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 Gaza Music School Shines in ‘Arabs Got Talent’ Spotlight
On the hugely popular “Arabs Got Talent” TV show in Beirut last month, five young musicians in checkered black-and-white scarves brought the house down with a traditional Arabic song that left the judges weeping and earned a ticket straight to the finals. In the Gaza Strip there was much weeping and celebration too, especially at…
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Fast Forward Israeli Defence Forces Nabs Two Armed Palestinians on Gaza Border
Israeli troops arrested two armed men who allegedly attempted to cross the border from the Gaza Strip to carry out a terrorist attack. The suspects arrested Thursday night were on their way to carry out an attack on civilians or soldier in a town near the border, security officials told Army Radio, adding they may…
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Fast Forward United Nations Rights Chief Faults Both Israel and Palestinians on Gaza War
Israel and the Palestinians have failed to adequately investigate the full range of apparent human rights violations committed during the Gaza war last summer, the U.N. human rights chief said in a report seen by Reuters on Wednesday. Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein cataloged abuses blamed on both sides, including Israeli shelling of hospitals, of schools housing…
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News Gaza Tech Entrepreneurs Seek To Break Virtual Israeli Blockade
(Reuters) — His company may not rival Google or German software maker SAP yet, but Gaza-based IT entrepreneur Saady Lozon has plans to change that. In nine years, Lozon and his partner Ahmed Abu Shaban have transformed their firm, Unit One, from a tiny outfit in a single room in the blockaded Gaza Strip into…
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Fast Forward Australia Cartoon on Gaza Went Over the Line
An Australian press organization has judged that a cartoon published in The Sydney Morning Herald violated press Standards of Practice by the way it linked symbols of the Jewish faith to criticism of Israel. The adjudication, issued by the Australian Press Council, concerned a cartoon drawn by Glen Le Lievre and published by the Morning…
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Fast Forward Senator Threatens Aid Cut to Palestinians Over ICC ‘War Crimes’ Case
The Palestinians could lose annual U.S. aid if they file a lawsuit against Israel at the International Criminal Court which they joined this month over American and Israeli protests, a senior U.S. Republican senator said on Monday. Lindsey Graham, part of a seven-member delegation of senators visiting Israel, Saudi Arabia and Qatar, said existing U.S….
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Fast Forward Gaza Extremists Protest Charlie Hebdo Cartoons of Prophet Muhammed
Hamas security forces allowed a rare rally on Monday by rival jihadist Salafi activists in the Gaza Strip in support of Islamic State and the deadly attacks by three Islamist gunmen in France. “Today, we are telling France and world countries that while Islam orders us to respect all religions, it also orders us to…
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Fast Forward Gaza Extremists Protest Charlie Hebdo Cartoons of Prophet Muhammed
Hamas security forces allowed a rare rally on Monday by rival jihadist Salafi activists in the Gaza Strip in support of Islamic State and the deadly attacks by three Islamist gunmen in France. “Today, we are telling France and world countries that while Islam orders us to respect all religions, it also orders us to…
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