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 More U.S. Sympathy for Israel than Palestinians: Pew Poll
More Americans express sympathy for Israel than for the Palestinians, according to a new survey. A poll released by the Pew Research Center for People & the Press found that 34 percent of Americans sympathize with Israel “a lot,” as well as 32 percent who sympathize “some,” versus 11percent who sympathize “a lot” with the…
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Fast Forward East Jerusalem Boils Even as Gaza War Ends
Violent protests in Israeli-occupied East Jerusalem have been raging nightly beyond the spotlight on the Gaza war, leading to a crackdown by Israeli police in which hundreds of Palestinians have been detained. Street clashes with police in riot gear, military-style raids on homes late at night and stone-throwing at Israeli vehicles have marked the most…
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Fast Forward Jewish Toddler Hurt by Rock-Throwing Palestinians
An Israeli toddler traveling in a car in the West Bank was injured by rocks thrown by masked Palestinians. Dozens of Palestinians threw “rocks and heavy furniture” at passing Israeli cars at the Yitzhar Junction in the northern West Bank on Wednesday, the Israel Defense Forces told the Times of Israel. Some of the rocks…
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Fast Forward Relief and Bitterness as Gaza Returns to Normalcy
Gaza’s city workers cleared roads of rubble and fixed power lines on Wednesday as a ceasefire took hold after 50 days of war, with displaced families expressing a sense of relief and frustration as they returned to their damaged homes. Some of the biggest cheer was among Gaza’s fishermen, who were able to sail six…
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Fast Forward Gaza Ceasefire Holds as Both Sides Claim Win
An open-ended ceasefire in the Gaza war between Israel and the Palestinians held on Wednesday as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faced strong criticism in his country’s newspapers over a campaign in which no clear victor emerged. On the streets of the battered, Hamas-run Palestinian enclave, people headed to shops and banks, trying to resume the…
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Fast Forward Palestinians Celebrate Deal for Gaza Ceasefire
A ceasefire agreement between Israel and the Palestinians aimed at ending their seven-week conflict in Gaza went into effect on Tuesday and joyous Palestinians streamed into the streets of the battered enclave to celebrate. Minutes before the Egyptian-brokered truce began at 1600 GMT, a rocket fired by Palestinian militants killed one person in an Israeli…
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Fast Forward Jewish Couple Attacked on Upper East Side
A Jewish couple was attacked on the upper East Side of Manhattan by attackers spewing anti-Semitic hatred and flying Palestinian flags, police said. The thugs set upon the couple in their 20s on E. 63rd St. near Second Ave. around 8 pm on Monday. The assailants yelled anti-Semitic statements, said sources, and threw a water…
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Fast Forward Israel and Hamas Reach Gaza Peace Deal
Palestinian officials said on Tuesday a Gaza ceasefire deal with Israel has been reached under Egyptian mediation and a formal announcement of an agreement was imminent. There was no immediate confirmation from Israel, where a spokesman for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declined to comment. “An agreement has been reached between the two sides and we…
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