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 Israeli Killed by Palestinian in West Bank
An Israeli civilian was killed and another wounded in the occupied West Bank on Friday in an attack apparently carried out by a Palestinian gunman, a hospital spokeswoman and security forces said. Police and the military said the attack took place near the Jewish settlement of Dolev in the central West Bank and that the…
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Fast Forward Caught On Tape: Israeli Soldiers Beating Unarmed Palestinian Protester
The Israeli army said it was investigating soldiers who were filmed beating an unarmed Palestinian during a protest in a West Bank refugee camp on Friday. The video posted on social media showed the Palestinian being hit with a rifle butt and wrestled to the ground, where he was punched further and a soldier’s knee…
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Fast Forward Will Ahava Bow to BDS and Quit West Bank?
The Ahava Dead Sea minerals cosmetics company, under pressure for operating in the West Bank, is considering opening a manufacturing plant inside Israel’s sovereign borders. The company, owned by Kibbutz Mitzpe Shalem, located about one mile from the Dead Sea in the eastern West Bank, is considering opening a new production plant in the Tamar…
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Fast Forward Dutch Warn of Violent Jewish ‘Colonists’ on West Bank
The Dutch government issued a travel warning that cautions travelers against violent Jewish settlers. The travel warning was placed online last month on the website of the Dutch central government for the Palestinian Territories. “There are security risks for traveling all over the West Bank including east Jerusalem,” the warning reads. “Be alert when traveling…
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Israel News Hiking the Path of Abraham Through Unseen Corners of West Bank
Bani Naim is a Palestinian village straight out of the Bible. Tradition has it that the beige hilltop hamlet is the site from which Abraham watched the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. It is also supposedly the resting place of Lot, Abraham’s nephew in the Book of Genesis. On my hiking trip to the village…
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Fast Forward Extremists Hope To Convert Ruined Church Into Illegal Settlement
An Israeli settler who claims to have purchased an abandoned church near Hebron is planning to turn it into a Jewish settlement, according to a report. Right-wing activist Aryeh King bought the church near the Aroub refugee camp between Hebron and Jerusalem three years ago, and in recent weeks began refurbishing it ahead of establishing…
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Fast Forward Israel Suspends Segregated Bus Plan for Palestinians
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suspended on Wednesday new bus travel and checkpoint regulations for Palestinian laborers only hours after they were imposed to an outcry by critics accusing Israel of racial segregation. Effectively overruling his defense minister, Netanyahu froze the edicts ahead of a meeting later in the day in Jerusalem with Federica Mogherini, foreign…
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Fast Forward ISIS Silver Rings Seized on Way to West Bank
A package of rings bearing the Islamic State logo and messages in Arabic that was confiscated at Ben Gurion International airport will be destroyed. The interception of the suspicious package from Turkey, containing about 120 silver rings, was announced Tuesday by the Customs Authority, the NRG Hebrew-language news website reported. The package was ordered by…
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