Palestine's Democratic Deficit New York Times LAST week, a 26-year-old Palestinian activist, Anas Awwad, was sentenced in absentia by a court in Nablus, the West Bank, to one year in prison for “extending his tongue” against the Palestinian Authority's president, Mahmoud Abbas, on Facebook. Make fun of Mahmoud Abbas at your peril |
theriskyshift.com (blog) | Pushing 'Palestine' at UCLA FrontPage Magazine The United Nations General Assembly's decision to grant “non-member state observer” status to the Palestinians in November, 2012 was the latest salvo in the never ending quest to create a mythical state of “Palestine” unburdened by concessions to ... Building trust in Palestine Time For Palestine To Join The Arab Spring This Week in Palestine week 7 2012 |
Intifada Palestine | Israel/Palestine: New Abuses, No Justice Human Rights Watch Israeli and Palestinian authorities have committed serious rights abuses, and their allies and supporters have failed to press hard enough for change. In the coming year, leaders in the region and beyond should work much harder to end the cycle of ... Western Media and Israel: The Definition of Insanity Peace activist refused entry to Palestine Palestine Ready to Engage in Peace Process |
Israel not happy with Palestine embassy upgrade Cyprus Mail ISRAEL HAS expressed its dissatisfaction with Cyprus' decision last week to extend diplomatic recognition to the State of Palestine by upgrading its mission in Nicosia to that of an embassy. During a visit of Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Malki ... |
New York Daily News | Pro-Palestine student group at Brooklyn College defends booting four Jewish ... New York Daily News The pro-Palestinian student group that hosted a controversial forum at Brooklyn College defended tossing four Jewish students, despite audio showing no disruption. The Students for Justice in Palestine charged the Jewish students were “speaking loudly” ... Queer Activist Sarah Schulman Accuses LGBT Center Of "A Weird Kind Of Anti ... Brooklyn College students reject "ugly attack campaign" following boycott ... How the Battle of Brooklyn College Backfired |
Plane makes emergency landing at Palestine airport Palestine Herald Press PALESTINE — A small aircraft pilot safely made an emergency landing at the Palestine Municipal Airport shortly after 5 p.m. Thursday as emergency personnel were on standby at the scene after the pilot reported problems with his landing gear. Palestine ... |
Chicken processor picks Palestine Tyler Morning Telegraph Workers at the plant will hopefully shop in Palestine and spend part of their salary in the city, he said. It is expected people from the city will take some of the jobs and that other people will move to Palestine to be hired by Sanderson Farms, the ... City of Palestine notified by Sanderson Farms of their intent to expand into ... Sanderson to build poultry complex in Texas Poultry processor plans to build plant in Texas |
International Business Times | Salaries For Suicide Bombers: Western States Unwittingly Fund Terrorist ... International Business Times It's no secret that the Palestinian Territories are desperately poor, and that much of the income there comes from foreign aid. The U.S. alone pledged $495.7 million to the Palestinian Authority for the 2012 financial year, and in early February ... |
Singapore increases technical aid to Palestine to USD 4.04 mln Kuwait News Agency Singapore has provided technical assistance to Palestine during the previous years, the statement noted, adding that Palestinian officials have visited Singapore to be trained in the fields of administrations, finance and electronics in the framework ... |
Todd Staples writes book about borders Palestine Herald Press Vashti Murphy McKenzie, who serve as the 117th elected and consecrated bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, will be the guest speaker at the 11 a.m. Sunday worship service at Grant Chapel AME Church, 708 W. South St. in Palestine. |