Global Politics Online Journal / IPS
Thalif Deen
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 14 (IPS) – The 192-member U.N. General Assembly, which is due to hold a special emergency meeting Thursday, may call for an international inquiry into the Israeli killing of hundreds of innocent Palestinian men, women and children in Gaza, diplomatic sources told IPS.
”A number [...]
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MIDEAST: U.N. General Assembly Calls Crisis Meeting on Gaza
INDIA/PAKISTAN: Civil Society Pleads for Peace
Global Politics Online Journal / IPS
Beena Sarwar
KARACHI, Jan 13 (IPS) – As tensions between Pakistan and India continue to see-saw, citizens in both countries are stepping up efforts for peace through initiatives ranging from a cross-border signature campaign to seminars and personal efforts.
Such efforts encounter hostility between the nuclear-armed neighbours that has been [...]
MIDEAST: Ceasefire Moves Fading Away
Global Politics Online Journal / IPS
Adam Morrow and Khaled Moussa al-Omrani
CAIRO, Jan 13 (IPS) – A week after the unveiling of a Franco-Egyptian ceasefire proposal aimed at stopping the bloodshed in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian resistance faction Hamas and on the face of it Israel, are still discussing the fine print of an [...]
