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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Opinion How Is This Wall Different? Pope Francis Cements an Icon
A wall can mean many things. It can divide people who want to be united. It can ensure peace and safety by keeping danger at bay. It can enclose people so they are kept under control. The same wall can also stand for all these things to different people simultaneously. Consider that most iconic of…
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Israel News Pope Francis Makes Lasting Impression at Israeli Wall in West Bank
(JTA) — Perhaps the most lasting image from Pope Francis’ trip to Israel and the West Bank will be the pontiff praying, eyes closed, with his head against a wall. It wasn’t the Western Wall in Jerusalem, Judaism’s holiest site and a necessary stop for visiting dignitaries. It was Israel’s security fence in the West…
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Fast Forward Palestinians Agree on Unity Government Make-Up
Rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas agreed on the make-up of a national unity government on Tuesday in the most significant step yet toward healing their seven-year rift. The two groups said they had decided on a list of independent, technocrat ministers who will run the government pending elections in at least six months –…
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Fast Forward Ottawa Won’t Shut Down Palestinian Art Show in Canada Capital City Hall
The City of Ottawa will not close an art exhibit denounced as a glorification of terror by Israel’s embassy and the local Jewish community. “Invisible,” the creation of Toronto-based Palestinian artist Rehab Nazzal, focuses on “Palestine … and its military occupation by Israel,” according to a gallery brochure. The exhibit, which is scheduled to end…
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Israel News Pope Francis Spars With Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu Over Language of Jesus
(Reuters) — Pope Francis and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu traded words on Monday over the language spoken by Jesus two millennia ago. “Jesus was here, in this land. He spoke Hebrew,” Netanyahu told Francis, at a public meeting in Jerusalem in which the Israeli leader cited a strong connection between Judaism and Christianity. “Aramaic,”…
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Fast Forward Pope Francis Visits Yad Vashem — Lays Wreath at Theodor Herzl’s Grave
(Reuters) — Pope Francis navigated the minefield of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and humbly bowed to kiss the hands of Holocaust survivors on Monday, the last day of a Mideast trip laden with bold personal gestures. “Never again, Lord. Never again!” he said in the dimly lit Hall of Remembrance in the Yad Vashem Museum which…
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Culture The problem with John Judis’s book about Harry Truman and the Jews
Judis is clear about his agenda in writing 'Genesis'
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Fast Forward Pope Francis Wraps Up Whirlwind Trip With Benjamin Netanyahu Meeting
Pope Francis completes a tour of the Holy Land on Monday, paying homage to Jews killed in the Nazi Holocaust and looking to affirm Christian rights at a disputed place of worship in Jerusalem. After visits to Jordan and the Palestinian Territories – including praying at the wall dividing Bethlehem from Jerusalem, Francis spends the…
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