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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Israel News Israel Will Fund Evangelical Bible Program In West Bank Settlement
The Education Ministry has begun to provide state funding for a Bible-based leadership training program developed by Christian evangelicals in the West Bank settlement of Ariel. Between 3,000 and 4,000 Israeli high school students will participate in this outdoor experiential program over the coming year, with the help of this funding. An Education Ministry spokeswoman…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Mail Reaches West Bank After 8 Years
Eight years worth of letters and packages are being delivered to Palestinians in the West Bank, the New York Times reported. The mail, which has been held in Jordan, began being released to the Palestinian Authority on Monday, according to a statement from Palestinian officials. Some of it was badly damaged in the delay. Israel…
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Fast Forward Incendiary Kite Sparks Fire In West Bank Winery
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A kite carrying incendiary material sparked a fire in a vineyard in an Israeli winery in the West Bank. The kite is believed to have been launched on Monday from Nablus in the northern West Bank. The fire at the Tura Winery near Mount Gerizim was put out quickly, Hadashot news reported….
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Fast Forward Mike Huckabee Considering Buying Home In West Bank Settlement
Mike Huckabee said that he was considering buying a “holiday home” at a West Bank settlement while helping built it, The Associated Press reports. Huckabee, the former governor of Arkansas and presidential candidate, “laid bricks and spread cement” on Wednesday in Efrat, the AP reported. The settlement is constructing a new neighborhood, which Huckabee laid…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Teens Enter Israel Carrying Home-Made Submachine Guns
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Two Palestinian teens from the West Bank entered Israel carrying home-made machine guns. The teens, from Nablus, were found by a Border Police foot patrol in the Seam Zone, between the Green Line and Israel’s security barrier, outside the community of Oranit near central Israel. They had tried unsuccessfully to run away,…
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Fast Forward U.N. Relief Agency Lays Off Staff In Gaza And West Bank After Trump Cuts Aid
The United Nations said Wednesday it had been forced to lay off more than 250 Palestinian employees in Gaza and the West Bank and cut services after the United States slashed hundreds of millions of dollars in funding, the Washington Post reported. The U.N. Relief and Works Agency, which provides assistance for Palestinian refugees, said…
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Fast Forward 3 Jewish Israelis Wounded In West Bank Terrorist Attack
(JTA) — A teenage terrorist stabbed and wounded three Israelis in a Jewish settlement near Jerusalem. The assailant mounted the security fence surrounding Adam Thursday evening and stabbed two men before being shot to death by a third, who also suffered stab wounds. One of the residents, in his 50s, was in serious condition, the…
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Israel News They Walked Out On Birthright To See Palestinians — And Created Their Own Conflict
Katie Fenster says that she wasn’t planning on walking out on her Birthright Israel tour when she arrived. But during the free 10-day trip, she grew increasingly frustrated that the answers to her questions about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict “all came from one perspective” and did not include Palestinian views. “We felt like we weren’t being…
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