Aljazeera.com | Palestinian wins Arab Idol for first time Aljazeera.com President Mahmoud Abbas had earlier spoken to Assaf by phone and instructed Palestinian embassies abroad to urge expatriates to vote for him, calling the singer "the pride of the Palestinian and Arab nation". After his victory, Abbas reportedly ... Arab Idol winner Assaf named 1st Palestinian UN ambassador Palestinian singer Mohammed Assaf crowned the “Arab Idol” Hezbollah's Palestinian problem………and vice versa |
Palestine film festivals to open in Chicago and London, plus other cinema news The Electronic Intifada (blog) Annual Palestine film festivals are on their way in both Chicago and London, both of which boast two weeks of programming related to Palestine cinema. The Chicago festival — the longest consecutive-running Palestine film festival, now in its 12th year ... |
Press TV | Obama support for Palestinian state mere lip service Press TV The US president, when meeting with the [acting] Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, said this: “Palestinians deserve a future of hope. Palestinians deserve a state of their own.” [There are] pretty words, indeed, but as meaningless as all Mr. Obama's ... The Not-So-Bright Future of Palestine's Class of 2013 Netanyahu Squeezed on Palestine Peace Freeze Palestinian Children Tortured, Used As Shields By Israel, UN Says |
The Nation | UN alarmed over deepening Palestine food insecurity The Nation Preliminary results of a joint UN survey carried out by the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the World Food Programme (WFP), the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), and the Food and Agriculture ... 31% of refugees in Palestine live below poverty line UN agency denounces killing of Palestinian refugees in Syria Hunger crisis growing in Palestine |
Fatah member: Haifa, Jaffa are Palestinian Jerusalem Post Haifa, Jaffa and Acre are Palestinian cities and will remain so, Tawfik Tirawi, a member of the Fatah Central Committee, was quoted Saturday as saying. Tirawi, who previously served as commander of the Palestinian Authority General Intelligence Service ... |
Ma'an News Agency | Prosecutor: Palestine could join ICC Ma'an News Agency TUNIS (Ma'an) -- The International Criminal Court head prosecutor believes Palestine qualifies to join the ICC after the UN General Assembly voted to admit the country as a non-member state in November. Fatou Bensouda made the remarks Thursday at the ... |
Your Middle East | Suicide note from Palestine Your Middle East Israel-Palestine Palestine lies on a hospital bed and wants to die. Her heart has stopped beating, but doctors – the United Nations – bring her back to life. Breathing again, Palestine explains to the UN that her attempted suicide must be seen as a ... |
Saving Palestine: Part I Saudi Gazette America through a biased government and mainstream news media is abusing those who champion civil rights for Palestinians. Ironically, in the cacophony of the Internet free speech war, there are some voices, like that of my friend Sam Bahour, a ... |
Stock Pot still serving others Palestine Herald Press PALESTINE — The Stock Pot, a Palestine soup kitchen that has fed the hungry for over 20 years, continues to do so two decades later through assistance from volunteers, local businesses, churches and more. Housed in a former school kitchen and ... |
What will UN recognition mean for Palestine? Socialist Worker Online Many Palestinians and their supporters connected the vote with the cease-fire agreement one week earlier that ended Israel's latest onslaught against Gaza--as twin signs that the decades-long battle for Palestinian liberation has gained new momentum in ... |