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 Arrests Islamic Jihad Suspects In Connection With Bus Bomb
Israeli authorities said on Thursday they had arrested four suspected members of the Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad in connection with a bomb attack on a bus in a Tel Aviv suburb last month. The passengers, alerted to a suspicious bag, evacuated the bus minutes before the bomb went off on Dec. 22. A police…
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Opinion Israel Is Running Out of Pre-Oslo Prisoners
A nephew of a murdered Israeli soldier protests a Palestinian prisoner release. / Getty Images For 26 Palestinians, this weekend will be the first one in decades spent at home with their families. They were released on Monday as part of the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. The discourse over prisoner releases tends to be dominated by…
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Fast Forward Daughter Suggests Palestinian Envoy Killed in Prague Home Explosion Was Murdered
The Palestinian envoy to Prague was ‘deliberately killed’, his daughter alleged on Thursday, a day after he died in a mysterious explosion after opening a safe in his residence. Czech police said the blast that killed ambassador Jamal al-Jamal might have been caused by mishandling an explosive securing the safe. They said they were not…
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Fast Forward Benjamin Netanyahu Downbeat on Peace as John Kerry Jets in for Talks
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu offered a gloomy assessment of peace prospects with the Palestinians on Thursday as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry began his 10th visit to the region in pursuit of a deal. “There is growing doubt in Israel that the Palestinians are committed to peace,” said Netanyahu, speaking with Kerry at…
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Fast Forward John Kerry Lands in Israel Hoping to Energize Peace Talks
Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Israel on Thursday in his latest bid to reenergize peace negotiations and find scarce common ground between pessimistic Israeli and Palestinian officials. His visit, the 10th to the region in under a year, aims to lay the foundations of a “framework agreement” that addresses the core issues of…
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Fast Forward 85-Year-Old Palestinian Killed by Israeli Tear Gas
An 85-year old Palestinian died on Thursday after inhaling tear gas fired by the Israeli army to disperse protesters in the occupied West Bank, witnesses said. He is the first Palestinian casualty of the conflict with Israel in 2014 following the clash with soldiers on the outskirts of Kufr Qaddoum village near Nablus. An Israeli…
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Fast Forward John Kerry Hopes To Narrow Gap as Peace Talks Set To Intensify
Secretary of State John Kerry hopes to narrow differences between Israelis and Palestinians in peace talks this week that are intended to guide the sides toward a deal in April, a senior State Department official said on Tuesday. Kerry departs for the region on Wednesday in his first trip after a Christmas break. Israel and…
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Fast Forward Israeli Killings of Palestinians in West Bank Triple in 2013
Three times as many Palestinians were killed in the West Bank in 2013 as were in the previous year, according to an Israeli human rights watchdog. Israeli security forces killed 27 Palestinians in the West Bank in 21 separate incidents, and killed nine Palestinians in the Gaza Strip in seven incidents, according to a report…
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