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 Out, Palestine In for Oscar Race
‘Bethlehem’ Trailer from The Playlist on Vimeo. Israel is out and Palestine is still in the Oscar race, following the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announcement of nine semi-finalists in the best foreign-language film category. Israel’s entry “Bethlehem,” directed by Yuval Adler and winner of Best Film at the 2013 Venice Film Festival,…
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Fast Forward Israel’s De Facto Partition of Jerusalem Creates Forgotten Arab Neighborhoods
Palestinian Sana Musa holds her 8-year old daughter Susann’s hand as they start the long trek home from school across a caged walkway through Israel’s concrete separation wall. Just a short drive from the stone streets of the world-famous Old City, this is part of Jerusalem’s fractured landscape that no tour group would dare tread,…
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Fast Forward Richard Falk Slammed for ‘Slouching to Holocaust’ Remark on Israel
Canada has called for the removal of a top U.N. official who accused Israel of having “genocidal intentions” against Palestinians. Ottawa “completely rejects and condemns” the “appalling” remarks made by Richard Falk, U.N. Special Rapporteur for the Palestinian Territories, Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird said in a statement. Canada has previously called for Falk to…
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Fast Forward Christmas Coming to Bethlehem — and Israel’s Ready
The Israel Defense Forces said it is working to facilitate the observance and celebration of Christmas for Palestinians living in the West Bank and Gaza. IDF officials met with representatives from the Bethlehem Municipality, the Palestinians Security Forces, international organizations and religious representatives in order to coordinate preparations for the Christmas holiday season. Over 300,000…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Elite Guard Tries To Defuse Violent Feud
Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas’s elite guard unit surrounded parliament in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Wednesday to protect a legislator from being attacked by another senior official, witnesses said. The incident was one of the most public confrontations between senior members of the Fatah party led by Abbas in years, and may deepen…
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Fast Forward 1 Million Gaza Palestinians Will Need Food Aid
Almost a million people are expected to need food aid in the Gaza Strip next year, a U.N. agency said on Wednesday as it appealed for $95 million from donors. About 813,000 Palestinian refugees currently receive food aid from the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), but the organisation expects a 10-20 percent rise…
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Fast Forward European Union Offers ‘Unprecedented’ Aid to Israeli-Palestinian Peace Talks
The European Union promised Israel and the Palestinians better access to European markets and “unprecedented” political and economic aid as an incentive to push them into resolving their decades-old conflict. Shrugging off gloomy predictions of failure, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said last week the Israelis and the Palestinians remained committed to peace talks…
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Fast Forward 4,000 Evacuated From Flood-Damaged Homes in Northern Gaza
More than 4,000 people have been evacuated from flood-damaged homes in northern Gaza in what the United Nations has called “a disaster area”, officials said on Saturday. Flooding has been so severe that access to many homes is by rowing boat and water is reported to be two metres (more than six feet) high in…
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