Palestine News

The first human case of West Nile virus this season was confirmed in Anderson County, the Texas Department of State Health Services reported Friday.

US Secretary of State John Kerry listens to a Palestinian sweets shop owner as he samples some desert in the West Bank city of Ramallah on May 23, 2013.

BY KENNETH DEAN kdean@tylerpaper.com A woman's body found in a wooded area in Anderson County in October and a man's death in Flint a month later would seem to be unrelated, but authorities say the two are connected.

On 05-21-2013 at approximately 1120pm Palestine Police responded to an armed robbery call at Brianna's Store located in the 400 block of Palestine Ave.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry eats sweets inside a shop after his meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Thursday, May 23, 2013.

JERUSALEM: Israel's government is divided on the issue of peace with the Palestinians, its top negotiator and Justice Minister Tzipi Livni said Thursday ahead of a meeting with US Secretary of State John Kerry.

A call of a man running around a Smith County neighborhood in his undergarments led to the arrest of a former Christian radio host on drug charges.

BY BETTY WARERS blw@tylerpaper.com PALESTINE - On a tract in the old Palestine City Cemetery, nine Confederate soldiers are buried in a row and two more are nearby.

The severe weather that has been pounding the southern Plain states over the past few days will be slowly shifting southward as we head through the mid-week time frame.

A top official says Palestinians have done all the legal work necessary to join 63 U.N. agencies, conventions and treaties, but haven't applied yet mainly to give the U.S. peace effort a chance to succeed.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's senior coalition partner says that reaching a final peace agreement with the Palestinians is unrealistic at the current time and the sides should instead pursue an interim arrangement.

Human trafficking and sexual exploitation of minors is an international problem, and one that exists in the United States and East Texas.

There are currently 160 LTE networks in 70 countries, according to new findings by research firm Wireless Intelligence, and globally there are more than 100 million LTE connections.

After seeing a need to feed the hungry, Kathy Cochran and her husband, Joe, volunteered to help man a growing community food pantry.

A smuggler carries food from Kentucky Fried Chicken through an underground tunnel linking the Gaza Strip to Egypt in Rafah.

According to the Christian Science Monitor , a Palestinian business called Al-Yamama is delivering Kentucky Fried Chicken to Gaza residents with a hunkering for some finger-licking goodness via underground tunnels from Egypt.

On the surface, the Arab League's improved peace initiative offers Israel everything it ever dreamed of - normal relations with an entire region that has long objected to the very existence of the Jewish state, and even the chance to keep some war-won land.

It seems as though in recent weeks, Israel's Labor Party has returned its attention to the peace process.

The 27,993-square-foot facility is located in the city of Palestine, which is some 108 miles southeast of Dallas.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas attends a Palestinian Liberation Organization executive committee meeting in the West Bank city of Ramallah January 29, 2013.