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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Opinion Two Bad Speeches — and Scant Hope for Peace
Well, that was helpful. If you were the leader of your people and you really wanted to extend a hand to your enemy, you wouldn’t call him a racist. And genocidal. You probably wouldn’t want to say that this enemy assassinated thousands of children, devastated homes and schools and destroyed the dreams of a generation….
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The Schmooze Beyonce Meets Bibi in J Street Campaign
Queen Bey, meet Bibi. A J Street campaign called “Put a Border on It” is applying Beyonce’s admittedly flawless rhetoric to the Israeli Palestinian conflict. The organization has been tweeting out a poster advertising their petition calling on Benjamin Netanyahu to halt settlement expansion in the West Bank. The slogan plays on the chorus from…
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Fast Forward Protesters Block Israeli Ship Unloading at California Port
Pro-Palestinian activists prevented the unloading of an Israeli cargo ship at the Oakland Port for the second time in less than two months. In Saturday’s incident, the Zim Shanghai was unable to unload its cargo after some 200 activists gathered at the port and prevented workers from getting near the ship, which is owned by…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Infiltrator Armed With Knife and Pick Arrested in Southern Israel
A Palestinian teenager was arrested in southern Israel near the Gaza border armed with a knife and a pick. The 18-year-old was arrested Sunday by local security officers near Kibbutz Alumim. He is believed to have infiltrated into Israel from Gaza near Kibbutz Nahal Oz. A security alert was issued for the area after a…
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Fast Forward Mahmoud Abbas Demands U.N. Timetable To End Occupation
There is no value in peace talks with Israel unless the goal is ending its 47-year occupation of the Palestinian territories within a “firm timetable,” Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas told the United Nations General Assembly on Friday. “It’s high time for this settlement occupation to end now,” Abbas told the 193-member world body, which overwhelming…
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Fast Forward Mahmoud Abbas-Led Palestinian Unity Government To Rule Over Gaza
A unity government is to take control of the Gaza Strip, after a breakthrough in talks between Palestinian factions on Thursday which could strengthen their hand in talks with Israel next month. The Gaza ceasefire struck in August between Israel and the Palestinians called for the Palestinian Authority, led by President Mahmoud Abbas, to take…
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Fast Forward Barack Obama Says Too Many Israelis Ready To Dump Peace Bid
President Barack Obama lamented on Wednesday that “too many Israelis” were ready to abandon Middle East peace efforts and urged them to reflect on the matter, saying the status quo with the Palestinians was unsustainable. As part of a broader speech to the United Nations Assembly, Obama appeared to gently chide close U.S. ally Israel…
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Fast Forward Mediator Martin Indyk Describes Collapse of Peace Talks
(JTA) — What was supposed to have revived the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks – allowing negotiations to develop organically – instead helped kill them, Martin Indyk, until recently the top U.S. peace broker, told JTA in a candid and wide-ranging interview. Speaking by phone Sept. 19 while in transit to his native Australia for the High Holidays,…
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