Global Politics Online Journal / IPS
Analysis by Jerrold Kessel and Pierre Klochendler
JERUSALEM, Jan 19 (IPS) – Europe now evidently understands what the U.S. has long understood – if you want to move Israelis on peace, you need to make them feel secure.
There they were Sunday evening, six of the Continent’s most powerful leaders [...]

Global Politics Online Journal / IPS
Mel Frykberg
RAMALLAH, Jan 19 (IPS) – Humanitarian aid is being rushed into Gaza as Israel and Egypt open their borders temporarily to allow convoys of aid to pass through.
While Israeli drones circle the skies above, Hamas security men are back on the streets attempting to restore some semblance [...]

Global Politics Online Journal / IPS
Mel Frykberg
RAMALLAH, Jan 18 (IPS) – One Palestinian civilian died and over a dozen rockets hit southern Israel early Sunday morning just hours after Israel implemented a unilateral ceasefire halting its three-week military incursion into Gaza.
The Israeli Air Force (AIF) carried out several bombing attacks on the northern [...]

Global Politics Online Journal / IPS
Analysis by Jerrold Kessel and Pierre Klochendler
JERUSALEM, Jan 18 (IPS) – ”If only my three daughters will be the last victims of this horrible conflict,” wept Dr. Ezzadin Abu Al-Aish, a Palestinian gynaecologist recovering from his wounds in Tel Aviv’s Tel Hashomer hospital. An Israeli tank shell killed [...]

INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM MONITOR–PAPER NO.492
Global Politics Online Journal
B.RAMAN
There have been two audio messages disseminated by Al Qaeda calling for an armed jihad against Israel in support of the people of Gaza in their fight against the Israelis. The call is for support to the people of Gaza and not to the Hamas with which Al [...]

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Daniel Luban
WASHINGTON, Jan 17 (IPS) – The three-week-old war in Gaza – halted Saturday by an Israeli ceasefire – has had a polarising effect on the U.S. Jewish community, resulting in a deeper and at times acrimonious split between dovish groups that are sceptical of the Israeli military [...]

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Thalif Deen
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 15 (IPS) – Israel’s relentless air attacks on a besieged Gaza, which have killed over 1,000 Palestinians and destroyed hundreds of homes, continue to take place away from the gaze of the international news media.
A country that claims to be the only multi-party democracy [...]

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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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 [...]

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Hilmi Toros
ISTANBUL, Jan 12 (IPS) – In widespread sweeps, dozens of prominent personalities have been detained in Turkey — among them retired generals, active officers, academics and journalists — on suspicion of attempting to overthrow the Islamic-rooted government.
The opposition is crying foul, and sees it as a move [...]