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 Election Results Mean Palestinians Will Press at ICC, Chief Negotiator Says
The chief Palestinian negotiator expects Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to form the next Israeli government and has declared that the Palestinians in turn will push forward with legal efforts at the International Criminal Court. “It is clear that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will form the next government, and for that, we say clearly that we…
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News Cash-Strapped Palestinians Adopt Austerity Budget
Gripped by financial crisis, the Palestinian government said on Tuesday it was putting an emergency budget in place for 2015 due to the absence of pledged international aid and Israel withholding its tax revenues. “The general budget law for 2015 comes amid complicated and tough conditions, as the treasury is suffering a choking financial crisis,”…
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Fast Forward Mideast Peace Talks Were Like a Bad Divorce
(JTA) — Part of the reason Israeli-Palestinian peace talks failed last year is because the sides were so far apart in their fundamental visions of what two states would look like. Another reason is that the two sides could barely stand each other. Those are two of the contentions contained in a blistering critique of…
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Fast Forward 30 Hamas Activists Arrested in West Bank Round-Up
Palestinian security forces detained dozens of supporters of Hamas in raids across the West Bank overnight, the Islamist group said on Monday, calling it the biggest round-up in years as internal Palestinian tensions rise. A spokesman for the Palestinian Authority’s security services confirmed that 30 people had been detained but denied the arrests were political….
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Israel News Netanyahu Says Two-State Solution Is No Longer Relevant
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared on Sunday that the “Bar Ilan speech,” from June 2009, in which he expressed support for creating a “demilitarized Palestinian state that would recognize the Jewish state,” is no longer relevant, in light of the current reality in the Middle East. Netanyahu made the statement at a Likud party press…
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Fast Forward U.N. Secretary General Worried About Planned Palestinian Security Cut With Israel
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed concern on Friday at a decision by Palestinian leaders in the West Bank to halt security coordination with Israel and called for the international community to push for a Middle East peace deal. The Palestinian Central Council, whose votes are usually binding on the Western-backed Palestinian Authority, said on…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Car Attacker Hurts 5 in Jerusalem
A Palestinian motorist rammed his vehicle into a group of people standing near a Jerusalem tram stop on Friday, injuring at least five, including four security officials, Israeli police said. None of those hit was seriously injured. The incident, which police said they were treating as a terrorist attack, took place on a main road…
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Fast Forward Palestinians Vote To Suspend Security Cooperation With Israel
Palestinian leaders in the West Bank said on Thursday they would halt the security coordination with Israel which is widely credited with keeping order in the territory and preventing attacks in Israel. The Palestinian Central Council, whose votes are usually binding on the Western-backed Palestinian Authority, said it made the decision because Israel had breached…
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