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 Gaza Aid Conference May Fall Short of $4B Goal
Senior U.S. officials voiced doubts on Friday that an international donors conference to be held in Cairo this weekend will meet the Palestinians’ full request for $4 billion in aid pledges to rebuild the Gaza Strip after it was devastated by a 50-day war between Israel and Hamas. Secretary of State John Kerry will join…
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Fast Forward Was East Jerusalem Palestinian Killed for Selling Home to Jewish Settlers?
An Arab resident of Silwan in eastern Jerusalem was stabbed to death in what could be retaliation for selling an apartment building to Jews. Other reports say the early Friday morning murder by a family member was the result of a family feud. Neighbors who witnessed the fight told police that the argument was over…
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Fast Forward Is Europe Moving Toward Global Consensus Recognizing State of Palestine?
A senior Palestinian official said on Thursday that European moves toward recognizing an independent Palestine would bring them in line with global public opinion, ahead of a symbolic British parliament debate on the issue set for Monday. The UK vote comes as Sweden’s new center-left government is set to officially recognize Palestine and a spokesman…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Leader Arrives in Gaza for Unity Cabinet Meeting
Palestinian technocrat prime minister Rami Hamdallah arrived in the Hamas-dominated Gaza Strip on Thursday to convene the first meeting of a unity government there since a brief civil war in 2007 between Hamas and forces loyal to the Fatah party. Dozens of Fatah security personnel loyal to President Mahmoud Abbas and policemen of the Hamas-led…
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Fast Forward Tensions Rise as 200 Israelis Move Into East Jerusalem Neighborhood of Silwan
(JTA) — Jewish and Arab residents of the Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan disagree on whether the neighborhood is historically Jewish or Arab. They disagree about whether Israeli Jews should be living there. They even disagree on what to call one of the main streets in the neighborhood, a predominantly Arab area just outside the walls of…
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Fast Forward British Parliament To Vote on Recognizing State of Palestine
British lawmakers will next week hold a symbolic parliamentary vote on whether the government should recognize Palestine as a state, a move unlikely to shift official policy but designed to raise the political profile of the issue. Britain does not class it as a state, but says it could do so at any time if…
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Fast Forward Swedish Embassy Backpedals On Palestinian Statehood Recognition
The Swedish Embassy in Israel appears to have walked back the new prime minister’s declaration that Sweden would recognize a state of Palestine. In a statement released Sunday evening, the embassy said Sweden will recognize a Palestinian state at the conclusion of negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians. “The conflict between Israel and Palestine can…
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Fast Forward Sweden Will Recognize State of Palestine
Sweden’s new center-left government will recognize the state of Palestine in a move that will make it the first major European country to take the step, Prime Minister Stefan Lofven said on Friday. The U.N. General Assembly approved the de facto recognition of the sovereign state of Palestine in 2012 but the European Union and…
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