This is the Forward’s coverage of the Palestinian people, an Arab ethnic group native to the Middle East. They are a party to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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Fast Forward Israel Strikes Gaza After Islamic State Sympathizers Claim Rocket Attack
Israel retaliated on Thursday for rockets fired at it from Gaza with bombing raids against three militant training camps, and a radical group sympathetic with Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attacks on Israel. Witnesses and medics said the predawn attacks on two camps belonging to Hamas, which dominates the Gaza Strip, and to the…
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Fast Forward Palestinians Rip Soccer Chief for Stopping Bid To Oust Israel from FIFA
The head of the Palestine Football Association came under fire for withdrawing a request to suspend Israel from FIFA, the international soccer body. Jibril Rajoub said prior to Friday’s proposed vote that Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany convinced him to withdraw the request. In place of the vote, the FIFA Congress called for the formation…
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Fast Forward Israel Moves To Toughen Sentences for Stone-Throwers
Israeli cabinet ministers approved on Sunday legislation aimed at imposing tougher penalties on stone-throwers, a measure that stemmed from a wave of Palestinian protests last year in occupied East Jerusalem. A draft law that won preliminary parliamentary approval late last year allowed for sentences of up to 20 years in jail for throwing a rock…
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News Shadowy Web Site Creates Blacklist of Pro-Palestinian Activists
A new website is publicizing the identities of pro-Palestinian student activists to prevent them from getting jobs after they graduate from college. But the website is keeping its own backers’ identity a secret. “It is your duty to ensure that today’s radicals are not tomorrow’s employees,” a female narrator intones in a slick video posted…
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Fast Forward 5 Surprising Things Scott Walker Revealed About his Trip to Israel
Recently back from a trip to Israel, Wisconsin Governor and Republican presidential hopeful Scott Walker took to to share some of his thoughts about the Holy Land. Here are the highlights: 1. Visiting Israel has helped him decided whether to run for president. Walker told the Israeli newspaper “Israel Hayom”(conveniently owned by Republican mega-donor Sheldon…
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Fast Forward Will Vatican’s Palestine Push Cool Jewish Ties to Catholics?
(JTA) — When considering the Vatican’s creep toward recognition of Palestinian statehood, think “Israel-Vatican” and not “Jewish-Catholic,” say Jewish officials involved in dialogue with the church. A May 13 announcement on an agreement regarding the functioning of the church in areas under Palestinian control raised eyebrows in its reference to the “State of Palestine.” The…
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Fast Forward Palestinians Press for Israel Soccer Ban
On top of land, settlements, resources and borders, Israel and the Palestinians can add another dispute to their long history of conflict – soccer. In 10 days’ time, at the request of the Palestine Football Association, FIFA will hold a vote among its 209 members at a Congress in Geneva on whether Israel should be…
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Opinion Bibi Advisor Accuses Pope Francis of ‘Nailing Entire Jewish People to the Cross’
Last week, the Vatican edged close to formal recognition of a Palestinian state, finalizing a treaty in which for the first time, the Holy See makes explicit reference to a “state of Palestine.” Israel’s Foreign Ministry, while voicing disappointment at the move, was unusually circumspect in its initial response, stating that the use of the…
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