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 Palestinian Man Arrested Over Stabbing of 9-Year-Old Girl
A Palestinian man was arrested and confessed to stabbing a 9-year-old girl in a West Bank settlement. Abdullah Abu Kabita, 21, was arrested last week for the October attack on Noam Glick in Psagot. A gag order on the arrest was lifted Monday. Noam was attacked while standing on the porch of her home. She…
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Fast Forward Israel Plans New Settler Homes As John Kerry Wraps Up Visit
Israel published plans on Monday to build 272 homes in settlements in the occupied West Bank even as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry wrapped up his 10th visit in a year trying to forge an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal. Palestinians fear Israeli settlements, built on occupied land and deemed illegal by the United Nations, will…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Firm Is First in Line To Buy Natural Gas From Israel’s Leviathan
A Palestinian electric company was the first to sign an agreement to buy gas from Israel’s Leviathan natural gas field. The Palestine Power Generation Company signed a 20-year deal to purchase $1.2 billion worth of gas, some 4.75 billion cubic meters, from the Leviathan group, according to reports. The Leviathan partners informed the Tel Aviv…
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Fast Forward Saudi King ‘Enthusiastically Supports’ Israeli-Palestinian Peace Efforts
Saudi King Abdullah offered his “enthusiastic support” to U.S. efforts to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Sunday. The U.S. diplomat made the comment after some two hours and 40 minutes of talks with the Arab monarch, who in 2002 floated a plan to try to bring peace to…
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Fast Forward Path To Peace Is Becoming Clearer, Says Kerry
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Sunday the Israelis and Palestinians were making some progress in peace talks, though there was still a chance no accord would be reached. Speaking before he flew to Jordan and Saudi Arabia to brief their rulers about his 10th visit to the region to see Israeli Prime…
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Fast Forward John Kerry Cites Progress to ‘Framework’ Peace Deal
Israel and the Palestinians are making progress towards reaching a framework peace agreement but they are not there yet, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry told reporters on Saturday. Kerry spoke after about three hours of talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah, the Palestinian seat of government in the West Bank. “I am…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Protests Greet John Kerry in West Bank
Palestinian protesters on Friday condemned the latest efforts by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to advance peace talks with Israel, using chants evoking the Arab uprisings and telling him to go home. Hours before Kerry was due to meet Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, a raucous crowd of several hundred took to the streets of…
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Culture Organizers Prepare Palestinian Museum For 2015 Opening
2014 will see intensified preparations for the projected April 2015 opening of the Palestinian Museum, which will be the biggest museum devoted to Palestinian culture and identity. Since last April’s groundbreaking ceremony for the 3,000-square-meter project — the size of half a regulation soccer field — director and head curator Jack Persekian has been busy…
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