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 U.S. Has Own Plan as Peace Talks Stall Over Israel’s Hardline Stance
The United States will present its own peace plan to Israeli and Palestinian negotiators, a senior Knesset member told Israeli media. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of his plan to intervene with his own draft agreement, after it appeared that staying on the sidelines did not help, Zahava…
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Fast Forward 5 Nobel Laureates Join South African Campaign To Free Palestinians Held by Israel
An international campaign launched in Cape Town to free Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails has been condemned by the South African Zionist Federation. Launched late last month by the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation on Robben Island, where Nelson Mandela was incarcerated for 18 of his 27 years’ imprisonment by the apartheid government, the Free Marwan…
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Fast Forward Israel Approves Construction of 1,700 New Settlement Homes
Israel issued tenders for construction of more than 1,700 new homes for Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank on Sunday, moving ahead with projects opposed by the United States and others ahead of a visit by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry. The plots being advertised are in nine settlements in areas Israel says…
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Fast Forward Palestinians Stick to Peace Talks Despite Complaints
Members of the Palestinian peace negotiating team did not resign over Israeli settlement construction announcements, Palestinian officials said despite reports to the contrary. A report late last week on the Palestinian Maan news website said that negotiating team head Saeb Erekat and team member Mohamed Shtayyeh had resigned after Israeli announcements of new construction in…
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Fast Forward Montreal’s Le Mood Scraps Panel With Critics of Israel
A Montreal Jewish learning festival has canceled two sessions that would have been led by a pro-Palestinian activist who calls for Birthright Israel’s abolition. Le Mood, a Limmud conference to be held this Sunday and funded by the local Jewish federation, pulled the panel titled “Where are all the radical Jews?” and another on the…
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Fast Forward Israel Green Lights 3,500 New Homes for Jewish Settlers on West Bank
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered officials on Wednesday to press ahead with plans to build 3,500 more homes for Jewish settlers, hours after Israel freed 26 Palestinian prisoners as part of U.S.-brokered peace efforts. Netanyahu’s step was seen as a way to placate hardliners who criticized him as the inmates, convicted of killing Israelis,…
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Fast Forward Israel Approves New Jewish Settlements After Freeing 26 Palestinian Prisoners
Israel freed 26 Palestinian prisoners on Wednesday as part of U.S.-brokered peace efforts, but said it was pressing on with plans to build more homes for Jewish settlers, in an apparent move to appease hardliners. The inmates, who were convicted of killing Israelis, basked in a heroes’ welcome from hundreds of relatives and well-wishers in…
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Fast Forward Israel Releases 26 Palestinian Prisoners
Israel freed 26 Palestinian prisoners on Wednesday, the second stage of a limited amnesty designed to help U.S.-sponsored peace talks that have been dogged by divisions on both sides. The inmates, convicted of murder in the killing of Israelis before or just after interim accords were signed two decades ago, were bussed from jail at…
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