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 3,000-Year-Old Palestinian Village Faces Eviction
His mother gave birth to him “under the sheep,” says Ribhi Al Battat, 60, hence his unique ability to translate the animal’s every bleating and gesture. I forgot to ask him at the end of my visit if this was a metaphor. However, one thing is certain – his mother gave birth to him in…
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Fast Forward Political Head of Hamas Calls For An End to Israeli-Palestinian Peace Talks
The head of the political wing of Hamas, Khaled Meshal, implicitly called on the Palestinian Authority Wednesday to cease peace negotiations with Israel immediately, claiming that continuing the talks would endanger the status of Jerusalem. Meshal, who is living in Qatar with other Hamas leaders, was in Ankara this week, where spoke by video to…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Economy Shrinks Amid Israeli Restrictions
The Palestinian economy in the Israeli-occupied West Bank shrank for the first time in a decade in the first half of 2013, the World Bank said, blaming a decline in foreign aid and myriad restrictions imposed by Israel. Israel has pointed repeatedly to strong growth in the West Bank in recent years as vital to…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Brothers Quizzed in Stabbing of 9-Year-Old Jewish Girl
Two Palestinian brothers suspected of involvement in the attack on a nine-year-old girl in the settlement of Psagot were arrested by the Israel Defense Forces. The brothers, from the West Bank village of El Bireh, located several hundred yards from the girl’s home, were apprehended late Monday in the village and questioned by the IDF….
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Fast Forward Mideast Peace Talks Intensify Despite Harsh Rhetoric From Both Sides
Israeli and Palestinian negotiators held a new round of talks on Monday, picking up the tempo of their meetings at the request of the United States in the face of widespread scepticism that they will ever reach a deal. The two sides resumed direct peace negotiations in late July after three years of stalemate and…
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Fast Forward Benjamin Netanyahu, Citing Familiar Themes, Says Palestinians Block Peace
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a major address asserted that the primary obstacle to Middle East peace is the Palestinian refusal to recognize Israel as a Jewish state. Netanyahu made his remarks Sunday at Bar-Ilan University — his first address there since a 2009 speech in which he famously declared his support for a…
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Opinion Handshake to Hate — Caught on Video
It was almost a moving moment. A Palestinian child, only 6 years old, goes up to a Jewish child of Israeli settlers and offers him a handshake. The Palestinian boy isn’t even supposed to be there. The Israel Defense Forces closed off this area of the restive West Bank a few months ago to avoid…
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Fast Forward Jewish Girl, 9, Stabbed by West Bank Intruder
A nine-year-old girl was injured in a suspected terrorist attack in a West Bank settlement. The girl was injured Saturday night on the porch outside of her home in Psagot, located north of Jerusalem and adjacent to Ramallah. Although shots were fired, it is believed that the girl, Noam Glick, was stabbed, according to reports….
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