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 Israel Lobbies Foreign Powers To Cut ICC Funding
Israel is lobbying member-states of the International Criminal Court to cut funding for the tribunal in response to its launch of an inquiry into possible war crimes in the Palestinian territories, officials said on Sunday. ICC prosecutors said on Friday they would examine “in full independence and impartiality” crimes that may have occurred since June…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Protesters Throw Shoes, Eggs at Canadian Foreign Minister in Ramallah
Palestinian protesters threw shoes and eggs at Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird in Ramallah after he met with his Palestinian counterpart. Baird was not hurt during Sunday’s demonstration, though an egg struck the top of his car as it left the foreign ministry compound in Ramallah in the West Bank following a meeting with Palestinian…
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Culture Why European NGO’s and the Red Cross Are Real Enemies in Israel
My real name, to those of you who know me by other names, is Tuvia. I was born into an extreme anti-Zionist, ultra-Orthodox Jewish community in Israel known as the “Hazon-Ishnikes,” among people who are certain that they are the people closest to God and that they are his only representatives on earth. Simply put,…
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Fast Forward ICC Opens Preliminary Israel ‘War Crimes’ Investigation
The International Criminal Court opened an inquiry into possible war crimes in the Palestinian territories, thrusting it into one of the world’s most chronic, heated conflicts and opening a path to possible charges against Israelis or Palestinians. In a statement on Friday, prosecutors said they would examine “in full independence and impartiality” crimes that may…
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Fast Forward Sweden Pushes Back Against ‘Irritating’ Israel
Sweden’s foreign minister said on Friday Israel had irritated close allies by over-reacting to Stockholm recognizing the state of Palestine, saying its rhetoric over the issue had “crossed all limits.” “It is unacceptable how they have been talking about us and everybody else,” Margot Wallstrom said in an interview in daily Dagens Nyheter. “It has…
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Fast Forward Palestinians Ready Fresh Statehood Deadline Push at United Nations
Arab foreign ministers on Thursday endorsed a Palestinian plan to resubmit a draft resolution to the U.N. Security Council calling for Israel to withdraw from occupied territories by late 2017. The United States helped defeat a similar draft resolution in a Security Council vote on Dec. 30. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has said he hoped…
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Fast Forward U.N. ‘Alarmed’ by Downward Spiral in Mideast
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is alarmed that the Israelis and Palestinians are engaged in a downward spiral of actions and counter actions and calls on both sides not to exacerbate existing divisions, a senior U.N. official said on Thursday. Israel is withholding critical tax revenue and seeking ways to bring war crimes prosecutions against Palestinian leaders…
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Fast Forward $1B New York Terror Trial Starts for Palestinians
A U.S. trial to decide whether the Palestine Liberation Organization and Palestinian Authority should pay up to $1 billion for several terror attacks in Israel began on Tuesday. A lawyer for victims called the defendants’ alleged involvement “standard operating procedure” for the Palestinan groups and a defense lawyer countered by blaming others for the “horrific”…
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