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 Security Guard Arrested in ‘Allah Akbar’ Killing Near Western Wall
A Jewish Israeli man was shot and killed by a security guard Friday morning at the Western Wall. The security guard, a 25-year-old man from northern Israel, is being held by police on suspicion of murder. Magen David Adom paramedics tried to resuscitate 46-year-old Doron Ben-Shloosh, whose name was revealed by police on Friday afternoon,…
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Opinion Speaking Up for Peace
In last week’s edition we criticized the silence of most Jewish organizations after Secretary of State John Kerry, addressing an American Jewish Committee forum in Washington, called on American Jews to support the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. Only a tiny number of organizations had taken up the call (including two we inadvertently omitted, Ameinu and the…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Prime Minister Offers Resignation Two Weeks After Taking Post
Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah has offered his resignation to President Mahmoud Abbas just two weeks after taking office, an official in his press office told Reuters on Thursday. It was not immediately clear whether Abbas would accept the resignation by Hamdallah, an academic and political independent whose cabinet convened for the first time last…
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Fast Forward U.N. Accuses Israel of Torturing Children and Using Palestinian Human Shields
A United Nations human rights body accused Israeli forces on Thursday of mistreating Palestinian children, including by torturing those in custody and using others as human shields. Palestinian children in the Gaza and the West Bank, captured by Israel in the 1967 war, are routinely denied registration of their birth and access to health care,…
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Israel News Jewish Groups’ Silence Is Deafening After John Kerry’s Plea for Peace
Despite almost uniformly claiming to back a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict, most major American Jewish organizations have declined to rally behind Secretary of State John Kerry’s recent call on them to speak with Israeli decision makers on the urgency of renewing negotiations with the Palestinians In interviews with the Forward, some American Jewish…
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Fast Forward American Jewish Leaders Call Remarks Opposing Two States ‘Irresponsible’
American Jewish leaders Abraham Foxman, Rabbi Rick Jacobs and David Harris condemned recent statements by senior Israeli officials about the impossibility of a two-state solution, calling them irresponsible and saying they undermine the credibility of the government. Earlier this week, Economy Minister Naftali Bennett told a settlers group that the idea of a Palestinian state…
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Fast Forward Hamas Admits Iran Rift Over Syria Civil War
Hamas said on Wednesday its relations with financial backer Iran have suffered as a result of the Islamist group’s support of rebels battling Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, a long-time Iranian ally. Hamas was also once an Assad ally but last year endorsed the revolt against him in a shift that deprived the Syrian leader of…
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Fast Forward World Leaders Use Shimon Peres Shindig To Push Israel To Seek Peace
World leaders encouraged Israel and the Palestinians to move the peace process forward in the opening events of Israel’s Presidential Conference. The conference, dubbed “Facing Tomorrow,” is a gathering of world leaders, celebrities and leading thinkers hosted by Israeli President Shimon Peres in Jerusalem. The conference began on Tuesday with a celebration of Peres’ upcoming…
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