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 Revenge Victim’s Cousin Helped Jewish Stab Victims
A cousin of the Palestinian teen who was burned alive by suspected Jewish extremists was among the first to help the wounded in a stabbing attack on a West Bank supermarket. Mahmoud Abu Khdeir, whose cousin Mohammed Abu Khdeir was killed this summer in the Jerusalem forest in apparent revenge for the murder of three…
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Fast Forward Will Australia Join Push for ‘Palestine’ State?
Jewish leaders in Australia scolded an attempt to recognize a Palestine state in federal parliament as “an exercise in empty symbolism.” Labor lawmaker Maria Vamvakinou, a co-convener of the Parliamentary Friends of Palestine group, tabled the private members’ bill in Canberra Monday calling on the Liberal government of Tony Abbott, one of Israel’s staunchest allies,…
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Opinion Why I’m (Reluctantly) Voting Against BDS at Berkeley
Pro-Palestinian demonstrator argues with pro-Israeli demonstrator at UC Berkeley / Getty Images On Thursday, my union as a graduate student at Berkeley, UAW 2865, is going to vote on a BDS (Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions) resolution against Israel. I’m going to vote “no,” although I oppose the occupation and support selective, non-BDS branded boycotts targeting the…
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Opinion AP vs. Matti Friedman — Fight Gets Ugly
Journalists and Palestinian protesters take cover from Israeli fire at a demonstration / Getty Images (JTA) — Whatever the circumstances surrounding Matti Friedman’s departure from The Associated Press in 2011, it’s safe to say he’s not returning anytime soon. The former reporter and editor with the international wire service’s Jerusalem bureau made waves in August with…
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Fast Forward Belgium Set To Recognize ‘Palestine’ State
The parties that make up Belgium’s federal government have agreed to recognize Palestinian statehood unilaterally, a Belgian daily reported. The four parties reached an agreement earlier this week, the Le Soir daily reported Wednesday. They intend to submit a motion to parliament formulating support for recognizing Palestinian statehood, which the parties intend to pass in…
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Fast Forward French Parliament Votes 2-1 for ‘Palestine’ Recognition
(JTA) — France’s parliament is calling for Palestinian statehood recognition. On Tuesday, the National Assembly voted 339 to 151 in favor of the largely symbolic motion that “invites the French government to use the recognition of the state of Palestine as an instrument to bring about a definitive resolution of the conflict.” It also says that…
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Fast Forward Should French Jews Protest ‘Palestine’ Vote?
The CRIF umbrella of French Jewish communities called on French Jews to refrain from protests against the parliament’s vote on recognition of Palestinian statehood. The nonbinding vote, which is scheduled for Tuesday at the National Assembly, prompted some 250 protesters, most of them Jewish, to demonstrate on Friday near parliament with posters reading “Hamas+Fatah=Terrorist state,”…
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Fast Forward U.N. Push for ‘Palestine’ Deadline Gains Steam
Arab League foreign ministers endorsed on Saturday a draft resolution setting a timeframe for the creation of a Palestinian state and said they would formally present it to the United Nations Security Council for a vote within days. The ministers said in a statement after their meeting that a follow-up committee including Jordan, an Arab…
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