The Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas said yesterday that he believed that Alan Johnston, the kidnapped BBC reporter, was still alive despite a claim by an Islamist group to have murdered him at the weekend.
“Palestine, Summer 2006” is a collection of short films, videos and art animation by a panorama of directors who approach diverse subjects within Palestinian culture, society and politics.
EAST PALESTINE — Business as usual. The East Palestine baseball team kept its record perfect Thursday with a 10-3 win over Mineral Ridge at home. The Bulldogs (11-0) were led by Taylor Snyder on the mound and at the plate.
A dramatic end to a high-speed chase in Henderson County. Officials say a man wrecked his vehicle on FM 323 southeast of Palestine on Tuesday.
The United States held out the possibility on Wednesday of easing the flow of money to the Palestine Liberation Organization but said it had no plans to lift sanctions against the Hamas-led Palestinian government.
Palestine intelligence agents have told President Mahmoud Abbas that the kidnapped BBC journalist Alan Johnston is still alive. The news yesterday raised the hopes of Mr Johnston's parents, following an anxious few days since a group of jihadists claimed to have killed the Scot.
In Director Larissa Sansour’s “Soup Over Bethlehem,” a Palestinian family has dinner and conversation about a Palestinian national dish called mloukhieh.
In a make-up match from earlier this season, the New Palestine Lady Dragons came to Rushville to take on the Lady Lions in tennis action Tuesday. The visiting Dragons swept their way to a 5-0 conference victory.
For the United States to play a successful role in achieving peace between Israel and Palestine, it must be seen as an honest broker by both sides, and it cannot be a knee-jerk supporter of all Israeli policies, former President and Nobel Peace Prize Winner Jimmy Carter said tonight.
MUSCATINE, Iowa — It’s been nearly one year since Muscatine resident Sue Dravis drove through the streets of Bethlehem and wept. She had never seen anything like the 23-foot high wall that separates the conflicting cultures of Palestine and Israel.