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 Jewish Groups Accuse Mahmoud Abbas of Incitement
U.S. Jewish groups condemned Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas for incitement. Several groups also expressed concern over the escalation of terror and tension in Jerusalem and throughout Israel. “Mahmoud Abbas and other Palestinian officials must end their inciteful comments,” said Robert Sugarman and Malcolm Hoenlein, chairman and executive vice chairman, respectively, of the Conference of…
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Fast Forward Israel Police Officer Arrested in Videotaped Killing of Palestinian Teen
Israeli police have arrested a paramilitary border policeman over the fatal shooting of a Palestinian teenager in the occupied West Bank in May, a spokesman said on Wednesday. Nadim Nuwara, 17, and Muhammad Abu Thahr, 16, were killed during a May 15 demonstration in which Palestinians hurled stones at Israeli forces. Video from security cameras…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Feud Reopens as Hamas and Fatah Bicker
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday accused his Islamist Hamas rivals of carrying out a series of bombings against officials loyal to him in Gaza last week, in a move sure to harm already floundering unity efforts. A series of small explosions targeted the homes and vehicles of officials from Abbas’s Fatah movement on Friday,…
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News Palestinian Activist Convicted of Lying to U.S. About Israeli Terror Bombing
A Palestinian activist was found guilty on Monday of immigration fraud for failing to reveal to U.S. authorities that she had been convicted and served time in Israel for a 1969 supermarket bombing that killed two people. After a trial last week in a federal court in Detroit, Rasmieh Yousef Odeh, 67, was convicted of…
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Forward 50 2014 Maggie Gyllenhaal
This year saw Maggie Gyllenhaal, 36, step into the spotlight in a new way. Although she’s been a leading actress for more than a decade since the eccentric 2002 comedy “Secretary,” she has mostly been known for her supporting roles in films such as “The Dark Knight” and “Crazy Heart.” In this year’s television series…
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Fast Forward Venezuela To Give 1,000 Palestinians Free University Education
At least 1,000 Palestinians will receive a free university education in Venezuela. The president of the Republic of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, welcomed 119 Palestinian students who will be trained in the field of medicine through the new Yasser Arafat Scholarship Program, and announced the expansion of the program. “We will train at least 1,000 doctors,…
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News French Cookware Firm Scraps ‘Palestine’ Label
The French kitchenware maker Tefal removed references to “Palestine” from three of its websites following earlier complaints over Israel’s omission from them. The removal of “Palestine” from the Middle East versions of the firm’s website seems to have occurred sometime this week, following a publication by the news site lemondejuif.info, which reported that Tefal had…
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Fast Forward Pro-Palestinian Groups Hit Back at ‘Civility’ Bans
Palestine Solidarity Legal Support issued a public letter to universities protesting that recent calls for “civility” in campus debates were simply a pretext to suppress free speech in protest of Israel. In the letter, dated Monday, PSLS and its partners, including several civil rights organizations, cited several recent incidents to argue that the concept of…
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