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Palestinian swimmer hopes to help build sports infrastructure to give people hope
NANTERRE, France (AP) — Yazan Al Bawwab's refugee father never reached his goal to become an Olympic swimmer. He had to leave Palestine at 18, bouncing around Europe and the Middle East, even selling tomatoes in Italy at one point to get by. Eventually opening a furniture business...
Palestinian soccer team plans to play World Cup qualifiers in the West Bank
After advancing further than ever in World Cup qualifying, the Palestinian soccer team is determined to host a game for a change. The football association has proposed playing games in the third stage of its Asian qualification campaign in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and already...
Life and death in Gaza's 'safe zone' where food is scarce and Israel strikes without warning
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — An Israeli airstrike slammed into a residential building next to the main medical center in Gaza’s southern city of Khan Younis, wounding at least seven people, hospital authorities and witnesses said Wednesday. Nasser Hospital sits in the western...
Six athletes, including one woman, in Palestine team for Paris Olympics
Six athletes, including one woman, were selected to represent Palestine at the Paris Olympics, an official from the Palestinian Olympic Committee told The Associated Press on Monday. The athletes will compete in boxing, judo, swimming, shooting and taekwondo, said Nader Jayousi, the...
