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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Opinion Yes, Our Anti-Israel Protest Disrupted LGBT Conference — That’s the Point!
The debate over pinkwashing at the Creating Change conference in Chicago this past weekend was agitational. It was uncomfortable. It brought out tensions in our relationships, our values and our communities. That’s a good thing. I was always taught that Shabbat is a time to imagine the world to come. So, when I learned that…
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Opinion How the Left’s ‘Yes, But’ Mourning for Slain Israelis Actually Hurts Palestinians
The horrifying murder of Dafna Meir, an Israeli who was stabbed to death on January 17 while fighting off a Palestinian assailant in her West Bank home, posed a moral and political test to both the right and the left in Israel. Judging from my social media feeds and email inbox, it was a test…
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Opinion Who’s To Blame for Jewish Group Getting Booted from Gay Conference?
It’s been a busy week for the National LGBTQ Task Force. Jewish accusations of exclusionary behavior, silencing, anti-Semitism, being too harsh on Israel, being too easy on Israel — all this and more inundated the Task Force, and all because of a single event at the Creating Change Conference in Chicago. First the Task Force…
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Fast Forward Israeli Troops Kill 3 Palestinians in West Bank
Israeli soldiers shot dead three Palestinians in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday including one the military said had tried to stab a soldier, as four months of tensions simmered. The Palestinian Health Ministry said a 21-year-old Palestinian was killed by Israeli army gunfire during a confrontation between troops and protesters in the town of…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Youth Fails Stabbing Attempt at Jerusalem Bus Stop
A Palestinian youth attempted to stab an Israeli man at a bus stop in eastern Jerusalem. The failed attack occurred on Sunday afternoon in the Armon Hanatziv neighborhood of eastern Jerusalem. The would-be attacker fled the scene after attempting to stab an Israeli man waiting at the bus stop, and was caught by Israeli security…
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Fast Forward Vatican’s Recognition of ‘Palestine’ Comes Into Effect With New Year
An agreement signed last year making the Vatican’s de facto recognition of Palestine in 2012 official has come into effect, the Holy See said on Saturday. The Vatican signed its first treaty with the “State of Palestine” last June when it called for moves to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and backed a two-state solution. “……
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Fast Forward Australian Church Denies Belief That Jesus Was Palestinian
Jesus was not Palestinian, a major church denomination in Australia said after the Executive Council of Australian Jewry challenged an article in a political publication in which the birthplace of Jesus Christ was named as Palestine. The article was written by two Palestinian members of Australia Palestine Advocacy Network which has links with the Uniting…
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Fast Forward Bibi Blames Palestinians for Lack of Peace Progress in Rebuke to John Kerry
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blamed the Palestinians for the lack of progress toward peace in an apparent response to statements by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry. “The time has come for the international community to understand that the reason there is no negotiation and no progress toward peace is not Israel’s fault but…
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