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 Seizes Palestinian Land — Thumbs Nose at Europe by Destroying Aid Structures
Israel confirmed on Thursday it was planning to appropriate a large tract of fertile land in the occupied West Bank, close to Jordan, a move likely to exacerbate tensions with Western allies and already drawing international condemnation. In an email sent to Reuters, COGAT, a unit of Israel’s Defence Ministry, said the political decision to…
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Fast Forward Airbnb Slammed Over Rental Listings in West Bank Settlements
Palestinian leaders and their supporters are criticizing Airbnb for allowing West Bank settlement homeowners to lease their homes as vacation rentals through the website. Senior Palestinian official Saeb Erekat sent a letter to the company’s CEO last week demanding it stop doing business with settlers, The Associated Press reported Wednesday. Many if not most settlers…
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Fast Forward Israel Confirms New West Bank Land Grab Near Jordan
JERUSALEM – Israel confirmed on Thursday it was planning to appropriate a large tract of fertile land in the occupied West Bank, close to Jordan, a move likely to exacerbate tensions with Western allies and already drawing international condemnation. In an email sent to Reuters, COGAT, a unit of Israel’s Defence Ministry, said the political…
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Fast Forward Israel Plans To Seize 380 Acres of Fertile Palestinian Farmland
Israel plans to appropriate a large tract of agricultural land in the occupied West Bank, Israel’s Army Radio said on Wednesday, a move that has angered Palestinians and is almost certain to draw international criticism. The report said the land, covering 380 acres, was in the fertile Jordan Valley close to Jericho, an area where…
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Fast Forward Palestinians Banned From West Bank Settlements Amid Violence
Palestinian workers were banned from working in Jewish West Bank settlements in the wake of attacks that killed one Jewish mother and left a pregnant woman wounded. The military order went into effect on Tuesday, and the decision will be reviewed on a daily basis, an Israeli military source told Israeli and Palestinian news services….
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Fast Forward Collapse of Peace Talks Spurs War of Words Against Israeli Settlements
(JTA) — The collapse of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process a year ago has led to an accelerating war of words over Israeli settlements, with Israel accusing its growing chorus of foreign critics of prejudging the final terms of a peace deal at best – and anti-Semitism at worst. The battle heated up this week with…
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Fast Forward Pregnant Victim Says ‘Baby-Face’ Stabber Was No Killer
The pregnant woman stabbed by a Palestinian teenager at a clothing store in the Tekoa settlement said she does not think her attacker planned to kill her. Michal Froman told Army Radio that “there was no one to struggle with” her attacker. “I saw his eyes, his confusion,” she said. “He didn’t have a scary…
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Fast Forward Bibi Lashes Out at Israel’s Critics in Visit to Family of Slain Mom of 6
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the grieving husband and six kids of slain settler mom of Dafna Meir — and vowed to destroy the family home of her alleged teen killer and to take away their work permits, Israeli media reported Tuesday. He also railed against Israel’s critics, particularly in the European Union, and…
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