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 Authority Wants Role in Probe of Killings of 3 Muslims in North Carolina
The Palestinian government on Saturday condemned as “terrorism” the killings of three young Palestinian-Americans in North Carolina and called on U.S. authorities to include its investigators in the probe. Police have charged a neighbor with Tuesday’s shooting in the town of Chapel Hill of Deah Barakat, 23, his wife Yusor Abu-Salha, 21, and her sister…
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Fast Forward 60% of Gaza Victims of Israel Strikes Were Women, Children or Elderly, Study Finds
An Associated Press investigation into Israeli airstrikes on Gaza homes during last summer’s war against Hamas concluded that 508 people, or over 60 percent of the casualties, were children, women and older men. The report, which the Associated Press called “the most painstaking attempt to date to try to determine who was killed in strikes…
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Fast Forward Rachel Corrie Family Loses Appeal for Damages
Israel’s Supreme Court upheld a lower court decision on civil damages in the case of U.S. peace activist Rachel Corrie, who was killed in the West Bank in 2003 by a military bulldozer. The high court on Thursday upheld a ruling by the Haifa District Court exempting Israel from paying civil damages for wrongful death…
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Fast Forward Palestinians Launch Boycott of Israeli Goods
The Palestinian Authority said it will boycott products manufactured by six major Israeli companies. Mahmoud Al-Aloul, a member of the Fatah Central Committee, announced the boycott on Monday of products manufactured by the Strauss Group, Tnuva, Osem, Elite, Prigat and Jafora-Tabori, the Wafa-Palestine News Agency reported. The boycott will begin Wednesday. Al-Aloul told reporters that…
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Fast Forward Will Palestinian Posters Get UNESCO Honor?
A collection of Palestine posters reportedly is still under consideration for being included on a list of world heritage objects. The poster collection, which was initially accepted by an advisory board of UNESCO’s International Memory of the World Register, was not dropped as previously reported, but has been sent back to the nominator for revision,…
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Fast Forward Mideast ‘Quartet’ Urges Restart of Peace Talks
The “Quartet” of Middle East peace mediators urged a prompt resumption of talks between Israel and the Palestinians after a meeting in Munich on Sunday and voiced concern about the slow pace of reconstruction in Gaza, damaged in last year’s war. Talks broke down last April with the Palestinians angry at continued building of Jewish…
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Fast Forward Israel Grabs Palestinian Tax Cash — Again
Israel has for the second month in a row frozen tax revenue that it collects for the Palestinian Authority. The decision not to transfer the money, which is used to pay public sector employees, was reported Wednesday by the Jerusalem Post. The freeze is in response to the P.A.’s decision to join the International Criminal…
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Fast Forward White House and State Department Slam New West Bank Settlement Tenders
The White House and the State Department criticized Israel for reissuing tenders for the construction of 450 housing units in the West Bank. The tender announcement will “further isolate Israel internationally,” State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said at Friday’s press briefing. “We believe that settlements are illegitimate and are counterproductive to achieving a two-state outcome,”…
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