Q&A: ”Women Will Benefit From Secularism”
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Cam McGrath interviews Egyptian feminist author NAWAL EL-SAADAWI
CAIRO, Oct 23 (IPS) – Controversy stalks dissident writer Nawal El-Saadawi, whose views on women and religion have put her at odds with Egyptian conservatives.
Recently she returned to Cairo after nearly three years in exile, and has [...]
MIDEAST: Rabbis Take on Settlers
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By Mel Frykberg
AWARTA, West Bank, Oct 21 (IPS) – Away from the media spotlight that focuses on the widening chasm between Israelis and Palestinians, a group of Israeli humanists is quietly working to break down barriers with their Palestinian neighbours.
Rabbi Arik Ascherman, director of [...]
POLITICS: U.S. Berated for Shielding Israel on Gaza Killings
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Thalif Deen
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 14 (IPS) – A U.S. decision to stall Security Council action against Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas for war crimes during the 22-day conflict in Gaza last December has come under heavy fire both from inside and outside the [...]
MIDEAST: Rift Developing Between PA and Fatah
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By Mel Frykberg
RAMALLAH, Oct 12 (IPS) – An increasingly isolated and unpopular Palestinian Authority (PA) has again made a 180-degree turn in the Goldstone report fiasco as it tries to fend off mounting criticism from all and sundry, including its own organisation.
On Sunday Palestinian [...]
U.S. ‘Personality Assassination’ of a Palestinian Ally
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By Nicola Nasser*
The report of the United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict, which the head of the mission, Judge Richard Goldstone, presented to the Human Rights Council (HRC) on September 29, prematurely plunged the Palestinian Authority (PA) in a short –lived euphoria over what it [...]
Turkey’s political-emotional transition
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Carsten Wieland, 6 – 10 – 2009
Turkey is engaged in a renegotiation between its pro-west commitments and its family ties to east and south. This is part of a wider shift in regional relationships and perspectives, says Carsten Wieland.
6 – 10 [...]
Israel pays close attention as Iran nuclear talks set to start
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With crucial talks aimed at curtailing Irans nuclear program set to begin, the rhetoric is heating up. On Thursday, the United States, along with the other permanent members of the United Nations S…
Obama Stuck between Wars on Iraq, Afghanistan
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By Nicola Nasser*
It was extraordinarily questionable why U.S. President Barak Obama chose not to credit the War on Afghanistan with a separate paragraph in his speech to the General Assembly of the United Nations on September 23, to “note” the war on Iraq with only a four – line [...]
MIDEAST: Jerusalem Palestinians Defining Their Own Future
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By Jerrold Kessel and Pierre Klochendler
EAST JERUSALEM, Sep 25 (IPS) – Almost a year ago a barely noticed event took place in Sawarha, a Palestinian neighbourhood in the Israeli-occupied part of the city.
On that November day, Israeli Jerusalemites were voting in a new mayor [...]
Iran expects ‘free and open nuclear talks’ with West
In his address to the United Nations General Assembly, U.S. President Barack Obama spoke about the nuclear ambitions of Iran and North Korea. Several countries, led by the U.S., are considering add…
