Documentary ‘Man from Plains’ follows Carter’ on ‘Palestine: Peace not Apartheid’ book tour.
“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.
The Palestinian president and the Israeli prime minister are to meet early next week in Jerusalem ahead of an expected visit by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and key meetings of international mediators, officials said Saturday.
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 ...
LONDON, September 8 (IranMania) - Iran ranked second at the third West Asian kung fu competitions in the Syrian capital Damascus, MNA reported. Iran bagged 27 points while Syria stole the show with 39 points and Palestine stood third on 18 points.
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 ...
The Venice film festival is to bestow the coveted Golden Lion on Saturday, with Brian De Palma's Iraq war film "Redacted" among the favourites along with films by Franco-Tunisian director Abdellatif Kechiche, Britain's Ken Loach and Todd Haynes of the United States.
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.