This is the Forward’s coverage of the West Bank, a Palestinian territory occupied by Israel and a focus of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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Fast Forward US teen deported, Israeli rabbi wounded as tensions mount for Jewish activists in the West Bank
In a second incident, a settler who was a soldier fired a gun near rabbis and Jewish leaders from the United States
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Opinion The biggest impediment to peace between Israelis and Palestinians has little to do with Gaza
While the IDF regularly kills children in the West Bank, any kind of stabilization will be impossible
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Opinion ‘For the sins we have committed’: Reimagining Yom Kippur liturgy in a post-Oct. 7 world
This year, the traditional confessional prayer Jews recite is not enough.
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Opinion Trump is finally absolutely right about something in the Middle East
The president knows it would be a disaster for Israel to annex the West Bank. Good.
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Opinion Israel is at a turning point with the UN. There’s one major way things could go wrong
The far-right wants to respond to new recognitions of a Palestinian state by annexing parts of the West Bank
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Opinion Is the Jerusalem terror attack the start of a third intifada? Not so fast
Worried about what might come after the shooting that killed 6? You've got good reason — but don't be hasty
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Fast Forward 6 shot to death at Jerusalem bus stop in city’s deadliest attack in nearly 2 years
Two gunmen were killed, reportedly by an off-duty security officer and a civilian with a gun license
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Fast Forward Israel approves vast West Bank settlement plan that far-right minister said ‘practically erases the two-state delusion’
The plan, known as E1, had been delayed for two decades
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