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 Birthright Participants Publicly Walk Off Trip To Visit West Bank
Five participants on a Birthright Israel program left early Thursday in public protest of its education curriculum, which they say didn’t touch on the occupation of the West Bank. Danielle Raskin, one the participants who protested the trip, created a Twitter account to document her experience, which she had been skeptical about upon arriving, according…
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Opinion Jared Kushner’s Peace Efforts Will Only Make Things Worse
Jared Kushner and Jason Greenblatt, the Trump administration’s Middle East peacemakers, just completed another round of Middle East visits. Their most important interlocutors were Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin (Bibi) Netanyahu and Mohammed bin Salman (MbS), the revolutionary new Saudi leader. Together, the four appear to be launching a project to create a Palestinian Islamist mini-state…
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Fast Forward ‘Large And Active’ Hamas Cell Uncovered In West Bank
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli security forces uncovered an “extraordinarily large and active Hamas infrastructure” operating in the West Bank. The terror cell located near Nablus in the West Bank was active from October 2017 until April 2018, when the cell was detained, the Israel Security Agency, also known as the Shin Bet, said Sunday in…
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Fast Forward 11 Police Officers Injured By Settlers In Evacuation Of West Bank Outpost
JERUSALEM (JTA) — At least 11 police officers were injured and six Jewish teens arrested during the clearing of a West Bank outpost. The evacuation of the Tapuach West outpost began on Saturday night and continued into Sunday. The Supreme Court had ordered the evacuation of the ten mobile homes located on privately owned land….
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Fast Forward Bomb Planted At Entrance To Hebron’s Tomb Of The Patriarchs
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A bomb was found planted at an entrance to the Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hebron. The improvised explosive device, which was made up of two small gas canisters, was blown up by police sappers in a controlled explosion on Sunday evening. It was discovered near an entrance used by the Muslim…
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Fast Forward U.S. Will ‘Unquestionably Veto’ Draft Resolution Protecting Palestinians
(JTA) — The United States said it would veto a U.N. draft resolution calling for the protection of Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank. Ambassador Nikki Haley said the United States will “unquestionably veto” the draft resolution, which Kuwait has put forward on behalf of other Arab countries, in the Security Council vote scheduled…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Driving Explosives-Laden Truck Tries To Enter Israel From West Bank
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A Palestinian man was arrested trying to enter Israel through a West Bank checkpoint with a truck carrying “powerful” explosives. On Wednesday, security guards found the explosives embedded in the truck’s air conditioning system during a routine check of its roof. The vehicle, which was attempting to enter Israel at a northern…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Assailant Shot In Head By Israeli Civilian In West Bank
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A Palestinian man attempting to stab an Israeli man at a West Bank gas station was shot in the head by an armed civilian who witnessed the attack. The assailant, identified as a 31-year-old resident of Nablus, was taken to the Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem in serious condition following the early…
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