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 Knesset Passes Law Opponents Say Will Benefit Illegal West Bank Outposts
Israel’s Knesset passed a controversial law that requires greater transparency from the World Zionist Organization’s Settlement Division, but which opponents claim will funnel money to illegal settlements in the West Bank. The bill, sponsored by Jewish Home member Bezalel Smotrich, was approved by a vote of 53-48 and signed into law Thursday, the Times of…
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Fast Forward 3 Israelis Injured, 3 Assailants Killed in 3 Separate West Bank Attacks
Three Israelis were injured and three of their assailants killed in three separate terror attacks in the West Bank. The attacks all took place on Thursday morning and early afternoon in different West Bank locations. In the first attack on Thursday morning, two security guards, a man and a woman, were stabbed at the entrance…
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News Family Claims American Teen Held as Jewish Extremist Is Being Tortured by Israel
Israeli security authorities are holding a 17-year-old American Jewish citizen named Elisha Odess in seclusion, where his family alleges he’s been interrogated using harsh methods that amount to torture, amid a crackdown on Jewish extremists. Odess, who was born in Israel and holds dual Israeli citizenship, “has been abused so severely that he tried committing…
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Fast Forward 3 Palestinians Killed in Clashes With Israel
Israeli soldiers shot dead a Palestinian who tried to ram them with a car and another who took part in a violent demonstration in the occupied West Bank on Friday, the military and medical officials said. In the Gaza Strip, Israeli army fire killed another Palestinian during a border protest, medics said. A campaign of…
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Fast Forward Czechs Reject Labeling of West Bank Settlement Products
The Czech parliament’s lower house called on the government on Thursday to ignore EU rules on labeling goods from Israeli settlements, joining Hungary in breaking ranks over the divisive regulations. The Czech Assembly said new EU guidelines which require the labeling of exports from Israeli settlements in the West Bank were “motivated by a political…
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Fast Forward 2 Palestinians Shot Dead in Separate Car-Ramming Attacks
RAMALLAH, West Bank — Israeli security forces shot dead two Palestinians who tried to ram them with their cars during an arrest raid in the West Bank Wednesday, the Israeli army and police and Palestinian medical sources said. Soldiers shot and killed the driver of a car who tried to run them over in one…
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Fast Forward Israel Applies Lethal Response to Wave of Palestinian Attacks
By now, the news alerts are all too familiar: “Stabbing near Old City: Israeli wounded, attacker shot dead,” read a recent bulletin. Another came by text message on Wednesday: “Stabbing attack: 2 wounded, one light, terrorist shot dead.” Over the past 2-1/2 months, since a wave of violence by Palestinians targeting Israelis began on Oct….
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Fast Forward 3 Palestinians Killed as West Bank Attacks Rage
The Israeli army killed a Palestinian who it said tried to ram his car into soldiers near Hebron on Friday, and medics said another Palestinian was shot dead by Israeli forces during a violent demonstration in the flashpoint West Bank city. A campaign of stabbings, shootings and car-rammings by Palestinians has killed 19 Israelis and…
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