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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Fast Forward Bird Sent To Israel From Gaza Wearing A Harness Holding Flammable Material
JERUSALEM (JTA) — First kites and balloons, and now birds are being used to by Palestinians in Gaza to set fires in southern Israel. Israel Nature and Parks Authority personnel on Monday afternoon found a common kestrel, a member of the falcon family, hanging from a burned tree wearing a harness to which was attached…
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Fast Forward 1 Palestinian Protester Killed On Gaza Border
Israeli soldiers shot dead a Palestinian teenager on Friday, who had been taking part in border protests, Gaza medical officials said. More than 130 Palestinians have been killed in the Israel-Gaza border protests which have entered their fourth month and have drawn a lethal Israeli army response which describes them as violent. Thousands took part…
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Fast Forward White House Middle East Team Pivots To Gaza As Kushner’s Peace Plan Stalls
The White House’s Middle East peace negotiating team is refocusing its efforts on improving conditions in the Gaza Strip after its proposals were met with a cool reception by the Palestinian Authority, The Washington Post reported Saturday. The team of officials, led by presidential advisor/son-in-law Jared Kushner, travelled to the region last month but found…
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Opinion Furious About Family Separation? You Should Also Care That Israel Is Razing Bedouin Villages
American Jewish groups have, for the most part, condemned the Trump administration’s policy of separating parents from their children at the border. Good. So why can’t they condemn the Netanyahu administration’s policy of destroying villages like Khan al-Ahmar? The residents of Khan al-Ahmar, who are Bedouin Palestinians, hail originally from the Negev, inside Israel proper….
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Fast Forward British Youth Leader Fired From Teen Tour Over ‘Kaddish For Gaza’
(JTA) — A Reform movement youth leader in Britain who participated in a public “Kaddish for Gaza,” was removed as a leader of the youth group’s summer tour in Israel. Nina Morris-Evans was dropped Monday as a tour leader for the summer teen tour of the Reform movement’s youth wing, RSY-Netzer. The Movement for Reform…
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Community Jewish Members Of Congress Are Divided Over Israel
When Hamas terrorist operatives launched attacks against Israel last month, sacrificing Palestinian civilians in their effort to violently breach the border, leading members of Congress ignored Hamas’ role and instead released statements condemning Israel for defending its border. Days later, when Hamas rained down hundreds of deadly rockets into Israel within a matter of days,…
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Fast Forward Democrat Who Upset NY Incumbent Called Violence At Gaza Border A ‘Massacre’
(JTA) — A progressive Democrat in New York who called Israel’s killing of violent Palestinian protesters on the Gaza border a “massacre” scored a major upset over incumbent Rep. Joe Crowley in a contentious party primary. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, 28, defeated Crowley, 56, by a margin of 58-42 percent in Tuesday’s election, toppling a lawmaker who…
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Opinion Jared Kushner’s Peace Efforts Will Only Make Things Worse
Jared Kushner and Jason Greenblatt, the Trump administration’s Middle East peacemakers, just completed another round of Middle East visits. Their most important interlocutors were Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin (Bibi) Netanyahu and Mohammed bin Salman (MbS), the revolutionary new Saudi leader. Together, the four appear to be launching a project to create a Palestinian Islamist mini-state…
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