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 Israel Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon Says No ‘Land for Peace’
Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon inveighed against territorial compromise and blamed the Palestinian Authority for the recent failed peace talks in a wide-ranging policy address. Speaking on a broad spectrum of security challenges Tuesday at the Herzliya Conference, a policy conference at the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya, an Israeli university, Ya’alon said the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is…
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News Confessions of a Christian Zionist
As a child I knew nothing about Israeli culture, politics or people. But I was a Christian Zionist. I believed with perfect faith that across the globe, the descendants of ancient Hebrews had been stirred by God to return to the Middle East. I believed Israel was the sole inheritance of the Jews. I imagined…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Civil Servants Jostle in Unity Spat
Employees who have been on separate payrolls of rival Palestinian governments traded blows at Gaza banks on Thursday when those hired by Hamas did not receive their wages under a new unity administration. Since Hamas Islamists seized control of the Gaza Strip in 2007 from Fatah forces loyal to President Mahmoud Abbas, head of the…
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Fast Forward Israel Punishes Palestinians With 3,000 New Settler Homes After Unity Deal
(Reuters) — Israel announced on Thursday plans to build some 3,000 more settler homes in occupied territory in response to the inauguration of a Palestinian unity government backed by Hamas Islamists opposed to the Jewish state’s existence. Housing Minister Uri Ariel said he had issued notices inviting bids to construct 1,500 housing units. Israeli officials…
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Opinion Is This Palestinian Show ‘Art’ — or Propaganda?
An image from the “Invisible” exhibit in Ottawa, Canada / Mira Sucharov An art exhibit in a quiet gallery inside Ottawa’s City Hall has caused an international stir. Accusing the exhibit of “glorifying terror,” the Israeli ambassador to Canada met with the mayor to express his concerns. And dubbing it a “monument to terror” and…
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Fast Forward John Kerry Says ‘We Need’ Ties to Palestinian Unity Government
Secretary of State John Kerry said on Wednesday the United States would work with the new Palestinian unity government “as we need to” but would be monitoring its commitment to continued cooperation with Israel. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas swore in a government of technocrats on Monday in a reconciliation deal between his Fatah movement and…
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Israel News U.S. Warms to Palestinian Unity as Israel Fumes
(JTA) — The new Palestinian unity government brought together rivals Hamas and Fatah, but it has opened a divide between allies Israel and the United States. “I’m deeply troubled by the announcement that the United States will work with the Palestinian government backed by Hamas,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday in an interview with…
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Opinion Why Bother Playing Gaza Rocket Blame Game?
Man walks by rocket shelter in Israeli town of Sderot / Getty Images Responding to the new Palestinian unity government yesterday, Israel decided that it will start holding the Palestinian Authority responsible for rocket attacks from the Gaza Strip. The security cabinet resolved unanimously to “hold the Palestinian Authority responsible for all actions that harm…
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