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 Israelis Save Stricken Palestinian Boy at Border
Israeli paramedics and the Israel Defense Forces saved the life of a Palestinian baby who collapsed at the border crossing between the West Bank and Jordan. The family was taking the 6-month-old baby with heart problems to Jordan on Saturday morning to receive medical attention when he suffered what is believed to be a heart…
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Fast Forward 11-Year-Old Ayala Shapira Faces Medical Ordeal After Firebomb Attack
Two Palestinian teens were arrested in connection with the firebomb attack on a West Bank road that left an 11-year-old Israeli girl fighting for her life. The Israel Defense Forces and the Shin Bet security service said in a statement released Saturday night that the two were arrested Thursday night in the hours following the…
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Fast Forward 11-Year-Old Israeli Girl Improves After West Bank Firebomb Attack
An 11-year-old Israeli girl severely injured in a firebomb attack in the West Bank is showing signs of improvement. Ayala Shapira was rushed to the Chaim Sheba Medical Center near Tel Aviv after the attack Thursday evening. She had severe burns to her upper body and face. Her father sustained minor injuries in the attack…
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Fast Forward 11-Year-Old Israeli Girl Hurt in West Bank Firebomb
A firebomb attack on a car in the occupied West Bank left an an 11-year-old Israeli girl severely burned and her father injured on Thursday, the Israeli military said. The Israeli military said the suspected Palestinian attack was near the Ma’ale Shomron Jewish settlement, north of the West Bank city of Nablus. Video footage of…
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Fast Forward Israeli Boy, 4, Injured in West Bank Rock Attack
A 4-year-old Israeli boy was injured after Palestinians threw rocks at cars near the West Bank city of Bethlehem. The boy was evacuated to a local emergency medical clinic for treatment for injuries from flying shards of glass, according to reports. The attack occurred on Highway 60 on the road to the Jewish communities in…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Pours Acid on Israeli Family
A Palestinian man threw a chemical substance believed to be acid at an Israeli family in the occupied West Bank on Friday, injuring a man and four children, Israeli police and the military said. The assailant was shot and wounded immediately after the attack, which took place at a checkpoint south of Jerusalem. Police spokeswoman…
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Fast Forward Palestinians Blame Tourism Woes on Settlements
Standing on the monumental hillside south of Bethlehem where King Herod the Great was buried more than 2,000 years ago, Fadi Kattan stretches out his arm to point out the nearby Israeli settlements of Tekoa and Nokdim. “That’s part of the problem,” says Kattan, a Palestinian tourism expert, explaining the obstacles hindering the growth of…
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Fast Forward Autopsy Feud Rages as Crowds Mourn Palestinian Official Killed in Confrontation
Thousands of mourners turned out on Thursday for a Palestinian state funeral for a minister who died after being grabbed by the neck by an Israeli policeman at a West Bank protest, an incident that has raised tensions with Israel. To the sounds of drums and bagpipes, Ziad Abu Ein’s Palestinian flag-draped coffin was carried…
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