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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Culture Why we should listen to Ta-Nehisi Coates even if we may disagree with him
Coates' 'The Message' warns against the dangers of mythologizing our past
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Film & TV In a searing new documentary, unimaginable pain and suffering in the West Bank
Winner of the Best Documentary award in Berlin, 'No Other Land' arrives with images of war and pleas of peace
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Fast Forward US announces sanctions on Israel’s Hilltop Youth movement over West Bank violence
The informal movement forms a core of extremist settler activity
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News Israel expels British Jewish activist who tried to immigrate under Law of Return
Leo Franks believes he was punished for his political activism and prevented from making aliyah by officials in Israel’s Interior Ministry
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Fast Forward IDF says killing of American activist was unintentional and expresses ‘deepest regret’
“The inquiry found that it is highly likely that she was hit indirectly and unintentionally by IDF fire which was not aimed at her, but aimed at the key instigator of the riot,” the IDF statement said
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Fast Forward White House calls on Israel to investigate after American activist shot dead during West Bank protest
Palestinian and Turkish officials accused Israeli troops of fatally shooting the woman, who holds American and Turkish citizenships
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Opinion An American activist was shot dead in the West Bank — advocating for peace has never been more deadly
Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, a dual American-Turkish citizen, was killed when Israeli military fired at a protest in Palestinian village
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Politics Trump’s Israel adviser suggests diverting $1 billion from Palestinian aid to fund West Bank annexation
Former U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman writes in new book that U.S. support for Israeli sovereignty is ‘based first and foremost on biblical prophecies and values’
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