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 Blocks East Jerusalem Palestinian Children’s Theater Festival
Public Security Minister Yitzhak Aharonovitch has blocked a Palestinian children’s theater festival from opening in East Jerusalem this Saturday night on the claim that the event was “under the auspices of or sponsored by the Palestinian Authority.” According to Aharonovitch, the holding of such an event associated with the PA in Israel contradicts an Israeli…
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Fast Forward Abbas Accepts Resignation of New Palestinian Prime Minister
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday accepted the resignation of his new prime minister, whose quick departure clouded efforts to project government stability after Western favourite Salam Fayyad quit the post. Officials told Reuters that Rami Hamdallah, an academic and independent who became prime minister two weeks ago, decided to step down after a dispute…
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Israel News Even Middle-Class Arabs Get Cold Shoulder From Jews in Israeli Town
The founding ethos of this town in the Lower Galilee, adjoining the ancient city of Nazareth, hits the visitor upon arrival. The town looks down directly on Nazareth, a large Arab-populated city. The two municipalities are divided by Zionism Street, a road decked with large Israeli flags — the type normally seen on a border…
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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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