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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Israel News South Africa’s Muslims and Jews, Once United Against Apartheid, Are Now Split
Partnership between Jews and Muslims in South Africa flourished when both communities joined forces in the struggle to end the apartheid regime. But as the common cause uniting them was resolved in the early 1990s, Jews and Muslims, both minorities in South Africa, grew apart and allowed the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to become a wedge issue…
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News John Kerry Stumps for Mideast Peace; Cory Booker’s Philosemitism
In this week’s Reporters Roundtable podcast, host Josh Nathan-Kazis is joined by Forward Washington correspondent Nathan Guttman to talk about John Kerry’s trip to the Middle East and the prospects for a peace deal. Then, Forward fellow Seth Berkman drops by to discuss his recent profile of Cory Booker, the Newark mayor who loves Jews….
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Fast Forward Desperate To Revive Talks, Kerry Returns to Israel — Again
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is set to return to Israel and the Palestinian territories next week for his fifth visit to the region in barely two months to extend his push for a revival of peace talks, sources on both side said. A senior American official indicated in March that Washington would try…
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Opinion Genocide, Lies & Video: Sliming Samantha Power
Even in a political culture as poisonous as ours is of late, there’s still something deeply disturbing about the perverse dishonesty of the right-wing attacks on Samantha Power, President Obama’s nominee for ambassador to the United Nations. There are so many layers of bad faith at work here that it’s hard to know where to…
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Opinion Turkey’s Moment of Tumult
Weeks before Turkish protesters took to the streets, alcohol fueled the flames of revolt. It was not drunkenness, however, that turned up the political heat; rather, it was government rhetoric that denied alcohol’s Turkishness. First, the conservative government initiated bans on selling alcohol. Then Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan pushed for constitutional reform in order…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Premier Works To Form New Government
Palestinian Prime Minister-designate Rami Hamdallah said on Tuesday he hoped to form his West Bank-based government this week but was committed to implementing a power-sharing deal with Gaza’s Hamas rulers. “I am a man of unity, and division is a crime against the Palestinian people and it must end. There is nothing we should differ…
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Fast Forward Israeli Boy’s Kidney Donated to Palestinian Child
The kidney of a 3-year-old Israeli boy was successfully transplanted to a 10-year-old Palestinian child. The parents of Noam Naor decided to donate his kidneys after their son was declared brain dead nearly two weeks ago after falling from a window in his parents’ apartment. One kidney went to an Israeli child, and the parents…
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Israel News John Kerry Makes Fiery Peace Appeal at American Jewish Committee Meeting
In a passionate appeal for supporting his Middle East peace effort, Secretary of State John Kerry warned that time is running out on a two-state solution for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Kerry, speaking at the annual meeting of the American Jewish Committee, called on American Jews to support his effort and to provide political backing for…
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