Gambling impresario pushes fanciful Palestinian fund
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$1bn for peace Online casino impresario Avi Shaked, founder of gambling website 888.com, has confirmed today in a wide ranging interview with the Jerusalem Post that he has proposed a $1bn private equity fund for economic investment in the occupied Palestinian territories.â¦
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JENIN, West Bank  - Borne aloft by cheering  gunmen, Palestinian presidential hopeful Mahmoud Abbas cut an  unusual figure in his gray business suit.
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Marwan Barghouti, jailed in Israel, makes a splash in the Palestinian presidential race
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The standoff is driven by Moqtada Sadr's political ambitions. But how good is his poker game?
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The owner of a popular bowling alley in Greenwich Village said Thursday his company was severing ties with a group tied to the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and is returning its &#36;1.3 million investment.
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former prime minister now caught in the glare of the charismatic Barghouthi&#39;s popular appeal with Palestinians. West Bank Fatah leader it jailed in June for five life terms over the killings of Israelis by militants.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Marwan Barghouthi, a fiery Palestinian leader serving multiple life terms in an Israeli prison, indicated yesterday that he is running for Yasser Arafat's position as head of the Palestinian Authority, defying the traditional leadership and scrambling the political picture ahead of the Jan. 9 election.
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His trip includes Israel and the Palestinian territories.
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NEW YORK: The owner of a popular bowling alley in Manhattan said yesterday his company was severing ties with a group tied to the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and is returning its $1.3 million investment.
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The FUN way to support Israel. Millions in prizes. Pesach 2005 with Kosher Travels Unlimited.
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Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban wants to start an investment fund that makes money by gambling - maybe even betting on sports. The idea would be to &quot;prove that traditional
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Salam Fayyad, the newly appointed Palestinian prime minister, is widely considered the best hope for persuading the West to lift crippling international sanctions against the Palestinian government.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - He's been a prostitute's  rich beau, an officer, a gentleman and a gigolo, but  Palestinians can't fathom Richard Gere's latest incarnation as  a cheerleader for their elections this weekend.
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Marwan Barghouti, a popular politician currently in an Israeli jail, called on Palestinians to support Mahmoud Abbas in elections on Jan. 9.
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Marwan Barghouti, a fiery Palestinian leader serving multiple life terms in an Israeli prison, indicated Thursday that he is running for Yasser Arafat's position as head of the Palestinian Authority, defying the traditional leadership and scrambling the political picture ahead of the Jan. 9 election.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - The jailed West Bank leader Marwan Barghuti has decided to run for the post of Palestinian Authority president, a member of the dominant Fatah faction&#39;s higher committee said.
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Last summer, Motaz Herzallah needed &#36;65,000 for an operation on a cancerous brain tumor. He said he sent an appeal to Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat through contacts in the West Bank and received a check within three days.