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 Israel Gives Green Light To First New Settlement in 20 Years
Israel’s security cabinet on Thursday approved the building of the first new settlement in the occupied West Bank in two decades, even as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu negotiates with Washington on a possible curb on settlement activity. The unanimous vote in favor of construction of the new settlement in an area called Emek Shilo came…
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Fast Forward Israeli Man Whose Wife Was Killed In 2016 Terror Attack Announces Engagement
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Natan Meir, whose wife Dafna was killed in a terror attack in their home, announced that he is engaged to be married. Meir announced Monday evening on social media that he is engaged to Jerusalem native Zohar Morgenstern. The announcement comes over a year after the terror attack in the West Bank…
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Fast Forward Israelis Wary Of West Bank Withdrawal In New Poll
A new survey shows that over the past decade support for Israel leaving the West Bank as part of a potential peace deal with the Palestinians has fallen precipitously over the past decade. According to the poll, conducted by the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, only 36% of Israelis would now back withdrawal from the…
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Fast Forward West Bank Attack On Israeli Soldier Is Foiled
JERUSALEM (JTA) — An attack against an Israeli soldier near a West Bank checkpoint was prevented. The alleged assailant was wielding a screwdriver as he approached a soldier at the Shomron Regional Brigade junction, also known as the Huwwara checkpoint near Nablus in the northern West Bank. Other solders subdued the alleged assailant and detained…
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Fast Forward Israeli Troops Kill Palestinian Youth Suspected Of Hurling Firebombs
(JTA) – Israeli troops shot and killed a Palestinian youth they said was hurling firebombs at Israelis and injured three alleged accomplices. The incident occurred Thursday night in the West Bank, according to the Palestinian news agency Ma’an. An Israeli army spokesperson told Ma’an that “three suspects exited a vehicle adjacent to the community of…
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Fast Forward Would Annexing Part Of The West Bank Spark A ‘Crisis’ Between Israel And Trump?
Israel’s Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman said that Israeli annexation of the West Bank would be a “crisis” in the United States’ view at an Israeli parliament committee meeting, the Times of Israel reported. Lieberman said that he received a firm message from the Trump administration warning Israel not to go ahead with West Bank annexation…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Militant Killed In Israeli West Bank Raid
A Palestinian gunman fired at Israeli soldiers and military police during a raid in the occupied West Bank on Monday and the Israeli forces shot and killed the attacker in response, the army and police said in a statement. The exchange of fire took place in Ramallah, the seat of the Palestinian Authority in the…
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Fast Forward Police Evacuate 9 Homes In West Bank Settlement Of Ofra
([JTA](http://www.jta.org ” “JTA”)) — Hundreds of Israeli police officers evacuated three of nine homes slated to be demolished in a West Bank settlement. The homes located in the West Bank settlement of Ofra were ordered demolished by Israel’s Supreme Court after it was determined that they were built on Palestinian-owned land. The evacuation began Tuesday…
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