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 Israeli Housing Minister Vows To Expand Settlements
Israel’s new housing minister said on Sunday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s incoming cabinet would keep expanding Jewish settlements to the same extent as his previous government. The remarks came two days ahead of a visit by U.S. President Barack Obama who has urged Israel to halt settlement on land that Palestinians seek for a…
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Culture Palestine Might Still Be A Better Name Than Israel
‘He’s not going to give up one inch of Eretz Israel,” New York Times columnist Roger Cohen quotes Israeli political scientist Shlomo Avineri as saying of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on February 15. And Cohen adds, by way of explanation, “Eretz Israel is a biblical term widely used to refer to the area between the…
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Opinion The Messages in Obama’s Israel Itinerary
President Obama’s itinerary for his upcoming visit to Israel and the occupied West Bank contains messages both direct and subtle. And one of the subtler messages seems to be embedded in his decision to visit the Dead Sea Scrolls Exhibit in Jerusalem. In case the intended message passes you by: When President Obama spoke to…
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Fast Forward Barack Obama’s Visit to Israel Fails To Ignite Faded Peace Hopes — On Either Side
Five years ago, a few months after a Palestinian rocket crashed through his kitchen ceiling, Pinhas Amar received a more welcome guest at his southern Israeli home – Barack Obama, then running for president of the United States. Amar holds up a picture he now keeps in a back room – unframed and glued to…
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Fast Forward Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas Wants Fresh Peace Talks With Israel
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Thursday he hoped peace talks with Israel would restart this year although the chances of a resumption seemed slim. Abbas made his comments during a meeting in Moscow with Russian President Vladimir Putin, who said Russia would do all it could to promote peace in the region. “We… hope…
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Fast Forward Israel Kills Palestinian Protester on West Bank
Israeli troops killed a Palestinian on Tuesday during a confrontation with a stone-throwing crowd in a flashpoint district of the occupied West Bank, both sides said. The incident in Fuwar, near the city of Hebron, stoked tensions ahead of a visit by U.S. President Barack Obama next week that has been billed as a bid…
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Fast Forward Barack Obama Meets Leaders of Arab-American Groups Ahead of Mideast Trip
President Barack Obama on Monday met Arab American leaders who urged him to deliver a message of hope to the Palestinian people on his Middle East trip this month, even though he has made clear he will not use the visit to launch a new Israeli-Palestinian peace initiative. Obama hosted about 10 leaders at the…
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Fast Forward Israeli Police, Palestinians Clash at Dome of the Rock Complex
Israeli police fired stun grenades to disperse Palestinian worshippers who had thrown rocks and firebombs at them after Friday prayers at the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem’s Old City, police said. Dozens of officers entered the politically sensitive area, one of Islam’s holiest sites to break up several hundred protesters. A number of policemen were…
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