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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Community The No State Solution
More times than I can count, Brown University students, Jewish and non-Jewish, have decried Israel in what they call “a critique of nationalism” or the state system. On the one hand, I agree with their theoretical point: nationalism and the state system are extremely problematic and have resulted in enormous grief, bloodshed, and displacement across…
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Community What We Talk About When We Don’t Talk About The Nakba
In recent weeks, I have been paying particular attention to the arguments in favor of Zionism from those who call themselves progressive Zionists and call for a two-state solution, support Israel’s right to exist as a Jewish state, and express criticism of some of Israel’s policies and actions. More precisely, I have been paying attention…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Woman Brandishing Scissors Killed By Israeli Troops In Jerusalem
Israeli paramilitary police officers shot and killed a Palestinian woman who tried to attack them with a pair of scissors outside Jerusalem’s walled Old City on Wednesday, police spokesmen said. The incident occurred at Damascus Gate, a heavily guarded entrance to the Old City and the scene of similar violence in the past. “Police responded…
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Fast Forward Temple Mount Faithful To Host Provocative Passover Sacrifice
Jewish activists who want to rebuild the holy temple in Jerusalem are hosting a provocative Passover sacrifice in an archaeological park adjacent to the Temple Mount this year, Haaretz reported. The ceremony at the Davidson Center will likely be met with opposition from the Islamic Waqf which controls the Temple Mount, known to Muslims as…
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Fast Forward Jordan’s King Abdullah Says Two-State Solution Only Path To Peace
Jordan’s King Abdullah said peace would not be attained in the Middle East without the creation of a Palestinian state under a two-state solution that would be the basis of a comprehensive Arab-Israeli peace deal. In a speech at the start of an Arab summit held beside the Dead Sea, King Abdullah said Israel was…
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Fast Forward 2 Israelis Awarded Rhodes Scholarships In First
For the first time, two Israelis have been awarded the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship at Oxford University, Haaretz reported. Nadav Lidor and Maayan Roichman, both 26-year-old Tel Avivians, are inaugural Israeli recipients of the scholarship, which in the past was closed to Israelis. This year, the program has expanded to include several countries in the Middle…
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Fast Forward Israeli Troops Kill Palestinian Youth Suspected Of Hurling Firebombs
(JTA) – Israeli troops shot and killed a Palestinian youth they said was hurling firebombs at Israelis and injured three alleged accomplices. The incident occurred Thursday night in the West Bank, according to the Palestinian news agency Ma’an. An Israeli army spokesperson told Ma’an that “three suspects exited a vehicle adjacent to the community of…
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Community Dennis Prager, Shmuley Boteach and the Diabolical Bargain of Pro-Trump Jews
Jewish Conservative pundits who have long stood for family values and moral rectitude but now stand with Trump have revealed what apparently lurked underneath the whole time, in a manner no less maddening than the Evangelical Trump supporters who can lift their hand from a posture of prayer to shake the hand of a man…
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