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 Palestinian Teen Killed by Jews in Revenge Attack Added to Terror Victims Memorial
Mohammed Abu Khdeir, the Palestinian teen who was kidnapped and burned alive by Jews in a revenge killing, was recognized as a terror victim on the national memorial. Khdeir’s name was added to the Victims of Acts of Terror Memorial at Mount Herzl and also appears on the government’s official list of terror victims. Hussein…
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Israel News How a Biblical Edict Became a Boon for Palestinian Farmers
Just beyond the Israeli military’s Al Hamra checkpoint, the Jordan Valley opens into a checkerboard of red soil farms that make up the Palestinian village of Froush Beit Dajan. It is a land under Israeli occupation. But occupation notwithstanding, in early October, an intricate year-long transaction was underway in the village that crosses this stubborn…
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Opinion American Jews Should Have a New Goal — Recognizing Palestine
Now is not the time for despair among liberal American Jewish supporters of Israel. Neither justice nor the love of Israel can accommodate resignation. Rather, we must respond to the Middle Eastern reality with one important move: urge our own government to recognize Palestine. Here’s why. Benjamin Netanyahu’s election-eve abandonment of the two-state solution fits…
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Fast Forward Do Jewish Settlements Use Palestinian Child Labor?
Farms in West Bank settlements are using Palestinian children as workers in contravention of international law, Human Rights Watch wrote in a new report. In its 74-page report, “Ripe for Abuse: Palestinian Child Labor in Israeli Agricultural Settlements in the West Bank,” Human Rights Watch asserted that Palestinians as young as 11 labor on the…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Killed by Israeli Troops at Militant’s Funeral
Israeli troops killed a Palestinian stone-thrower and wounded several others in the occupied West Bank on Friday after a militant’s funeral turned violent, hospital officials and witnesses said. An army spokeswoman confirmed soldiers opened fire during the incident at Beit Omar, near the Palestinian city of Hebron, saying they had feared for their lives as…
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Fast Forward British Labor Leader Ed Miliband Backs ‘Palestine’ Recognition
The leader of Britain’s opposition Labor Party said on Friday he favored recognizing Palestine as a state if such a move would help bring about a broader peace deal in the Middle East. Ed Miliband was asked by a reporter if Britain would recognize Palestine in the first year or two of his premiership, if…
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Fast Forward Palestinians Extend Security to West Bank Towns
Palestinian police said on Wednesday they had extended their security control in parts of the occupied West Bank following a deal with Israel, launching armed patrols for the first time in towns near Jerusalem. Louy Izriqat, spokesman for Palestinian police, said 90 officers had deployed in Abu Dis, A-Ram and Biddu, towns that had been…
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Fast Forward President of FIFA Rejects Palestinian Demand to Ban Israel from Soccer Organization
The president of FIFA, the international governing body of soccer, expressed opposition to a Palestinian request to ban Israel from international competition. On Tuesday, Sepp Blatter told the French news agency AFP that “such a situation shall not occur at the FIFA congress because suspension of a federation for any reason is always something which…
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