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 Clears Palestinians From E1 Camp
Israeli security forces removed about 100 Palestinians early on Sunday from tents pitched in an area of the West Bank as a protest against Israeli plans to build a settlement there. Israel’s Supreme Court ruled on Friday that the Palestinian outpost, built in the geographically sensitive area known as E1, could remain for six days…
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Fast Forward Palestinians Pitch Tents on Land Planned for Settlements
Palestinians from villages in the occupied West Bank near Jerusalem pitched tents on Friday on land Israel has earmarked for a new urban settlement, looking to preserve the area for an independent Palestinian state. Scores of Palestinians erected about 20 large, steel-framed tents on a windswept hillside in an area known as E1, a geographically…
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Fast Forward 2 Israeli Films Put Up for Documentary Oscar
Two Israeli films are among the five nominated for best documentary for the Academy Awards. “5 Broken Cameras,” directed by Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi, and “The Gatekeepers,” directed by Dror Moreh, were among the films chosen from 15 finalists of the 126 films that entered in the category when the Academy of Motion Picture…
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Fast Forward Egypt Pushes Palestinian Factions for Unity
Egyptian President Mohammed Mursi plans to meet the leaders of Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah on Wednesday in a renewed effort to help them heal their five-year-old feud, Palestinian and Egyptian officials said. But there was no confirmation President Mahmoud Abbas of the secular Fatah group and Khaled Meshaal of the Islamist Hamas movement would…
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Fast Forward Shin Bet Leader Worries About Palestinian Uprising
Israel faces the prospect of a new Palestinian uprising because of despair over the gridlock in peacemaking, a former head of the Israeli internal intelligence agency who is standing in the Jan. 22 election said on Tuesday. Yaakov Peri, running for the centrist Yesh Atid party, told Reuters in an interview that the next government…
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Fast Forward Egyptian Quits After Calling for Return of Jews
Essam al-Erian, an advisor to Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, resigned days after calling for Jews to return to Egypt and leave Israel to the Palestinians. Erian, deputy head of the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party, reportedly resigned Monday, saying he could not hold down the leadership position in his party along with being an…
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Opinion Where’s the Platform, Bibi?
With less than three weeks until elections in Israel, the nation’s leading party still has no platform. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s hybrid political faction formed from the recent merger between the ruling Likud party and right-wing Yisrael Beiteinu, has yet to publish its platform, in which it lays out its stands on major issues. It’s…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Authority Changes Name to State of Palestine
The Palestinian Authority officially changed its name to the State of Palestine. President Mahmoud Abbas decreed Friday that the name would be changed to reflect the recent upgrade of the Palestinians’ status at the United Nations, the Associated Press reported Palestinian stamps, signs and letterheads will be changed to reflect his decision, according to Wafa,…
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