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 What To Call Occupation After 47 Years?
(Haaretz) — Open Haaretz on any given day. Half or three quarters of its news items will invariably revolve around the same two topics: people struggling to protect the good name of Israel, and people struggling against its violence and injustices. An almost random example: On December 17, 2013, one could read, on a single…
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Fast Forward Israel Razes Most Palestinian Homes in 5 Years
Aid agencies working in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem expressed alarm on Friday at a spike in Israeli demolitions of Palestinian property coinciding with renewed U.S.-backed peace negotiations. The statement by 25 aid organisations said the number of demolitions increased by almost half and the displacement of Palestinians by nearly three-quarters between July…
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Opinion John Kerry, Modern-Day Haman?
Secretary of State John Kerry and Haman / GettyImages/HipsterJew.com First he was described as “obsessive” and “messianic” by Israel’s defense minister Moshe Yaalon. Then he was accused by Israel’s intelligence minister Yuval Steinitz of “holding a gun to Israel’s head”. And now, Secretary of State John Kerry faces a new barrage of criticism coming from…
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Fast Forward State Department Issues Travel Warning for American Visiting Israel
The U.S. State Department issued an updated travel warning for Americans visiting Israel. “The security environment remains complex in Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza, and U.S. citizens need to be aware of the continuing risks of travel to these areas,” the warning issued Monday said. The warning also states,”Over three million foreign citizens, including…
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Fast Forward Jewish Groups Sit On Fence as John Kerry Readies Middle East Peace Framework
(JTA) — As the Obama administration prepares to unveil a framework plan for peace between Israel and the Palestinians, Jewish groups have responded by laying low. In contrast to the noisy Iran sanctions contretemps between the administration and much of the pro-Israel community, the leading centrist Jewish groups have largely adopted a wait-and-see approach as…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Slams Kerry for Comment on Israeli Boycotts
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu slammed John Kerry for his warning that Israel would face more international boycotts if the peace process fails. “Attempts to impose a boycott on the State of Israel are immoral and unjust. Moreover, they will not achieve their goal,” Netanyahu said Sunday at the start of the weekly Cabinet meeting….
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News Palestinian Workers Cheer SodaStream and Scarlett Johansson — Occupation or No
“I can bring a million people who want to work here,” boasted Ahmed Nasser, taking a break from his job as a SodaStream assembly line worker. Nasser spoke to the Forward from SodaStream’s main production plant, which is located in the Mishor Adumim industrial park within the settlement of Ma’ale Adumim in the occupied West…
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Fast Forward John Kerry Insists Peace Push Isn’t ‘Quixotic’
Secretary of State John Kerry said on Saturday that he remains hopeful that the Obama administration’s effort to broker a peace deal between Israelis and Palestinians can succeed. The United States hopes to complete a “framework” accord in coming weeks and will then try to negotiate a final peace deal by the end of 2014,…
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