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1 February 2011
SINAI (IPS) - A Bedouin youth casually spreads out a piece of cloth before a police headquarters in Sheikh Zwayyed town in Sinai, the vast desert area to the east of Cairo across the Suez. “I will leave when Mubarak leaves,” he says. Read more about Revolution spreads to Egypt's deprived Sinai
Cairo 31 January 2011
CAIRO (IPS) - The city squares where protesters battled riot police for four consecutive days were unexpectedly quiet late Sunday night, as Egyptians fighting to topple the Mubarak regime returned home to defend their neighborhoods from looters and thugs. Read more about Egypt protesters: "Security vacuum serves Mubarak's interest"
28 January 2011
Since the Syrian Golan Heights were occupied during the June 1967 War, the indigenous Arab population has resisted Israeli control. The Electronic Intifada contributor Adri Nieuwhof interviews Taiseer Maray, general director of the non-profit organization Golan for Development, about the situation in the occupied Golan Heights. Read more about Golan Heights activist: "We dream of freedom"
20 January 2011
Occupied East Jerusalem (IRIN) - Evictions and house demolitions are a growing humanitarian concern for Palestinians living in East Jerusalem, says the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). Read more about Jerusalem evictions, demolitions leave lasting trauma
19 January 2011
Sixty-seven members of the Abu Eid family were displaced when Israeli forces destroyed their seven homes on 14 December 2010. Alex Kane reports from Lydd. Read more about No place to sleep for Lydd family
18 January 2011
Following the demolition of the historic Shepherd Hotel and the increase of home demolitions across occupied East Jerusalem, United Nations agencies and European Union officials called for observers and the implementation of international law in Jerusalem. Read more about Bedouin village razed once again as historic Jerusalem hotel demolished
12 January 2011
GAZA CITY, occupied Gaza Strip (IPS) - Despite the lingering trauma of living under siege, regular Israeli military attacks and the consequences of a bloody war several years ago, Gaza’s children still dream of happiness and of normal lives. Read more about Gaza's children cope through art
11 January 2011
Israeli forces bombed two buildings south of Gaza City late tonight in an air strike targeting Hamas national security service buildings. Hours earlier, a Palestinian man was extrajudicially assassinated in an Israeli air strike as he rode a motorcycle near the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis. Read more about Deadly Gaza bombings as orgs. decry collective punishment
11 January 2011
Humanitarian organizations, including the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, say the Egypt-Gaza border is still effectively closed. Read more about Egypt keeps Gaza's gates locked
11 January 2011
UNITED NATIONS (IPS) - Calls are growing for a swift international response to the situation in the Middle East, as Israel continues to build new settlements in the occupied West Bank with increased military actions against civilians. Read more about UN Security Council continues to stymie pressure on Israel