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 Jews and Arabs Demonstrate Together Against Israeli Home Demolitions — and Trump
Thousands of Arabs and Jews waving Israeli and Palestinian flags protested in Tel Aviv on Saturday against home demolitions in Arab villages. Organizers estimated that some 5,000 protesters marched in central Tel Aviv in a demonstration that also referenced President Donald Trump’s ban on immigrants from seven Muslim nations. “No Ban! No Wall! No Demolitions!”…
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Fast Forward Israeli Company Bidding Hard to Build Trump’s Wall
The Israeli company that built Israel’s border fence is making a play this week to construct U.S. President Donald Trump’s wall with Mexico. According to Bloomberg, the U.S.-based unit of Magal Security Systems Ltd. presented at a January 31 conference on border security attended by officials from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The company,…
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Fast Forward Trump May Cut Funding to UN If It Recognizes Palestinian State
A massive cut in American funding for the United Nations could be in the works if President Trump signs an executive order prepared by his aides. The order, first reported by the New York Times on Wednesday, will cut at least 40% of funding for the international body and its agencies, if they grant full…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Shot Dead After Plowing Car Into West Bank Bus Stop
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A Palestinian driver who drove his vehicle into a West Bank bus stop in an alleged car-ramming attack was shot and killed by Israeli troops stationed there. The incident occurred Wednesday evening near the Kochav Yaakov settlement, located southeast of Ramallah. No Israelis were reported injured in the incident. The driver reportedly swerved…
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Community Tough Love: How America Can Be The Ally Israel Needs — And The World Deserves
As I read the outrage of Israeli and American critics of last month’s U.N. Security Council resolution on Israeli settlement activity and John Kerry’s speech, I recall the day in 2003 when I sat in the office of France’s foreign minister as he explained its opposition to the U.S. invasion of Iraq. Dominique de Villepin…
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Fast Forward State Department Reviews Obama’s Last-Minute $221M Payment to Palestinians
(JTA) — The U.S. State Department is reviewing the Obama administration’s decision to send $221 million to the Palestinian Authority on the morning of Donald Trump’s inauguration. The State Department said it would look into the payment, which had previously been held up by congressional Republicans, and make adjustments in line with the Trump administration’s priorities,…
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Opinion Women’s March Organizers Should Be More Careful About the Company They Keep
On the day after Donald Trump’s inauguration, women from around the country took to the streets to protest the election and rhetoric of the new President. Women met on the streets of their own towns and cities across the country and around the world, and they traveled from far and wide to protest in Washington…
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Fast Forward Obama’s Last-Minute $221M Gift to Palestinians
(JTA) — The Obama administration reportedly sent $221 million to the Palestinian Authority on the morning of Donald Trump’s inauguration. The administration told Congress that it would send the funds hours before Trump was sworn in Friday, an anonymous State Department official and several congressional aides said, according to The Associated Press. At least two unnamed Republican lawmakers…
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