Russia on Monday said it supported the efforts of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to overcome the crisis in Palestine. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told Abbas, who is on a visit to Moscow, "We know the situation ...
COLUMBUS, Miss. — Indiana native Ben Poor is on a mission. The 20-year-old set out June 26 to walk from his hometown of New Palestine, Ind., to New Orleans, raising money and awareness for Hurricane Katrina relief along the way.
Jordan was indeed the outcome of deals. What was postponed or withheld became permanent after 1946. Jordan's Prime Minister, Marouf Al-Bakhit, has added one new myth to the countless many concerning Palestine that have been invented by Arab propagandists.
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Source: Reuters (Recasts with new quotes, background) By Oleg Shchedrov MOSCOW, July 31 (Reuters) - Russia backed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday in his feud with the Islamist Hamas group, saying ...
SOS: Palestine's Private Sector (Part II)
MOSCOW. July 31 (Interfax) - President of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) Mahmoud Abbas has called on the international community to provide humanitarian aid to Palestinians, including in the Hamas- controlled Gaza Strip.
The Gaza Strip and West Bank, including East Jerusalem, are Israeli occupied lands that have brought despair to all involved. The most recent chapter in this historic saga was the overrunning of Gaza by Hamas militants.
It’s a curious fate for the Middle East that the closest Israel and Palestine have come to peace is not due to the efforts of Jimmy Carter and Anwar Sadat, but instead to those of one soccer team called Bnei Sakhnin (who won the Israeli Cup in 2004) and an endearingly corny, electrofunk duo called Chromeo.
RAMALLAH -- The Gaza Strip and West Bank, including East Jerusalem, are Israeli-occupied lands that have brought despair to all involved. The most recent chapter in this long-running saga was the takeover of Gaza by Hamas militants.