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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News When Israel Demolishes a Palestinian Home, Does It Deter Terror or Encourage It?
Muawiyah Abu Jamal, a slight 42-year-old construction worker, recalls vividly the night that Israeli security forces came to his East Jerusalem neighborhood to demolish the nearby home of his younger brother, Ghassan Abu Jamal. The October 6 demolition came, he recalled, almost one year after his brother and his cousin, Odai Abu Jamal, attacked a…
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Fast Forward 2 Palestinians Killed Defending Militant’s Home From Demolition
Israeli troops killed two Palestinian gunmen during a clash in the occupied West Bank on Monday that was sparked by an army incursion to demolish a jailed militant’s family home, Palestinian medical sources and residents said. At least three other Palestinians in Qalandia refugee camp, near the West Bank city of Ramallah, were wounded in…
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Fast Forward Suspect Arrested in West Bank Shooting that Killed Father and Son
Israel’s Shin Bet security service arrested a suspect in the West Bank shooting that left a man and his son dead on the eve of his daughter’s wedding. The suspect was arrested over the weekend in the attack on a family car traveling near the West Bank settlement of Otniel, about 10 miles from Hebron….
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Fast Forward Israeli Father and Son Killed in West Bank Shooting Attack
Two Israelis, a father and his son, were killed near a West Bank settlement in a shooting attack. The incident occurred Friday afternoon near Otniel, which is located 10 miles southwest of Hebron, as unidentified individuals opened fire on a grey Hyundai family van with seven passengers from the same family and another vehicle, Haaretz…
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Fast Forward Israel Fumes as Europe Plans To Label Goods From Settlements
Few issues have caused more friction between Israel and the European Union than EU plans to impose labeling on goods produced in Jewish settlements on occupied land. And if Israel is right about the timing, the tensions could get worse. The European Commission, the EU’s executive, is keeping tight-lipped about when the labeling measures will…
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Fast Forward Jewish Extremist Arrested in Attack on Rabbi in West Bank
Israel Police have arrested a Jewish man accused of assaulting a leader of the Rabbis for Human Rights organization. Police on Sunday arrested the man who last month threatened Rabbi Arik Ascherman with a knife while he was helping Palestinians harvest olives near the settlement of Itamar, not far from the West Bank city of…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Killed After Ramming Car Into West Bank Bus Stop
A Palestinian driver was shot dead after ramming his car into a bus stop in the occupied West Bank, injuring four people, police said on Sunday, the latest in violence that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will discuss in White House talks. Since Oct. 1, 11 Israelis have been killed in street attacks by Palestinians…
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Fast Forward Elderly Palestinian Woman Shot 15 Times After Alleged Car-Ramming
The Israeli army shot dead two Palestinians on Friday, one an elderly woman accused of trying to run over soldiers in the occupied West Bank and the other a man who took part in a violent Gaza Strip protest, hospital officials said. Separately, three Israelis were wounded in the West Bank, two of them shot…
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