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 Palestinians Cheer Oscar Nod for Anti-Occupation Film ‘5 Broken Cameras’
Oscar-nominated documentary “5 Broken Cameras” screened for Palestinians for the first time on Monday, leaving locals hopeful that their struggle with Israel for land and statehood will gain a global audience. The low-cost film is based on five years of amateur camera work by journalist Emad Burnat as he documented weekly protests against land seizures…
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Israel News Israel’s Decision To Withhold Tax Money From Palestinians May Impact Security
In August 2011, a report by the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee hailed the Palestinian Authority’s “comprehensive security coordination” with Israel in thwarting terrorist attacks — a judgment echoed in May 2012 by the chief of the Shin Bet, Israel’s domestic intelligence agency. “The security coordination with the P.A. is good,” Yoram Cohen told…
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News Why Israeli Vote Predictions Were Wrong, 103-Year Sentence
In this week’s Reporters Roundtable podcast, host Josh Nathan-Kazis is joined by Forward opinion editor Gal Beckerman to discuss why all the predictions for a big win by Benjamin Netanyahu were wrong. Then, staff writer Paul Berger looks at the case of ultra-Orthodox counselor Nechemya Weberman who was sentenced to 103 years in prison after…
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Fast Forward Palestinians May Drag Israel to International Court Over Settlements
The Palestinians declared that they will have no choice but to complain about Israel to the International Criminal Court if the Jewish state proceeds with plans to build housing on land the Palestinians want for a future state. Speaking to reporters after a meeting of the U.N. Security Council on the Middle East, Palestinian Foreign…
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Fast Forward Palestinian College Student Shot Dead by Israeli Soldiers on West Bank
Israeli soldiers shot and killed a 21-year-old Palestinian woman near the West Bank city of Hebron on Wednesday and wounded another local youth, Palestinian medics said. Witnesses said Lubna Hanash and her companions were walking to al-Arroub College when men in Israeli military uniforms travelling in a civilian car shot at the group. Asked about…
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Fast Forward Exit Polls Show Very Narrow Lead for Bibi
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a frantic, last-minute appeal to supporters to rush to the polls after an unexpectedly high turnout in Tuesday’s parliamentary election looked set to benefit centre-left opponents. EXIT POLLS: ISRAELI RIGHT-WING BLOC WINS 61-62 OF PARLIAMENT’S 120 SEATS TO 58-59 SEATS FOR CENTRE-LEFT Netanyahu’s rightist Likud party, running in a…
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Fast Forward Palestinians See No Hope for Peace as Israel Votes
Palestinians expressed weary indifference on Tuesday as Israelis voted in an election set to produce a hardline government keener to expand Jewish settlements on occupied land than seek peace. “Regardless of who wins, the result is the same: Israelis want this land but not the people,” said Ahmed Amro, a professor at Al-Quds Open University…
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Fast Forward Israel Clears Palestinians From Second West Bank Protest Camp
Israeli forces removed Palestinian protest tents from land adjoining a Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank on Monday, the second such camp to be torn down in a week. Palestinian activists had pitched tents near the village of Beit Iksa, northwest of Jerusalem, where residents face difficulty building homes due to Israeli restrictions and…
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