Full Coverage: Middle East

26.06.2009 Israel must lift its two-year blockade of the Gaza strip so that people can rebuild their lives, said an global anti-poverty agency on the eve of the six-month anniversary of the Israeli bombardment.

15.06.2009 Up to three houses are being demolished every day in occupied Palestinian territory, and in some cases entire villages have been given blanket demolition orders by the Israeli authorities - leaving more than 300,000 Palestinians under threat of losing their homes.
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12.06.2009 British foreign secretary David Miliband faces pressure to call for the suspension of an agreement which gives Israel preferential trade deals with the European Union.

12.06.2009 British foreign secretary David Miliband today faces pressure to call for the suspension of an agreement which gives Israel preferential trade deals with the European Union.

10.06.2009 Reports that French company Veolia has abandoned the $500 million rail project linking Jerusalem and illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank has been welcomed by the anti-poverty charity War on Want.