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Military Action Trumps Diplomacy The roadmap to peace is turning into pathways for new conflicts in the Middle East. Facing rocket attacks and abductions, Israel has hammered into Gaza and now Lebanon with force, with no solution in sight to this new spiral of violence.
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- MIDEAST: No Day Is a Woman's Day in Gaza
GAZA CITY, Mar 7 (IPS) - Mahasen Darduna suffers in ways the world recognises; her suffering comes at the hands of the Israelis. But there are many Palestinian women whose suffering the world does not see, because their hell is inflicted on them by Palestinians. - EGYPT: Anger Over Israel 'Approaching Boiling Point'
CAIRO, Mar 6 (IPS) - Fury erupted on the streets and in parliament this week following violent Israeli military operations in the Gaza Strip. But as protests were held nationwide in support of besieged Palestinians next door, Cairo continued to keep the volatile Rafah border crossing -- the only means out of the strip not under direct Israeli control -- tightly sealed. - MIDEAST: Nowhere To Run To
JABALYIA, Gaza, Mar 5 (IPS) - An ambulance races through Jabalyia refugee camp to pick up the critically injured – and the body parts strewn across the street. A normal day's job these days. - LEBANON: Children Get to Work Early*
BEIRUT, Mar 4 (IPS) - Walid is a wide-eyed boy of 10. His frail figure, of the kind common in such poverty-stricken areas, seems smaller than for a child his age. His hands are covered in dirt and paint. Here, in Ard Jalloul (the land of Jalloul), located in the populous Tarik Jdideh neighbourhood of Beirut, he works as a painter from 8am to 6pm for 7 dollars a day. - LEBANON: Peace Brings No Joy to Children*
BEIRUT, Mar 4 (IPS) - Over the years, Lebanese children have faced war and bombings enough to make violence a staple in their lives. With the situation becoming increasingly volatile as Lebanese factions are gripped by a lasting and deadly discord, this vulnerable population is left at greater risk. - LABOUR-MIDEAST: Missile Goes Down a Union's Throat
GAZA CITY, Mar 4 (IPS) - Two F-16 missiles were all it took to bring down the five-storey headquarters of the Palestinian General Federation of Trade Unions (PGFTU). - MIDEAST: Israel Kills Some More Children
GAZA CITY, Mar 1 (IPS) - Tamer was nine, and no child soldier. He did not live in the area from where home-made rockets are launched into Israeli territory. The day he was killed, he was at least two kilometres from the place Israeli troops had entered Gaza, and met with return fire by Palestinian resistance. - LEBANON: This Amputation Won't Be the Last
SARAFAND, Lebanon, Feb 29 (IPS) - Rasha Zayoun sits quietly in the bustling doctor's office, a small figure hunched in her chair, while her mother recounts the terrible accident. - EGYPT: Opposition Slams Gas Sale to Israel
CAIRO, Feb 29 (IPS) - On Monday, Egypt began pumping natural gas to Israel in accordance with an energy accord between Cairo and Tel Aviv. While the government defends the move as being in the country's best interest, opposition figures decry the notion of economic cooperation with Israel, especially in light of the latter's ongoing siege of the Gaza Strip. - LEBANON: No One Helps the Fisherman
TYRE, Lebanon, Feb 28 (IPS) - On the afternoon of his grandfather's funeral, Ismael waded out to the sea rocks near the old Tyre lighthouse and looked out over the choppy water. He greeted his friends passing by in a fluka --- a small, handcrafted wooden fishing vessel -- and lit the dynamite fuse in his hand. - LEBANON: Children Look At The Brighter Picture
BEIRUT, Feb 27 (IPS) - On the outskirts of Beirut, narrow alleyways cut through the Chatila Palestinian refugee camp. A maze of electricity cables connect one concrete block and another. Sewage pours continuously through a small grey construction, filling the street with nauseating stench. - MIDEAST: Gaza Border In Political Limbo
CAIRO, Feb 27 (IPS) - One month after throngs of Palestinians flooded into Egypt's Sinai Peninsula from the Gaza Strip, the flashpoint Rafah border crossing remains tightly shut. But according to some opposition figures, the breach -- viewed by many as a victory for Palestinian resistance faction Hamas -- signalled the need for new border protocols consistent with shifting political realities. - RIGHTS-EGYPT: EU Criticism Finds Some Unofficial Welcome
CAIRO, Feb 26 (IPS) - The European Parliament adopted a resolution last month censuring Egypt's human rights record, and urging Cairo to embrace substantial political reforms. But while Egyptian officialdom responded angrily to the criticism, reactions among independent political figures have been more ambivalent. - EUROPE: Heading for a New Security Deal with Israel
BRUSSELS, Feb 22 (IPS) - The European Union is considering new steps to deepen its cooperation on scientific research with Israel, despite admitting that previous funds earmarked for that purpose have gone to firms operating illegally in the Palestinian territories. - LEBANON: This Assassination Could Change the Region
BEIRUT, Feb 21 (IPS) - For many in the Middle East, politics is essentially a matter of converging interests -- and the life and death of Imad Fares Moughnieh is no exception. His assassination in Syria has resonated across the borders of Lebanon, Syria and Iran.
