s most right-wing government since the establishment of the Jewish state 63 years ago, has returned to Israel with his popularity surging since talks with U.S. President Barack Obama in Washington. A survey carried out by [...]
Peacemakers Swim Against the Tide
May 29, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Frank Mulder UTRECHT, The Netherlands, May 29, 2011 (IPS) – Although politicians seem to have put the peace process on ice, there are many different groups in Israel and the Palestinian territories that still believe in reconciliation. They call on the world not to believe in stereotypes. [...]
MIDEAST: Obama Peace Vision Sparks New Disputes
May 23, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Pierre Klochendler JERUSALEM, May 23, 2011 (IPS) – "The borders of Israel and Palestine should be based on the 1967 lines with mutually agreed swaps, so that secure and recognised borders are established for both states." The seemingly neutral and quasi-consensual principle laid out by U.S. President [...]
Israel Lashes Out at Palestinian Reconciliation
May 2, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Mel Frykberg RAMALLAH, May 2, 2011 (IPS) – 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. "We have agreed to [...]
Every Fourth Palestinian Under Arrest
April 26, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By Ronald Joshua IDN-InDepth NewsReport VIENNA (IDN) – One-fourth of the Palestinian population residing in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) has been put behind the bars by the Israeli government, making Palestinians the most imprisoned people in the world, according to a new report. Besides, Israel is [...]
MIDEAST: Into an Unsettled New Year
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Mya Guarnieri HEBRON, Jan 22, 2012 (IPS) – An elderly Palestinian woman spent last week on hunger strike to protest violent attacks by Israeli settlers. Hana Abu Heikel went on the hunger strike on behalf of her family after settlers burned the family car during the previous [...]