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 Herod Exhibit at Israel Museum Sparks Dispute With Palestinians
The first major museum exhibition on the divisive biblical figure of Herod the Great has provoked a modern-day row between Israel and the Palestinians over who has the right to dig up his artefacts. The Israel Museum in Jerusalem on Tuesday unveiled a display dedicated to Herod – branded a baby-killer in the Christian tradition…
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Fast Forward Israel Approves 90 More Jewish Settler Homes, Thumbing Nose at Barack Obama
Israel gave final approval on Monday for 90 new settler homes in the occupied West Bank, driving another wedge into a rift with Washington ahead of a visit by U.S. President Barack Obama. The dwellings will be built in Beit El, a major Jewish settlement north of Jerusalem, and will house educational staff, the Defence…
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Israel News Boycott Israel Push Against SodaStream Could Hurt Palestinian Workers
For proponents of the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions movement, SodaStream would appear to be a straightforward target. The Israeli company, which sells a popular kitchen gadget that turns tap water into carbonated drinks, has a large factory in a West Bank settlement. When SodaStream announced that it would run an ad during the Super Bowl, the…
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Fast Forward Benjamin Netanyahu Will Talk Iran (Plus Syria and Palestinians) on Obama Trip
Iran’s nuclear ambitions, the civil war in Syria and stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts will top the agenda of U.S. President Barack Obama’s visit to Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday. “It is a very important visit that will emphasise the strong alliance between Israel and the United States,” Netanyahu, who has had a…
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News Guns in Israel, Textbooks in Palestine
In this week’s Reporters Roundtable podcast, host Josh Nathan-Kazis is joined by Forward reporter Nathan Guttman to discuss Israel’s relationship with guns and if it could serve as a model for the US. Then, Deputy Culture Editor Naomi Zeveloff stops by to discuss why a recent study comparing Palestinian and Israeli textbooks is so controversial.
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Fast Forward Israel Sleepwalking Into Crisis Over Jewish Settlements on Occupied Palestinian Land
Israel risks sleepwalking into a crisis with its allies over relentless settlement-building in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem unless it realises that the international anger is genuine and adjusts its course. The next few months may prove crucial if Israel is to avoid diplomatic disaster, with a new government forming around Prime Minister…
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Fast Forward Israel Forks Over $100M in Palestinian Tax Cash
Israel will give Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s administration around $100 million in tax revenues that had been withheld in retaliation for his statehood bid in the United Nations, Israeli officials said on Wednesday. They described the handover as a one-time deal, signalling rightist Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had not formally scrapped sanctions that have…
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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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