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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Opinion Swipe Right If Israeli-Palestinian Peace Turns You On
Are you in the mood to make love, not war? Then swipe right — right across the Green Line! Verona, a new Tinder-like dating app specially designed for Israelis and Palestinians, sounds like a joke. But for 1000 users and counting, it’s become a real way to find a hot hook-up and solve the Middle East…
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Fast Forward Palestinians Denounce Israel ‘Cabinet of War’
A senior Palestinian official called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new coalition government “one of war.” The government “will be one of war which will be against peace and stability in our region,” lead Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat told the French news agency AFP on Thursday. “This new right-wing, extremist government is not a partner…
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Fast Forward Israel Scrambles To Avoid Suspension From World Soccer
Israel’s top soccer administrators will meet FIFA President Sepp Blatter in Zurich on Wednesday in a late bid to avert a vote called by the Palestinians to suspend Israel from the world body. An official from Israel’s FA told Reuters that chairman Ofer Eini and chief executive Rotem Kamer would urge Blatter to use his…
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Fast Forward Jimmy Carter Calls for Palestinian Elections Following Visit to Ramallah
Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter completed a three-day visit to Israel and the West Bank without meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Reuven Rivlin. Carter and a delegation from the Elders, an international group of elder statesmen who advance peace and reconciliation, also had planned to visit Gaza, but cancelled that visit at…
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Fast Forward Europe Urged To Keep Tight Rein on Aid to Palestinians
Citing alleged corruption by Palestinian recipients of aid money, the European Parliament’s Israel-relations czar urged more conditionality by E.U. donor states. Fulvio Martusciello, the chairman of the parliament’s Delegation for Relations with Israel, issued the call during a parliamentary debate Wednesday in Strasbourg on E.U. funding for the Middle East, his office wrote in a…
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Fast Forward Jewish Communities to Remember 3 Kidnapped Israeli Teens With Unity Day
Jewish communities will mark the first anniversary of the kidnapping and murder of three Israeli teens by Palestinian terrorists with a Unity Day. The commemoration, set for June 3, was developed by the parents of Naftali Fraenkel, Gilad Shear and Eyal Yifrach in conjunction with Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat and the Gesher organization. Organizations representing…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Man Arrested Over Jerusalem Car Attack That Injured Four Police Officers
A Palestinian man from eastern Jerusalem has been arrested in connection with a car ramming attack that injured four Israeli police officers. The police officers were injured Saturday night when a car deliberately ran into them while they were standing by a road near A-Tur, the eastern Jerusalem neighborhood near the Mount of Olives where…
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Fast Forward South Africa Minister Barred by Israel From Visiting West Bank
The Israeli government denied a South African cabinet minister a visa to visit the Palestinian territories. Blade Nzimande, South Africa’s minister of higher education, sought the visa to conduct a six-day working visit. According to Eyewitness News, the South African department of higher education says Israel’s refusal owes to the minister’s “public utterances against the…
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