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 Knife-Wielding Palestinian Teen Shot Dead As Trump Tours Nearby
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel Police officers shot and killed a Palestinian teenager who attempted to stab them just outside the Old City of Jerusalem as President Donald Trump was visiting holy sites in the city. The teen, who was identified by the Palestinian Maan news agency as a 16-year-old from Bethlehem, approached the Border Police…
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Community Who Is To Blame For The Occupation?
Conversations about the Israel-Palestine conflict have long been maddeningly predictable. “Pro-Israel” and “Pro-Palestinian” voices line up against each other — categories in themselves crazy-making, as if treating violent conflicts like football tournaments makes any sense. Discussions quickly degenerate into a battle over who is ultimately to blame, with different historical narratives thrown at each other…
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News Jewish Students Mustered A Rare Unity To Protest This Palestinian Activist
In a rare show of unity, Jewish students supportive of Israel at Northwestern University came together from different viewpoints Monday night to protest a convicted terrorist’s appearance on campus. The protesters—about 100 students—included members of J Street U, the student arm of the dovish Israel lobby; Wildcats for Israel, a group more closely aligned with…
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Fast Forward WATCH: Israel Envoy David Friedman Says He Prayed For Trump At Western Wall
The new U.S. ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, prayed for Trump at the Western Wall on his first day in Israel. In a video posted to Twitter by the U.S. embassy, Friedman said that he came straight to the Western Wall from the airport with his wife and daughter on Monday. Welcome to US Ambassador…
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Fast Forward Rasmea Odeh Speech At Northwestern Draws Protest From Hillel — And J Street
The Northwestern University chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine is hosting the Palestinian activist Rasmea Odeh — sparking a protest by Hillel that has been joined by the school’s J Street U chapter. The Monday SJP event in titled “When They Come for Rasmea Odeh, They Come for All of Us” and organizers say…
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Fast Forward Palestinians Marking ‘Nakba’ Clash With Israeli Troops
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Clashes broke out near Ramallah between Palestinians marking Nakba Day, referring to their perception of Israel’s founding as a catastrophe, and Israeli troops. Eleven Palestinians were injured Monday in the fighting at a checkpoint near the seat of the Palestinian Authority after Israeli soldiers fired rubber bullets and used other riot control measures in response…
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Fast Forward Rex Tillerson Uses ‘Palestine’ — Will White House Retract Remark Again?
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson used the term “Palestine” in an interview about the Mideast peace talks, just days after a White House official was forced to walk back using the term that implies recognition of the Palestinians’ right to statehood. In a discussion about President Trump’s upcoming visit to the region and possibly moving…
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Fast Forward American Parents Sue Pro-Palestinian Groups Over 1996 West Bank Killing
(JTA) — The American parents of a teen-age yeshiva student shot in 1996 at a bus stop near the West Bank city of Beit El, have filed a lawsuit to recover the damages it was awarded by a jury in federal court in Chicago. Stanley and Joyce Boim on Friday filed the lawsuit in Chicago…
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