This is the Forward’s coverage of the Gaza Strip, a Palestinian territory on the Mediterranean sea bordering Israel. Israel withdrew from the strip in 2005, ceding direct control to the Palestinian Authority, but it maintains strict indirect control.
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Food Mixing Bowl: Kosher Slaughter in Poland, Gaza’s KFC Craving
New York diners are mourning the layoff of longtime restaurant critic Robert Sietsema from the Village Voice. [Eater] Gaza residents craving KFC can order delivery, but with the meals smuggled by underground tunnel, it’s not exactly fast food. [The New York Times] Lawmakers in Poland may lift a recent ban on kosher slaughter. [Times of…
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Fast Forward Egypt Closes Gaza Border After Kidnapping of Police
Egyptian police blocked the crossing into the Gaza Strip on Friday in protest against the kidnapping of seven of their colleagues by Islamist gunmen, witnesses said. Officers strung barbed wire across the Rafah border post and chained up the gates, leaving hundreds of Palestinians stranded on both sides of the fence, locals told Reuters. Gunmen…
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Fast Forward Turkish Premier Recip Tayyip Erdogan Will Go Ahead With Trip to Palestinian Territories
Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said at the White House on Thursday that he intends to go ahead with a planned trip to the Gaza Strip next month despite pressure from the United States to delay it. “I place a lot of significance on this visit in terms of peace in the Middle East,” Erdogan…
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Fast Forward International Criminal Court Opens Probe Into Israel’s Raid on Gaza Flotilla
The International Criminal Court’s prosecutor said on Tuesday she would open a preliminary examination into events surrounding the 2010 Israeli raid on a humanitarian aid flotilla bound for the Gaza strip, in which nine Turkish activists were killed. The prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda, said in a statement that she was obliged to open a preliminary examination…
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Fast Forward Newseum Reconsiders Honor for Slain Gaza Journalists
The Newseum said it was reconsidering its decision to honor slain cameramen employed by a Gaza TV station that Israel considers to be a Hamas affiliate. The Washington-based Newseum, run by the Freedom Forum, a foundation promoting a free press, annually honors journalists killed in the line of duty. This year’s ceremony, taking place Monday,…
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News Most Victims of Israel Strikes on Gaza Were Palestinian Civilians, Children
More than half those killed killed during Israel’s operation in the Gaza Strip last November were innocent civilians and a third were children, the Israeli human rights group B’Tselem said in a report released this week. The B’Tselem based its findings on Operation Pillar of Defense on statements issued by the Israel Defense Forces, the…
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Fast Forward Frustrated Palestinian Youth Seek New Outlets To Push Change
Far from the children who beg for change from idling cars and the teenagers who hurl rocks at armed Israeli troops, a different spectacle of Palestinian youth is playing out in the ballroom of a luxury Ramallah hotel. Young contestants are gathered for a taping of “The President”, a game show that aims to select…
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Fast Forward Gaza Rocketmaker Killed in Israeli Strike
Israel on Tuesday launched its first targeted attack on a militant in Gaza since a war in November, killing a Palestinian jihadist in an air strike that put further strain on a five-month-old ceasefire. There was also bloodshed in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, where for the first time since 2011, a Palestinian killed a Jewish…
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