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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Israel News Israeli Kibbutzniks On Gaza Border Push For Diplomacy
If there were one community in Israel most likely to support Israel’s recent war in Gaza, it would be the kibbutzim sitting right on the border with the Hamas-run territory. That’s where the mortars fell so quickly that there was little time to run for shelter, where Hamas fighters attempted to infiltrate the Israeli border…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Caught Trying To Infiltrate Israel From Gaza
A Palestinian man was caught trying to infiltrate Israel from Gaza. The man was caught by an Israel Defense Forces patrol after being seen from above, according to Israeli media reports. He attempted to enter Israel near Kibbutz Kissufim, which is near central Gaza. He was carrying a knife. The man was detained and taken…
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News Philologos Takes On The Times and the Forward in Epic Hebrew Battle
The New York Times, which no one could accuse of being overly sympathetic to Israel, has hit a new linguistic low. In a September 3 report from the Erez checkpoint between Israel and Gaza, Times reporter Jodi Rudoren quotes an Israeli official as telling her that “this is a secret crossing — this is Gaza,…
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Fast Forward 43 Intelligence Reservists Vow to Stop Spying on Palestinians
Dozens of intelligence corps reservists vowed to stop collecting information on Palestinians. The letter to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was signed by 43 reservists, of whom 10 are officers, from the 8200 signal intelligence unit of the Israel Defense Forces’ intelligence corps. It was also Chief of Staff Benny Gantz and Aviv Kochavi, who…
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Music Israel August Tourism Numbers Take a Sharp Downturn From Last Year
Israel’s August tourist numbers took a sharp downturn from the previous year’s figures. According to the Central Bureau of Statistics, 182,000 visitor entries were recorded for the month in Israel, down 36 percent from August 2013. Of the visitor entries, 164,000 were tourists staying more than one night, 32 percent less than August a year…
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Fast Forward Human Rights Watch Accuses Israel of War Crimes in Gaza
Human Rights Watch accused Israel of committing war crimes by attacking three U.N.-run schools in the Gaza Strip in fighting in July and August, killing Palestinian civilians who had sheltered there. The New York-based group issued a report on Thursday that it described as the first in-depth documentation of the incidents, which took place during…
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Fast Forward Israeli Policeman Charged With Assault Over Violent Arrest of Tariq Abu Khdeir
An Israeli policeman was charged on Wednesday with assault causing bodily harm against a 15-year-old American of Palestinian descent during a protest over the revenge killing of the teenager’s cousin days before the eight week war with Gaza. The indictment submitted to a Jerusalem court charged the policeman with grabbing the youth and throwing him…
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Fast Forward U.N. Will Investigate Israel’s Targeting Of Its Schools During Gaza Conflict
The United Nations is preparing to investigate the targeting of its schools in Gaza during Israel’s recent operation in Gaza, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told an Arabic newspaper. Several United Nations workers were kicked in airstrikes on the schools, which were housing internally displaced Palestinians. Weapons were found by the U.N. to be stored by…
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