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 BBC Reporter Sorry for Saying Palestinians ‘Suffer at Jewish Hands’
BBC reporter Tim Willcox apologized after saying at the Paris unity march on television that Palestinians “suffer hugely at Jewish hands.” Willcox, who works for BBC News and BBC World News, on Twitter Monday morning tweeted, “Really sorry for any offence cause by a poorly phrased question in a live interview in Paris yesterday –…
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Fast Forward Israel’s Top General Says No Worries on War Crimes After Palestinians Join ICC
Israel’s top military officer said on Thursday he was disappointed rather than worried about a Palestinian move to join the International Criminal Court, calling it unnecessary because Israel could investigate complaints itself. Lieutenant General Benjamin Gantz, the chief of the Israel Defense Forces general staff, also said he was convinced the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter…
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Fast Forward Rand Paul Wants Aid to Palestinians Cut Over ICC Bid
Sen. Rand Paul introduced a bill that would cut U.S. funding to the Palestinian Authority until it withdraws its request to join the International Criminal Court. The bill introduced this week would close a loophole in legislation rushed through last month at the tail end of the previous congressional session. That legislation, packed into an…
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Fast Forward U.N. Chief Agrees To Admit ‘Palestine’ to ICC
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon announced that Palestine will join the International Criminal Court on April 1. The accession to the court will allow the Palestinians to press war-crimes charges against Israel. Ban made the announcement late Tuesday night, days after Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas signed the Rome Statute, the international treaty under…
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Fast Forward Kidnap Ringleader Gets Life in Killings of 3 Israeli Teens
An Israeli military court on Tuesday sentenced a Palestinian to life imprisonment over the killing of three Israeli youths, whose abduction in the occupied West Bank set off a chain of events leading to the 50-day Gaza war last summer. The court found that Hussam Kawasmeh, a member of the militant Hamas Islamist group, planned…
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Fast Forward ICC Acknowledges Receiving Membership Request From Palestinians
The International Criminal Court acknowledged that it received a signed document stating that the Palestinian government accepted jurisdiction of the court. The Palestinians also filed an ad hoc declaration for the ICC to investigate Israel for war crimes as of June 13. The date is one day after the kidnapping and murder of three Israeli…
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Fast Forward Mahmoud Abbas Takes Risk With International Criminal Court Move
For someone nearing 80, President Mahmoud Abbas still knows how to shake things up. But his decision last week to join the International Criminal Court is a high-risk move that may set back the ultimate goal: an independent Palestinian state. Frustrated by the lack of progress in negotiations with Israel – the last, fruitless talks…
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Fast Forward Arabs and Jews Share Israeli Pride — and Shaky Faith in Government
Both Jews and Arabs are proud to be Israeli, but neither has great faith in the government, an annual poll showed. Some 86 percent of Jewish citizens and 65 percent of Arab citizens are “proud” or “quite proud” to be Israelis, according to the survey released Sunday by the Israel Democracy Institute. In 2013, some…
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