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 Australia will refer to West Bank as ‘Occupied Palestinian Territories’ in policy change
The Zionist Federation of Australia and the Executive Council of Australian Jewry issued a joint statement calling the change 'inaccurate, ahistorical and counterproductive'
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Fast Forward Israeli soldier killed in clashes with Palestinian militants in Jenin; IDF says operation is over
IDF announces all forces are out of Jenin refugee camp and operation has ended, and says it intercepted five rockets fired from Gaza Strip into Israel; one Palestinian killed in Israeli airstrike
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Opinion What’s happening in Jenin is a dire warning for Israel’s future
The battle for Jenin is anything but business as usual. It is a reflection of the many fissures tearing Israel apart
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Opinion Israel has a problem in Jenin — with an obvious, radical solution
An increase of terrorist violence in and around the Jenin refugee camp can't be resolved by IDF interference
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News Explained: What’s happening in the Palestinian city of Jenin, and why is Israel targeting it?
The Israel Defense Forces launched a major military operation in the northern West Bank city on Monday morning, with eight Palestinian militants killed and more than 50 reportedly wounded. Here’s what we know
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News ‘Tantamount to a war crime’: Arab countries slam Israel’s Jenin operation
Arab states decry Israel's latest military operation in the Palestinian city of Jenin – in which eight Palestinians were killed – while calling on the international community to intervene
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News Why did top federation leaders sponsor a conference promoting Israeli settlements?
'Join us, and together we can make Israel great again,' one speaker told attendees at the conference, the sponsors of which included the federations network and its New York affiliate
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News Report: Shireen Abu Akleh, who died a year ago, is one of 20 journalists whose deaths involve Israeli military
The Committee to Protect Journalists’ scathing report notes that not a single soldier has faced prosecution in any of these cases
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