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MIDEAST: Palestinian 'Che' Blindfolded and Shot
By Mel Frykberg
BI'ILIN, West Bank - A Youtube video, uploaded on the Internet this week, showing a blindfolded and handcuffed Palestinian being fired on at close range by an Israeli soldier in the presence of a Lieutenant-Colonel, has made international and regional headlines.
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LEBANON: Syria Comes In From the Cold
By Mona Alami
BEIRUT - Syrian skies seem to be finally clearing after a very long storm and the virtual shunning of President Bashar al-Assad from the international political scene for almost three years. Many may perceive the recent rapprochement between Syria and France as a mere dalliance, but others believe it can herald a new -- and more peaceful -- dawn in Lebanon.
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MIDEAST: In Israel, Obama Looks to Votes Back Home
Analysis by Peter Hirschberg
JERUSALEM - Lighting a remembrance flame at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial. Speaking against the backdrop of a pile of empty rocket casings in the southern town of Sderot. Standing solemnly, face close to the stones of the Western Wall in Jerusalem.
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LEBANON: Bodies Swap Brings Uneasy Triumph
By Mona Alami
BEIRUT - The image of 199 coffins covered with Lebanese, Palestinian and Hezbollah flags neatly aligned in a southern Beirut compound was broadcast last week on all national Lebanese TV stations. On Tuesday this week, 144 of these remains were transferred to Syria, their final place of rest. Such images have stirred varying emotions among the Lebanese population.
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MIDEAST: Roadblocks Cripple West Bank Economy
By Mel Frykberg
HEBRON, West Bank - The Israeli military has erected three additional roadblocks, further blocking vehicular access on the road between the south Hebron village of At-Tuwani and the commercial hub of Yatta in the southern West Bank.
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HEALTH-LEBANON: Cancer On the Rise
By Mona Alami
BEIRUT - Reports of a rising incidence of cancer now worry many families across Lebanon. Over the past 40 years, reported cases of cancer have risen from 3,000 to about 8,000 a year.
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EGYPT: Locals Step Up Fight Against Factory
By Adam Morrow and Khaled Moussa al-Omrani
CAIRO - Controversy continues to rise over the fate of a Canadian fertiliser plant currently under construction in Egypt's coastal province Damietta. Residents fear it could adversely affect the environment.
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LEBANON: Fresh Disputes Shadow New Govt
By Mona Alami
BEIRUT - The new government's first official snapshot taken at the presidential palace last week was certainly worth a thousand words. While 28 of the 30 cabinet ministers were dressed in the traditional white suits, two -- Public Works Minister Ghazi Aridi and State Minister Wael Abou Faour -- wore dark colours. Between them they emphasised some of Lebanon's eternal dichotomies.
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MIDEAST: Israeli Claims over Journalist Challenged
By Sanjay Suri and Mel Frykberg
LONDON - Medical reports seen by IPS appear to confirm the testimony of IPS Gaza correspondent Mohammed Omer of physical abuse at the hands of Israelis last month.
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POLITICS-US: Doves Outnumber Hawks in Jewish Community
By Daniel Luban
WASHINGTON - A new poll suggests that U.S. Jews hold views about the Middle East that are considerably more dovish than frequently acknowledged, with large majorities favouring diplomacy with Iran, supporting a two-state solution in Israel/Palestine, and advocating U.S. withdrawal from Iraq.
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MIDEAST: Gaza Siege Batters Women
By Mel Frykberg
GAZA CITY - The siege of Gaza has led to a sharp rise in the number of battered and sexually abused women and children in the Gaza Strip, say members of the Gaza Community Health Programme (GCHP).
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MIDEAST: Conflict Tops Med Union Agenda
By Adam Morrow and Khaled Moussa al-Omrani
CAIRO - The Union for the Mediterranean, a French-led grouping of EU nations plus 16 non-European Mediterranean states, was inaugurated Sunday (Jul. 13). The launch of the forum, of which Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is co-president, was dominated by issues related to the perennial Arab-Israeli dispute.
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RIGHTS: Israeli Magnate Draws Activists' Ire
By Omid Memarian
UNITED NATIONS - Having successfully lobbied the U.N. Children's Agency UNICEF to stop accepting donations from Israeli billionaire Lev Avnerovich Leviev, activists are urging celebrities who have made public appearances with Leviev to cut all ties with him.
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In addition to the historically unbridgeable divide between Israel and the Palestinians, a split is broadening between the militant Hamas and the relatively moderate Fatah groups on the Palestinian side. Israel faces its own internal disagreements on such issues as Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank. And with every opening divide, trouble in the region escalates. IPS correspondents provide the big-picture perspective on the Middle East.