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 Palestinians Shut Newspaper That Detailed Security Cooperation With Israel
The Palestinian administration in the occupied West Bank shut down the local office of a pan-Arab newspaper this week after accusing it of “offensive” reporting on Palestinian security coordination with Israel, officials said. As Palestinian-Israeli street violence surged last month, Al Araby Al-Jadeed daily accused the administration of jailing “dozens of (Palestinian) political prisoners on…
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Fast Forward Israel Rejects Claim It Harvests Organs From Slain Palestinians as ‘Anti-Semitic’ Lie
The Palestinian Authority’s representative to the United Nations accused Israel of harvesting the organs of Palestinians killed while attacking Israelis. Israel’s U.N. envoy responded by calling the PA’s accusation a “blood libel.” “A medical examination conducted on bodies of Palestinians returned after they were killed by the occupying power found that they were missing organs,”…
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Fast Forward Hebron Becomes Focus of Conflict as Israel Backs Jewish Settlers
Israel shut down the main radio station in Hebron on Tuesday and turned part of the city in the occupied West Bank into a closed military zone, with troops clamping down on a district that has become the focal point of violent unrest. The city, 30 km (20 miles) south of Jerusalem, is the largest…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Radio Station Shut Down by Israel Over ‘Incitement’
Israel’s military shut down a Palestinian radio station in the West Bank over its calls to attack Israelis. The Hebron-based Al Hurria radio station was raided late on Monday night, according to the Israel Defense Forces Spokesman’s Office. “Forces confiscated broadcasting equipment in order to prevent the incitement which has caused a flare of violence…
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Fast Forward Palestinians Burn British Flag on Balfour Declaration Anniversary
Palestinian demonstrators in Gaza burned British, American and Israeli flags to mark the anniversary of the Balfour Declaration. Members of the al-Nasser Salah al-Deen Brigades brandished guns, swords and axes at a demonstration Monday in Rafah, the the London-based Daily Mail reported. The demonstrators then burned the flags of the three countries. Signed on Nov….
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Opinion Why My Jordanian Students Thought I Was Lying About Judaism
“So, wait, Miss — there is a difference between Jews and Israelis?” Coming from a seventh-grade Jordanian of Palestinian origin, this question was a breakthrough in my classroom. As a foreign teacher in a private Jordanian school, I need to be careful what I say in front of my students. I am not allowed to…
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Fast Forward 2 Palestinians Shot Dead in West Bank
Israeli security forces shot dead two Palestinian assailants in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, police and the army said, as a month-long spate of stabbing attacks showed no signs of abating. The latest assaults, like other recent stabbings, took place in Hebron, a city in the West Bank, signaling that violence was shifting to…
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Opinion What Americans Don’t Know About the Middle East Conflict and Why
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu knows better than anyone else that if we Palestinians are permitted to engage non-violently, odds are we will expose Israel’s military occupation for what it is, a system of modern-day apartheid or worse. This is why, following his March election victory, Netanyahu assembled an extreme right-wing cabinet that would work…
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