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 Frayed Moral Fiber of Israel
Living in Israel is like living on the edge of a precipice. Every morning we turn on the radio to a new and earth shattering piece of news. It seems that we cannot survive without the constant adrenaline of drama. Each day brings with it yet another story of corruption, violence, and unconfirmed gossip. Sgt….
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Fast Forward Britain Nixes E.U. Statement on Paris Peace Conference
(JTA) — Britain prevented the European Union Foreign Affairs Council from adopting the closing statement from the Paris peace conference. Britain’s action, reported by Haaretz citing European and Israeli diplomats, comes a day after Britain refused to sign the closing statement at the peace conference in Paris. Britain had sent a low-level diplomat to the conference…
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Israel News Can Generals Scare Israelis Into Accepting a State for Palestinians?
A group of former Israeli security chiefs in favor of a two-state solution is trying to scare the Israeli Jewish public into separating from the Palestinians with massive billboards of a Palestinian demonstration with Arabic writing that reads: “We will soon be the majority.” The ad campaign plays on the fears of a so-called “demographic…
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Israel News 68% of Israelis Support Two-State Solution: J Street Poll
Apparently, the the two state solution isn’t dead just yet. That’s according to a poll conducted by the dovish pro Israel lobby J Street, which found that 68% of Israelis favor an independent Palestinian state alongside Israel, reported by Haaretz. Pundits have been sounding the death knell for the two state solution for years. That…
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Israel News Inside the West Bank Settlement That Trump’s Envoy David Friedman Loves Best
On a weekday night in Beit El, dozens of teenage boys were packed into the study hall at the settlement’s new yeshiva, a tan stone building with a zig zag facade. It was a brisk night on the hilltop, and their coats and backpacks were scattered in the hallway. The yeshiva is Beit El’s crown…
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Fast Forward Report: Abbas Met With U.S. Businessmen to Establish Trump Back Channel
(JTA) — Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas met with American businessmen in Ramallah earlier this month in an attempt to set up a back channel for contacts with the incoming administration of Donald Trump. On Jan. 2, Abbas met in Ramallah with hedge fund manager Daniel Arbess, who is Jewish, and with the Palestinian billionaire…
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Community To Fight Radical Islamic Terror, Europe Must Move From Gestures To Action
Brandenburg Gate, one of the most recognizable landmarks in the world, once the scene of mass Nazi rallies, emblazoned with swastika flags, was this week lit up with the flag of the Jewish State of Israel. Who would have thought in their lifetime, or even in the space of eighty years, this would ever happen?…
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Fast Forward United States, Scores of Other Countries Will Attend Paris Peace Conference
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Representative of 72 countries will attend the Paris peace conference, French officials announced. Among those who said they will attend is U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, who late last month in a lengthy speech laid out six principles that the United States believes must govern the resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict while…
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