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.
Palestinian
The Latest
-
Fast Forward 4 Gaza Children Killed ‘Playing Soccer’ on Beach — Both SIdes Set Brief Truce
Israeli shelling killed four Palestinian boys on a Gaza beach on Wednesday, an incident the military called tragic, and Israel and Hamas said they would cease attacks for five hours on Thursday for a humanitarian truce requested by the United Nations. Palestinian militants fired more than 130 rockets into Israel on the ninth day of…
-
Opinion The Intifada Will Be Live Streamed — Is That Bad?
We in the pro-Israel community have spent the past decade bracing for the next intifada — another uprising. And now that it seems to be upon us, we are set with our talking points: why peace talks failed, why the Hamas and Palestinian Authority unity government is to blame, how the Israelis try to protect…
-
Fast Forward No Ramadan Joy for Muslims in Gaza
(Reuters) — Instead of enjoying celebrations and night time feasts, Palestinians in Gaza are spending the Islamic holy month of Ramadan cowering in their homes and temporary shleters from Israeli bombs. Muslims fast during the daylight hours in Ramadan and sundown would normally bring a carnival atmosphere to Gaza’s crowded streets, with lanterns strung above…
-
Life A Gaza Mother Amid the Airstrikes
Eman Mohammed with her daughters, Lateen and Talia As a photojournalist, stepping into war isn’t a dilemma for me. It is my instinct to grab my cameras and run out to document the man-made misery, the horrors of war, each and every time hoping humanity will get the lesson. But nothing prepared me to understand…
-
The Schmooze Dwight Howard Irks Jews With #FreePalestine Tweet
Getty Images Basketball superstar Dwight Howard’s foray into commentary on the crisis in the Middle East only lasted about 15 minutes. However, that was more than long enough to make headlines and draw the ire of thousands of twitter users. On Saturday, Howard tweeted #FreePalestine but deleted the tweet in about fifteen minutes according to…
-
Israel News Settlers Want Israel Tied to Past — But What About Future?
Jane Eisner’s special report, Across the Green Line, is running in two parts, starting yesterday and continuing today. Read the first part here. Days after the bodies of the three Israeli yeshiva students were found, defiant settlers established unauthorized outposts in their names. This is not a new phenomenon. Deep in the West Bank, Esh…
-
Fast Forward Jewish Doctor Bounced From JetBlue Flight Over Gaza Spat With Passenger
A Jewish woman was ejected from a JetBlue flight after arguing about the Israel-Hamas conflict with a Palestinian passenger. The Jewish woman, physician Lisa Rosenberg of New York, was asked to leave the July 7 John F. Kennedy Airport-bound flight from Palm Beach International Airport not long after concluding a telephone conversation about Israel’s conduct…
-
Fast Forward Israel Cabinet To Meet on Gaza Ceasefire Plan
Egypt launched an initiative on Monday to halt fighting between Israel and Palestinian militants, proposing a ceasefire to be followed by talks in Cairo on settling the conflict in which Gaza authorities say more than 170 people have died. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will convene his decision-making security cabinet on Tuesday to discuss the…
Explore
Most Popular
- 1
Culture RFK Jr.’s poems to Olivia Nuzzi are peak cringe — so were King Solomon’s
- 2
Culture A shocking true story of Mexico’s Jewish community comes to Netflix
- 3
News As young Jews move away from Israel, Jewish leaders are reluctant to change their approach
- 4
Film & TV For ill and for good, this ‘Wicked’ song has become ubiquitous
In Case You Missed It
-
Fast Forward Jewish moderate Julie Menin claims victory as next City Council speaker
-
Letters Jewish leaders must work with educators to battle antisemitism — not demonize us
-
Opinion More than 25% of Israelis want to leave the country. How did we get here?
-
Yiddish טשיקאַוועסן: די ערשטע פֿרומע ייִדישע בירגער־מײַסטערין אין אַמעריקעTidbits: The first female Orthodox Jewish mayor in the U.S
מישעל ווײַס, אַ רעפּובליקאַנערין, האָט געוווּנען די וואַלן אין יוניווערסיטי הײַטס — אַ טיף דעמאָקראַטישער פֿאָרשטאָט פֿון קליוולאַנד, אָהײַאָ
-
Shop the Forward Store
100% of profits support our journalism
