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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Opinion Three Myths About Gaza Dispelled
The front-page photos and nightly news reports of the killings at the Gaza/Israel border have faded; the issues that fueled the confrontation have not. That the lives of 119 Gazans have been lost and thousands more unalterably changed is horrific. It will be just as tragic if the history of Gaza and the truth is…
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Fast Forward Group Calls For Boycott Of French Supermarket That Removed Israeli Produce
(JTA) — A French-Jewish watchdog on anti-Semitism has called for a boycott of a supermarket where staff was seen removing Israeli produce at the request of a shopper who complained citing the Muslim holy month of Ramadan and violence in Gaza. The Bureau for Vigilance Against Anti-Semitism, or BNVCA, on Monday also said in a…
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Fast Forward Friedman Calls Out Reporters On Israel Bias: ‘Keep Your Mouths Shut’
U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman on Monday accused the media of major bias against Israel in its coverage of the recent violence on the Gaza border, telling reporters to “keep your mouths shut until you figure it out.” Speaking in Jerusalem, Friedman said his criticism was aimed mainly at “my friends in the United…
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Opinion Killing Of Gaza Nurse Shows How Cheap Our Blood Is to Israel
On June 1, 21-year-old volunteer paramedic Razan al-Najjar was shot dead at the Gaza protests while rescuing injured protestors near the separation fence. Anyone with the smallest modicum of moral decency should be shattered, devastated and overwhelmed by her death, just as they should be devastated by the horrendous improvised projectile that hit a kindergarten…
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Fast Forward Gaza Nurse Had Arms Raised When Israeli Troops Shot Her Dead
The medical team that included Palestinian medic who was shot dead on Friday approached the Gaza border fence with their arms raised, Palestinian officials said. Authorities in Gaza released a video that it said showed the team, wearing white, walking towards the fence before Razan Najjar, 21, was shot. Dr. Yossef Abu Arrish, the head…
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Fast Forward U.S. Will ‘Unquestionably Veto’ Draft Resolution Protecting Palestinians
(JTA) — The United States said it would veto a U.N. draft resolution calling for the protection of Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank. Ambassador Nikki Haley said the United States will “unquestionably veto” the draft resolution, which Kuwait has put forward on behalf of other Arab countries, in the Security Council vote scheduled…
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Fast Forward Israeli Kindergarten Yard Hit By Gaza Mortar Fire
At least 28 mortar shells were fired from Gaza on southern Israel, including one that exploded in the yard of a kindergarten shortly before students were set to arrive. Most of the shells fired in three barrages on Tuesday morning were intercepted by the Iron Dome missile defense system, according to the Israel Defense Forces….
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Fast Forward Palestinian Killed By Israeli Tank Fire In Gaza
Israeli tank fire killed a Hamas fighter at a frontier outpost on Monday while soldiers chased down and caught two other Gazan militants who tried to cross into Israel, the military said. During their pursuit of the two Palestinians attempting to infiltrate armed with “knives, wire cutters and combustible material,” the Israeli soldiers were shot…
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