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EC to resume fuel support to Gaza power plant (Energy Business Review)
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Thu, 23 Aug 2007 01:17:08 GMT

The European Commission has said that following a meeting with Salam Fayyad, the prime minister of Palestine, it has decided to resume deliveries of fuel to the Gaza power plant on a provisional basis and that, in the longer-term, it will carry out an audit to ensure that fuel aid in Gaza remains properly managed.


Forward.com (Forward)
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Wed, 22 Aug 2007 02:15:33 GMT

PALESTINE ON (OFF-)BROADWAY : The New York Jewish Week looks at a slew of new plays focused on the Palestinian predicament.


Biden explains his war plan to D.M.'s Jewish community (The Altoona Herald-Mitchellville Index)
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Wed, 22 Aug 2007 09:08:40 GMT

Presidential candidate Joe Biden told members of Des Moines' Jewish community Tuesday that his proposed solution to the war in Iraq would not end the centuries-old strife between Israel and Palestine, but a solution there may lead to some political stability in the region.


Terrorists are neither criminals nor soldiers (Financial Times)
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Tue, 21 Aug 2007 21:49:02 GMT

As a former terrorist (in Palestine, 1946-47), let me tell you that Gordon Brown is right to extricate the UK from Iraq, but he is dead wrong when he argues that suicide bombers can be deterred in the same way as criminals. “Terrorism is not a cause; it is a crime,” Mr Brown recently said.


Jones follows with 77 at U.S. Amateur (Lisbon Morning Journal)
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Wed, 22 Aug 2007 05:44:20 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO — Scotty Jones’ trip to the 107th U.S. Amateur Golf Championship didn’t last as long as he had hoped. Jones, a graduate of East Palestine High School, posted a 7-over 77 on the second day of competition for a 36-hole total of 13-over 153 at the Olympic Club.


Israel to study history as seen by Palestine (Pravda)
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Tue, 21 Aug 2007 10:41:33 GMT

Textbooks of history with the Palestinian interpretation of events that took place in May 1948 have been released in Israel . The books were published in Arabic for only one class in Arabic schools of the country. The new book has stirred up quite a controversty in the Israeli society.


P-W takes preseason win over Brinkley (Forrest City Times-Herald)
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Tue, 21 Aug 2007 20:20:36 GMT

The Palestine-Wheatley Patriots played tough in-your-face defense and added just enough offense from the newly-installed double wing to take a 14-6 win over Brinkley Monday night in preseason high school football action at Patriot Field.


PWSD to file lawsuit over School Choice District official cites recent ruling by Supreme Court as basis for case (Forrest City Times-Herald)
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Tue, 21 Aug 2007 20:05:16 GMT

Members of the Palestine-Wheatley School Board agreed Monday night to become the first district in the state to sue over state laws governing the School Choice Program.


British government fouls Palestinian football team (Socialist Worker)
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Tue, 21 Aug 2007 18:25:26 GMT

“The opportunity of a lifetime” was how organisers described a tour by the Palestine under-19s football team culminating in a match against Blackburn Rovers’ youth team on 8 September.


Sony acquires rights to Jimmy Carter documentary (ANI via Yahoo! India News)
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Tue, 21 Aug 2007 09:46:32 GMT

Washington, August 21 (ANI): North American rights to producer-director Jonathan Demme's documentary "Jimmy Carter Man From Plains," a record of the former president's recent book tour, have been acquired by Sony Pictures Classics from Participant Prods. The documentary follows Carter on the tour for his book "Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid," using the trip to ...