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 After Gaza Deaths, Israeli Leaders Are Asking Where Their PR Went Wrong
JERUSALEM (JTA) — When the smoke from the rifles of Israeli sharpshooters and the firebombs thrown by Gaza Palestinians cleared in the wake of the Palestinian March of Return, there were at least 15 Palestinians dead and hundreds of protesters injured. Israel, meanwhile, had a huge PR mess. Israeli troops “overreacted” Friday in confronting thousands…
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Opinion Carnage In Gaza Is A Disaster For Israel Too
The Israel Defense Forces are currently confronting masses of Gazans along the Gaza-Israel boundary fence. Sadly, the confrontation brings into focus the abject lack of a viable strategy on the part of all sides to this conflict. Accordingly, when the smoke clears a month or so from now, there will be no winners. And everybody…
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Fast Forward Israeli Soldiers ‘Deserve A Medal’ For Deadly Gaza Clashes: Defense Chief
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel’s Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman asserted that there will not be an international into the Gaza border clashes that left at least 16 Palestinians dead and hundreds injured. “Israeli soldiers did what was necessary. I think all our soldiers deserve a medal,” Lieberman told Army Radio Sunday. “As for a commission of…
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Fast Forward 13 Palestinians Wounded On Gaza Border
Israeli troops fired warning shots towards Palestinian youths gathered at the Gaza-Israel border on Saturday, wounding 13 people, health officials said. Tension remained high in the area a day after deadly violence broke out in one of the biggest Palestinian demonstrations there in years. An Israeli military spokesman said he was checking the details of…
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Fast Forward 15 Palestinian Protesters Shot Dead By Israel On Gaza Border
At least 15 Palestinians were killed and hundreds injured by Israeli security forces confronting one of the largest Palestinian demonstrations along the Israel-Gaza border in recent years, Gaza medical officials said. Tens of thousands of Palestinians, pressing for a right of return for refugees to what is now Israel, gathered at five locations along the…
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Opinion The Real Reason That Palestinians In Gaza Are Marching
Editor’s Note: This piece is part of a number of articles on this topic. For another point of view on Friday’s march, see here. As Jews and non-Jews prepare for the 70th anniversary of Israel’s creation, both Hamas and Fatah are preparing for the commemoration of the Nakba. Now on the eve of Passover and…
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Fast Forward Israeli General Warns Soldiers Will Shoot Gaza Protesters Who Cross Border
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel is preparing for a mass Palestinian protest on the border with Gaza for the annual Land Day observance. The army’s chief of staff, Lt. Gen. Gadi Eisenkot, said in interviews Wednesday ahead of the planned protests of an estimated 100,000 Palestinians and another six weeks of protests that soldiers could use…
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Fast Forward Israel Deploys 100 Snipers On Gaza Border Before Planned Palestinian Protest
JERUSALEM/GAZA (Reuters) – The Israeli military has deployed more than 100 sharpshooters on the Gaza border ahead of a planned mass Palestinian demonstration, Israel’s top general said in an interview published on Wednesday. Organizers said they expect thousands in Gaza, including entire families, to answer their call to gather in tent cities in five locations…
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