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 Israeli Policeman Charged With Assault Over Violent Arrest of Tariq Abu Khdeir
An Israeli policeman was charged on Wednesday with assault causing bodily harm against a 15-year-old American of Palestinian descent during a protest over the revenge killing of the teenager’s cousin days before the eight week war with Gaza. The indictment submitted to a Jerusalem court charged the policeman with grabbing the youth and throwing him…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Man Killed By IDF During Raid on West Bank Refugee Camp
Israeli soldiers shot and killed a Palestinian man during a raid on a West Bank refugee camp. The man was shot in the chest early Wednesday morning as he threw an explosive device at the soldiers in the al-Amari refugee camp near Ramallah. The soldiers were in the camp to arrest a wanted Hamas operative,…
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Fast Forward Violence Escalates in East Jerusalem, One Day After Palestinian Teen Killed
Violence increased in eastern Jerusalem a day after the death of a Palestinian teen a week after being shot by Israeli troops during a demonstration. Muhammad Abd Al-Majid Sunuqrut, 16, died Sunday morning in Hadassah Ein Kerem hospital. Following news of the teen’s death, protests began in eastern Jerusalem, which has been the scene of…
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Opinion For Vogue, Palestinian Is the New Israeli
Palestinian Gigi Hadid eyes Israeli Michaela Bercu on Vogue’s 1988 November issue / Vogue When Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour was preparing the cover shoot for her very first issue back in 1988, she chose an Israeli model — Michaela Bercu — to grace the front of the glossy magazine. This summer, as Wintour prepared for…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Teen Dies of Wounds from East Jerusalem Demonstration
A Palestinian teenager from eastern Jerusalem shot by Israeli troops during a demonstration a week ago reportedly has died of his wounds. The teen died Sunday morning in Hadassah Ein Kerem hospital. The father of Muhammad Abd Al-Majid Sunuqrut, 16, told the Palestinian Maan news agency that his son was shot in the head with…
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Fast Forward John Kerry Talks Peace Prospects With Israeli and Palestinian Leaders
John Kerry spoke with Israeli and Palestinian leaders about peace prospects in the Middle East. Kerry, the U.S. secretary of state, spoke on the phone with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday and met Wednesday with Saeb Erekat, the chief Palestinian negotiator. Kerry raised with Netanyahu the Obama administration’s call for Israel to reverse…
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Israel News Israel Is Again Demolishing Homes of Palestinian Terror Suspects
It’s a controversial tactic that Israel once disavowed. But punitive home demolitions against Palestinians are back now, resurrected by the government in response to the apparent terrorist murders of three teenage yeshiva students in June in the occupied West Bank. As its war in Gaza against Hamas died down in August, the Israeli army destroyed…
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Fast Forward Benjamin Netanyahu Orders Bridge to Temple Mount Dismantled
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly ordered the dismantling of a wooden bridge built from the Western Wall plaza to the Temple Mount. The bridge was built about two weeks ago by local authorities without government authorization, according to Israeli media reports, citing an unnamed senior Israeli official. The Jordanian government, which has oversight over…
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