More than 320 people attended Army Pfc. Jacob Tracy’s funeral Wednesday afternoon in the Palestine Grade School. Tracy, 20, died June 18 in Balad, Iraq, from injuries suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle June 17 in Baghdad, a Department of Defense news release reported.
-- One of the paradoxes of the internal conflict in Palestine is that Palestinians are fighting each other without any regard to the fact that the Israeli occupation continues unabated. There are plenty of reasons to explain why the occupation has persisted for decades.
RAMALLAH, June 27 (Itar-Tass) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov held talks with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday on ways to overcome the crisis in Palestine.
The Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) has expressed concern over the worsening situation in Palestine and urged the conflicting parties there to refrain from further violence.
RAMALLAH, June 27 (Itar-Tass) - Russia upholds Palestine’s actions to ensure law and order, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.
Cyndi Brock remembers how, when she worked at Brock Food Town in Palestine, her friend Jacob Tracy would talk with her in the deli section, where he would sometimes also eat pickles.“He was always goofing off,” Brock said, “and making everything just a lot better to be at work.”
The turf has been laid at East Palestine’s football stadium, and work is now focusing on the home grandstand. The project is slated to be finished in time for the upcoming season.
TEL AVIV, June 26 (Itar-Tass) -- Divided Palestine is a problem for Israel, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said at Tuesday negotiations with his Israeli counterpart Tsipora Livni.
The Palestine Youth baseball and softball program is in its last full week of league play. The Palestine Pony league team will host Des Arc tonight beginning at 6:30 p.m. while both softball leagues will be in action as well.
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's foreign minister called on Tuesday for restraint by all parties in Palestine to help bring peace to the Middle East, during a meeting with a senior Israeli official in Beijing.