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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News Peace Talks ‘Difficult,’ Even As Truce Holds Through Second Day
Talks to end a month-long war between Israel and Gaza militants are “difficult”, Palestinian delegates said on Tuesday, while an Israeli official said no progress had been made so far. As a 72-hour ceasefire held for a second day, Palestinian negotiators began talks with Egyptian intelligence after a meeting on Monday that lasted nine hours….
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Fast Forward Jewish South African Student’s Kaffiyeh Facebook Post Causes Outrage
A Facebook picture of a South African Jewish high school student wearing a traditional Palestinian scarf has triggered outrage and a petition calling for his removal from an honorary position, as well as a dueling petition in his defense. Joshua Broomberg, deputy head boy of the King David Victory Park High School, a Jewish day…
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Opinion Defeating Hamas Will Not Solve Israel’s Problem
Naftali Bennett, Israel’s minister of the economy, wants to defeat Hamas. “Hit Hamas without mercy,” Bennett said. “Day and night. On weekdays and holidays. Without respite and without rest. Until they are defeated.” And Bennett is not alone. In a new poll, 41% of Israelis say they want to topple Hamas. Benny Morris, the noted…
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Fast Forward Israel Returns to Talks as New Gaza Truce Starts
Israel and the Palestinians began talks in Cairo on Monday to try and end the conflict in Gaza and lift the blockade on the coastal enclave, Egypt’s state news agency MENA said. The indirect talks are being mediated by Egypt and began a day after the two sides agreed to begin a new 72-hour truce….
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Fast Forward 11-Year-Old Boy Shot by Israel in West Bank
Israeli soldiers killed a Palestinian boy during a confrontation with rock-throwing protesters in the occupied West Bank on Sunday, a relative who witnessed the incident said. Youssef al-Anati said his 11-year-old nephew, Khalil, was shot dead even though he was not taking part in the disturbances near the city of Hebron. The boy was taken…
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Opinion The (Overlooked) Man in Ramallah
Now that the recent war in Gaza seems to have come to some kind of end, we’ve arrived at the portion of this cyclical fighting in which each side vies to spin itself as the winner. But amid this jockeying, the position of perhaps the most important player in the drama to come has been…
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Fast Forward Glasgow Flies Palestinian Flag for Gaza Solidarity
The city council of Glasgow, Scotland, displayed a Palestinian flag on its building in solidarity with casualties in Gaza. The council raised the flag over the City Chambers Friday, the Jewish Chronicle of London reported, in support of “innocent people who are being hurt in Gaza,” the council said. In a letter to the mayor…
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Food Don’t F— With My Knafeh!
Dan Peretz // Haaretz (Haaretz) — Danny Phillips’ knafeh place was supposed to satisfy practically every sector in this postmodern world of multiple identities and conflicts. There’s a menu based almost entirely on knafeh – one of the best loved of local foods – put together after extensive research, that gives pride of place to an…
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