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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Israel News How Do Mixed Jewish-Arab Schools Mark Memorial and Independence Days?
At most Israeli schools, Memorial Day is one of the most emotional days of the year, as students recall the soldiers who died for their nation in patriotic ceremonies that mark the birth of Israel, the Jewish state. But at Israel’s alternative Jewish-Arab schools, Memorial Day is difficult for another reason: While half the students…
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News Should Palestinian Father of 12-Year-Old Girl With Knife Be Barred From Working in Israel?
HALHOUL, West Bank — Released from Israeli prison, the 12-year-old girl went home to a festive scene in Halhoul, a town outside Hebron in the occupied West Bank. Bouquets of roses and sunflowers greeted Dima al-Wawi, who served two and a half months in an Israeli prison after she was arrested with a knife outside…
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Fast Forward Israeli Soldier Goes on Trial for Killing Wounded Palestinian
An Israeli soldier who shot and killed a wounded Palestinian assailant went on trial on manslaughter charges on Monday in a rare case that focuses on allegations of excessive use of force in confronting Palestinian attacks. A majority of Israelis do not want a court-martial to take place, according to an opinion poll taken shortly…
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Fast Forward Israeli Lawmaker: State Should Take Revenge on Palestinians So Jews Don’t
A right-wing Israeli lawmaker who last month drew condemnation for saying new Jewish mothers shouldn’t have to share hospital rooms with Arab ones, said Israel should conduct revenge attacks against Palestinians. Bezalel Smotrich, a Knesset member with the Jewish Home party, said Friday in a Holocaust Remembrance Day Facebook post that if Israel had taken appropriate…
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Fast Forward Democrats and Young Americans More Sympathetic to Palestinians: Survey
NEW YORK (JTA) – Democrats are more than four times as likely as Republicans to say they sympathize more with the Palestinians than with Israel, according to a new survey, and sympathy for the Palestinians among Americans overall is growing. While self-identified Democrats are more likely to favor Israel over the Palestinians (43 percent for…
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Fast Forward Why Won’t Israel Release Video of Killing of Pregnant Palestinian and Her Brother?
Israel Police have declined to release a video showing an attempted stabbing attack at a Jerusalem-area checkpoint, in the wake of an investigation that shows civilian security guards and not Border Police officers there shot and killed the alleged sibling attackers. Maram Salih Hassan Abu Ismail, 23, and her brother Ibrahim Saleh Taha, 16, were…
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Opinion New Comedy ‘Activist’ Tackles Israel Divestment on Campus — But Is It Funny?
Campus activists who work on Israel-Palestine — particularly Jewish ones — are both busy and tense. On one hand, Israel’s deepening occupation and the Israeli government’s current obsession with combatting BDS are natural fuel for the activist fire. On the other, the attempts by the Jewish community to marginalize those who don’t toe the party…
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Fast Forward Israel Gives Cold Shoulder to France’s Planned Mideast Peace Push
Israel formally expressed its opposition on Thursday to a French-proposed peace initiative, reaffirming its position that only direct talks with the Palestinians can resolve the decades-old conflict. A week ago, France said it would hold an international conference in Paris on May 30 in a bid to relaunch talks between Palestinians and Israelis by the…
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