“There is more to Palestine than politics,” says tour guide Wisam to our group of 19 to 60 year-olds, sitting in the foyer of the Paradise Hotel in Bethlehem. It's the first day of our tour with the Alternative Tourism Group, and there are 20 of us from Britain and Ireland.
Once upon a time ago, we lived in a world where we were taught that the media was an instrument to disseminate news. To report the facts, check and re-check sources assiduously and maintain lofty levels of fairness, accuracy, objectivity and integrity. So much for utopian concepts and fairytales.
Following World War II, the British withdrew from their mandate of Palestine, and the UN partitioned the area into Arab and Jewish states, an arrangement rejected by the Arabs. Subsequently, the Israelis defeated the Arabs in a series of wars without ending the deep tensions between the two sides.
Factions of Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Friday called on the Palestinians to go for a general strike on Sunday to protest Hamas' use of violence to disperse prayers in Gaza. Earlier in the day, about 30 Palestinians, includi ...
Hamas' security forces released on Friday several Gaza-based senior leaders of rival Fatah movement and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) after briefly detaining them. Zakareya el-Agha, top Fatah leader and member of the PLO e ...
There's no question the City of Bullard is growing. City officials say it's because Bullard is set right in the middle of three other communities including Tyler, Jacksonville, and Lake Palestine.
An accident claims the life of a man in Columbiana County. Ohio Highway Patrol says 24-year-old Aaron Harmon of East Palestine was killed while standing on State Route 170 when he was struck by a car driven by 52-year-old Bruce Maendel of Alliance.
This week, the Daily World Player of the Week award goes to two Barton Bears that contributed in big ways in Barton's 28-25 win over Palestine-Wheatley.
NEW PALESTINE, Ind. - Classes at New Palestine High School have been canceled for at least two more days as crews clean up from a fire.
The Palestinian President also welcomed India's friendly relations with Israel saying it can be 'a factor of support' considering the historic Indo-Palestine ties and help in pushing forward the peace process.