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 Firestorm Erupts Over Iconic 2000 Video as Palestinian Father Insists Son Died
A Palestinian father whose son was captured on tape being shot in an iconic 2000 video that helped launch the intifada hit back at Israeli claims that the video is a fraud. In Gaza, Jamal al-Dura denounced an Israeli report casting doubt on the death as “a new fabrication”. In an interview with Reuters, he…
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Music Israel Claims Palestinian Boy in Iconic Video Wasn’t Actually Shot and Killed
Claims that Israeli troops in 2000 killed the Palestinian boy Mohammed al-Dura are “baseless,” an Israeli government committee concluded. The panel of experts made the statement in its 36-page report presented Sunday — Israel’s most comprehensive official response to a disputed video shot by a French television station. According to the report, “there are many…
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News Palestinians Mourn Neighborhood Razed by Israel in Shadow of Western Wall
Many Israelis marked the 46th anniversary of Jerusalem’s reunification, as they see it, with the fanfare that has become a staple of Jerusalem Day, the holiday first declared by the government in 1968 to mark the historic event. The May 8 celebration, which Israel’s chief rabbinate has also declared a religious holiday, was punctuated by…
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Opinion Why Can’t Israelis and Palestinians Both Be Right?
A new study published by The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and reported in The New York Times on May 14, informs us that (1) “For years, scientists and engineers have noticed an increase in river flows when the trees along the streams are removed. The water in the soil, which would otherwise…
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Israel News Is Steven Hawking’s Decision To Boycott an Israeli Conference Boon to BDS?
In the battle between supporters of Israel and those calling for a boycott of the Jewish state success is measured to a great extent by symbolic victories. And nothing makes for more of a symbolic victory than getting the most prominent living scientist to boycott Israel’s most prestigious gathering. Such was the impact of British…
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Fast Forward Cigarette Smugglers Tied to Notorious Jewish Murder on Brooklyn Bridge
Fifteen men of Palestinian origin have been arrested on charges of running a multi-million-dollar cigarette smuggling ring in New York, and New York authorities who announced the arrests on Thursday said several of the suspects have ties to Hamas and other Islamist militant groups. One of the men is suspected of supplying the gun used…
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Fast Forward Turkish Premier Recip Tayyip Erdogan Will Go Ahead With Trip to Palestinian Territories
Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said at the White House on Thursday that he intends to go ahead with a planned trip to the Gaza Strip next month despite pressure from the United States to delay it. “I place a lot of significance on this visit in terms of peace in the Middle East,” Erdogan…
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Fast Forward Israel Plans to ‘Legalize’ 4 Illegal Settlements in Snub of Peace
Israel plans to declare legal four unauthorised West Bank settler outposts, a court document showed on Thursday, days before U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry returns to the region to try to restart peace talks. Israel has been sending mixed signals on its internationally condemned settlement policy as Kerry pursues efforts to revive negotiations Palestinians…
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