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INNOVATEFORABETTERWORLD Fri, 09 May 2008
As part of Nike’s Let Me Play programming and our commitment to provide access to sports for children around the globe, we have worked with Mercy Corps to donate Nike product to the Palestinian organization, PACES. According to their website (www.pacescharity.org) PACES, which stands for Palestine Association for Children’s Encouragement of Sports, was founded in June of 2006 with the central aim of providing sports programs to Palestinian girls and boys as a means of getting them off the streets and away from violence.
In 2007, Nike and Mercy Corps, another key Nike partner, worked together to secure a product donation for PACES. The package, valued at more than $400,000, went to support 16 PACES sport clubs and community centers throughout much of Palestine. The contribution of equipment and uniforms helped provide kids with access to sports, part of Nike, Mercy Corps and PACES’ mission.
"There is not one child taking part in the PACES program that has not benefited from the Nike/Mercy Corps contribution,” said Hani Qattan, Chairman of the Board of Trustees for PACES. “Thanks mainly to the donated material from Nike/Mercy Corps and the rapid expansion of our donor-base, we were able to provide programs for many more children this year.”
In the future, PACES hopes to expand its program base and its accessibility by setting up programs in more cities. The organization cites Nike and Mercy Corps’ participation as key factors in PACES exponential growth. Just two years ago when it was created, PACES set out to support about 700 kids. In 2008 alone, more than 1,500 youth have been helped and given the opportunity to play sports through the organization.
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PRESSTV Fri, 09 May 2008 13:46:40 GMT
A leading American professor of international law has voiced readiness to represent Iran in an international court on Israeli crimes.
"I am ready to represent Iran in an international tribunal for trying the Zionist regime on charges of genocide of Palestinians and the blockade in the Gaza Strip," Francis Boyle, professor of law at the University of Illinois, told Fars News Agency.
According to the news agency, Boyle demanded his proposal to be submitted to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei and Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Professor Boyle accuses Israel of committing 'Nuremberg offenses' against the Palestinians.
Boyle has recently been calling for the impeachment of US President George W. Bush.
Boyle is author of Palestine, Palestinians and International Law, The Criminality of Nuclear Deterrence, Defending Civil Resistance Under International Law, The Future of International Law and American Foreign Policy, Foundations of World Order: The Legalist Approach to International Relations 1898-1921, and The Bosnian People Charge Genocide.
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HAARETZ Mon, 05 May 2008 08:45:30 GMT+03:00
Judah Magnes, a founder of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and its first president, was in poor health on April 13, 1948. The 70-year-old Magnes knew the end was near, but that didn't stop him from flying to Washington, D.C., in an effort to end the violence in the soon-to-be-born State of Israel. He represented almost no one other than a group of peace-seeking professors, but was nonetheless able to access and influence the American administration. The details of this forgotten period during Israel's struggle for independence are revealed in excerpts of Magnes' diary, published here for the first time, which describe the Zionist leader's attempt to convince the president of the United States to force a cease-fire and prevent both the implementation of the partition plan and the establishment of a Jewish state. ...
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NEWS SUMMARY
BBC debate: Has Zionism worked?
Two Hamas fighters killed in Gaza raids
Obama aide resigns over Hamas contact
Gaza raids follow Israeli death
Israeli dies in Gaza mortar attack
The Gaza Bombshell
Olmert refuses to quit amid scandal
Obama: McCain losing his bearings
Palestinian killed in West Bank clash
Gaza mortar attack kills Israeli
SIGNS OF RAPPROCHEMENT - Leaders within Fatah are waking up to the dangers of the present course charted by Abbas
Obama: I pledge allegiance to Israel
The Terror that begot Israel - “We committed Nazi acts” Israel’s first Agriculture Minister
Olmert facing calls to quit
European campaign: Death of Gaza patients "cold-blooded execution"
PALESTINIANS IN ISRAEL ARE NOT CELEBRATING TODAY
'Olmert lies about peace progress'
Nation of warriors contemplates future
Fireworks and flypast celebrate 60 years of Israel
Iran: US, Israel sparked Lebanon crisis
Embattled Olmert admits taking cash
Olmert denies taking bribes
Israel 'reeks of innocent blood'
In pictures: Israel at 60
Accident mars Israel anniversary
Israel: From independence to intifada
Body is found after Gaza clashes
Israel marks 60th anniversary
'Siniora fighting on Israel side'
Olmert 'to quit over bribery scandal'
Israel 'to compromise for peace'
Israel raids Gaza and West Bank
Olmert 'may quit over scandal'
Israeli air raids wound 5 Gazans
Sfeir opposes Palestinian naturalization
US to stand by Israel for eternity
Olmert case may undermine 'peace talks'
Details trickle out of Olmert's case
Protest held at Israeli festival
Israeli press on 60th anniversary
Sixty years of Middle East division
Palestinian man killed in West Bank
7 Palestinians wounded in West Bank
Journey through Israel
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