This is the Forward’s coverage of Israeli settlements in the West Bank, a point of contention in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Settlements
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Fast Forward Frustrated with Israel for not stopping settler violence, Biden administration bans entry to extremists
Most of the statement focuses on Biden’s frustration with Israel for ignoring his pleas to rein in extremist settlers
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Culture A ‘heartbroken’ Palestinian author confronts his prominent father’s murder, a history of international betrayal and devastation in Gaza
Raja Shehadeh and his father, Aziz, emerged as leading Palestinian lawyers in their generations. A new book explores their different approaches to challenging the Israeli government — and the personal cost of their shared vision.
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Opinion The settler movement already has plans for Gaza
Without a clear plan for Gaza's post-Hamas future, Israeli settlers are filling the vacuum with proposals to reoccupy
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Opinion A settler killed a Palestinian farmer, and what happened next
How helping to rescue a donkey taught me more about Hamas
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Culture Her family escaped from pogroms to South Dakota — did they become complicit in the decimation of Native Americans?
Rebecca Clarren's 'The Cost of Free Land' is a confession of collective guilt
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News ‘He lived such a full life’: In a city on a hilltop, a family mourns its oldest son
Mitzpe Yericho, a settlement outside of Jerusalem, grieves a 19-year-old who loved music and Torah
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Fast Forward In rare move, security forces demolish illegal Israeli buildings in West Bank outpost
The evacuation of the illegal West Bank outposts was approved by Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich
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Opinion Normalization between Israel and Saudi Arabia is not imminent
Despite recent attention to a U.S.-brokered deal, there has been no movement on the most significant issue: the Palestinians
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