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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Israel News Gleaming Billion-Dollar Palestinian City Finally Sees Water on Horizon
Rawabi, the sparkling new — but still empty — Palestinian city in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, has announced that the crucial element keeping its streets and high-rises desolate and devoid of residents may finally be addressed. “At Last Universal Rights to Water Realized at Rawabi,” reads the headline in the project’s winter newsletter, which was…
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Fast Forward Italy Lawmakers Push for ‘Palestine’ Recognition
Italian lawmakers on Friday backed a non-binding resolution that encourages the government to recognize Palestine as a state, a move that underlines European frustration over stalled Middle East peace negotiations. European countries have become increasingly critical of Israel, which since the collapse of the latest U.S.-sponsored talks last April has pressed on with building settlements…
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Opinion What’s Eric Fingerhut Doing at a Jerusalem U Event?
Eric Fingerhut speaks at Jerusalem U film screening / Dorri Olds Trying to get an unbiased education about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is a never-ending conundrum. It’s like the parable of the blind men and the elephant — one blind man grabs the tail and says, “An elephant is like a rope,” another feels the trunk…
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Fast Forward Naftali Bennett’s Mission To Block Palestinian State
(Reuters) — Young and ambitious, with a ready smile and a quick wit, Israeli far right leader Naftali Bennett is on a mission to prevent the creation of a Palestinian state. If, as widely expected, he takes on defense or another key portfolio after next month’s election, that mission will take a big step closer…
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Opinion A Verdict on the Palestinians
When a New York jury found the Palestinian Authority and the Palestinian Liberation Organization liable for knowingly supporting six terrorist attacks in Israel more than a decade ago, the news was greeted with cheers and I-told-you-so’s from Israeli government officials and activists on the right. From the left, there was silence. Examine the February 23…
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Opinion Can Yoga Fix the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict?
Farashe (JTA) — Inhale your arms up into warrior one. Exhale and extend your arms into warrior two. I followed the instructor’s soft but firm voice as she led me and five other women through the yoga poses, and the deep breathing helped to calm my nerves. The large tiled room was gently lit through white…
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Fast Forward Palestinians Lose Round 2 in Terror Court Battle
(JTA) — Round 2 in the judicial wars between Israel and the PLO went to Israel, and Israel isn’t about to let the Palestinians forget it. A New York jury on Monday ordered the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority to pay more than $218 million in damages to American victims of six terrorist…
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Opinion Why Young British Jews Are Hiring a West Bank Lawyer
Israeli soldiers arrest a young Palestinian boy following clashes in Hebron / Getty Images I am part of a group of 30 young Zionist leaders from the British Jewish community. As people who love Israel, we want to see it thrive as a sanctuary for the Jewish people, one that stays true to the democratic,…
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