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.
Gaza
The Latest
-
Fast Forward Gaza Commemoration for Arafat Canceled Following Attacks on Fatah Leaders
A commemoration rally in Gaza for the late Palestinian Fatah party leader Yasser Arafat was canceled after attacks on Fatah leaders there. The event set for Tuesday was canceled on Sunday, two days after the homes and cars of Fatah leaders were blown up, as well as the stage where the commemoration was to take…
-
Forward 50 2014 Michael Bloomberg
Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire businessman, philanthropist and former New York City mayor, could have flown by private jet to Israel on July 23. But it was the middle of the Gaza conflict, just after the United States Federal Aviation Authority banned U.S. carriers from flying to or from Tel Aviv, and Bloomberg had a point…
-
Fast Forward Amnesty International Accuses Israel of War Crimes in 104 Gaza Deaths
Israel has rejected as biased and inaccurate an Amnesty International report that accuses Israel of committing war crimes during the summer’s Gaza operation. The report issued early Wednesday details eight instances where residences in Gaza were attacked without warning, leading to the deaths of some 104 civilians. “Israeli forces have brazenly flouted the laws of…
-
Fast Forward Israel Closes Border Crossings With Gaza Following Rocket Launch
Israel has closed the two border crossings between Gaza and Israel in the wake of a rocket fired into Israel from Gaza. Israel’s closing of the Erez and Kerem Shalom crossings indefinitely beginning on Saturday angered Hamas in Gaza, who called the decision “collective punishment.” “The justifications given by the (Israeli) occupation to shut down…
-
Life Malala Gives $50K to Gaza Schools
Getty Images Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai said she will donate $50,000 to a U.N. agency in the effort to rebuild damaged schools in Gaza. Yousafzai, an advocate for worldwide access to education, was awarded the World Children’s Prize on Wednesday and promptly said she would donate the prize money to the United Nations…
-
Fast Forward After Sinai Attacks, Egypt Postpones Talks On Gaza’s Future
(Reuters) – Egypt announced on Sunday it was postponing talks in Cairo on cementing the Gaza war ceasefire after closing its border with the Palestinian enclave in response to deadly attacks in the Sinai peninsula. Two attacks on Friday in Sinai, which borders the Gaza Strip and Israel, killed at least 33 Egyptian security personnel…
-
Fast Forward U.N. Experts Question Israel About Palestinian’s Rights
U.N. experts questioned Israeli officials on Monday over alleged rights abuses ranging from the demolition of Palestinian houses to mistreatment of detainees and limited Palestinian access to water. Israel’s delegation defended its record before the United Nations Human Rights Committee, which examined respect for civil and political rights in Israel, the Gaza Strip and the…
-
Fast Forward Spain’s Anti-Semitic Graffiti Due to Gaza War Coverage, Watchdog Group Says
A Spanish pro-Israel group said the recent spraying of anti-Semitic graffiti in Toledo was the result of media coverage of the latest Gaza war and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The Madrid-based Action and Communication on the Middle East lobby group, or ACOM, made the assertion over the weekend in connection with the Oct. 4 spray-painting of…
Explore
Most Popular
- 1
Culture ‘My mayor Muslim, my bagel Jewish’ — the Knicks chant capturing New York’s soul
- 2
Opinion The Iran war ended terribly for the US, and even worse for Israel
- 3
Opinion Cultural boycotts of Israel just reached peak absurdity
- 4
Film & TV In ‘Disclosure Day,’ Steven Spielberg finds himself at odds with Jewish thought about aliens
In Case You Missed It
-
Fast Forward In Britain, a Jewish Culture Month aims to move the conversation beyond Oct. 7
-
News This Jewish activist was arrested and deported for her book ‘Lesbian Love.’ 100 years later, will NYC apologize?
-
Culture Ever the restless spirit, Tel Aviv-born architect and designer Ron Arad is still reinventing himself and his art
-
News New Jewish-Arab political party debuts in Israel, aiming to topple Netanyahu