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 Benjamin Netanyahu Will Talk Iran (Plus Syria and Palestinians) on Obama Trip
Iran’s nuclear ambitions, the civil war in Syria and stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts will top the agenda of U.S. President Barack Obama’s visit to Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday. “It is a very important visit that will emphasise the strong alliance between Israel and the United States,” Netanyahu, who has had a…
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Culture Grassroots Student Groups Calmly Tackle Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has long been a fiery subject on college campuses, with national pro-Israel groups and, to a lesser extent, their pro-Palestinian counterparts vying to influence the debate. Alongside such heavy hitters as Hillel or the Muslim Students Association, smaller, student-created groups have cropped up. These grassroots groups often focus on dialogue rather than…
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Fast Forward Benjamin Netanyahu’s Israel Coalition Partner Rules Out Peace With Palestinians
Israel has no chance of signing a permanent peace accord with the Palestinians and should instead seek a long-term interim deal, the most powerful political partner of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday. The remarks by Avigdor Lieberman, an ultranationalist whose joint party list with Netanyahu narrowly won a Jan. 22 election while centrist…
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News Guns in Israel, Textbooks in Palestine
In this week’s Reporters Roundtable podcast, host Josh Nathan-Kazis is joined by Forward reporter Nathan Guttman to discuss Israel’s relationship with guns and if it could serve as a model for the US. Then, Deputy Culture Editor Naomi Zeveloff stops by to discuss why a recent study comparing Palestinian and Israeli textbooks is so controversial.
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News 4 Palestinian Women Get Pregnant With Jailed Hubbies’ Sperm
Four Palestinian women who had the sperm of their husbands smuggled out of Israeli jails reportedly are pregnant. Dr. Salim Abu Khaizaran, a fertlity doctor at the Razan Medical Center in the West Bank city of Nablus, said Thursday that other insemination attempts had failed, the Palestinian Maan news agency reported. “We don’t intervene and…
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Israel News Fierce Reaction Greets Study of Alleged Hate in Palestinian Textbooks
A controversial in-depth study that clears Palestinian Authority school textbooks of the charge that they demonize Jews and Israelis has become an orphan, virtually upon its release. Since Yale University psychiatry professor Bruce Wexler, Bethlehem University professor Sami Adwan and Daniel Bar-Tal of Tel Aviv University rolled out their study’s results February 4, the Council…
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Fast Forward Israel Sleepwalking Into Crisis Over Jewish Settlements on Occupied Palestinian Land
Israel risks sleepwalking into a crisis with its allies over relentless settlement-building in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem unless it realises that the international anger is genuine and adjusts its course. The next few months may prove crucial if Israel is to avoid diplomatic disaster, with a new government forming around Prime Minister…
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Fast Forward Brooklyn College President Won’t Cancel Boycott Israel Panel
The president of Brooklyn College hit back against New York City Council members who threatened to withhold funds to the school if it allows a panel discussion about the boycott Israel campaign to go forward later this week. Brooklyn College President Karen Gould insisted the discussion would go ahead as planned and defended the decision…
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