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 Israel Police Officer Arrested in Videotaped Killing of Palestinian Teen
Israeli police have arrested a paramilitary border policeman over the fatal shooting of a Palestinian teenager in the occupied West Bank in May, a spokesman said on Wednesday. Nadim Nuwara, 17, and Muhammad Abu Thahr, 16, were killed during a May 15 demonstration in which Palestinians hurled stones at Israeli forces. Video from security cameras…
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Forward 50 2014 Scarlett Johansson
The 29-year-old actress who hates to be known as “ScarJo” had a busy year, what with starring in several films, recording soundtracks, and giving birth to a baby girl with her fiancé Romain Dauriac. Yet she found time to become a symbol both praised and derided in the Jewish world for her persistent promotion of…
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Music Israeli Ministers Approve Applying Israel Law to West Bank Settlers
A ministerial committee approved a proposed bill on Sunday that would ensure the wholesale application of Israeli law to Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank, a move sponsored by legislators who want Israel to annex part of the territory. But Justice Minister Tzipi Livni, Israel’s chief negotiator in peace talks with the Palestinians that…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Van Crashes Into Soldiers on West Bank
A van with Palestinian Authority license plates drove into a group of soldiers standing at a West Bank traffic junction in what is believed to be a terror attack. One soldier was seriously injured and two others were moderately hurt in the Wednesday night attack in Gush Etzion, according to Israel Police. It was the…
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Fast Forward J Street Joins Push Against Israel Separate Bus Policy
Three American Jewish organizations responded to an appeal by an Israeli Labor party affiliate to press Israel’s government to distance itself from a plan to keep Palestinians off some Israeli buses. “Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon has decided to forbid Palestinian workers, who work in Israel, to ride buses which also serve Jewish civil population in…
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Fast Forward Israel Finance Chief Balks at Funding Settlements
Israel’s finance minister, Yair Lapid, said he would not agree to invest funds in West Bank settlements. Lapid made his remarks Wednesday during a ministerial meeting at the Prime Minister’s Office on improving West Bank infrastructure. He was responding to reports that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approved planning for at least 1,000 new housing units…
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Opinion Young Israelis Say No to Separate Buses
An Israeli soldier walks past a bus on which suspected Jewish vandals painted graffiti reading ‘Gentiles in the land are enemies’ / Getty Images Young Israelis don’t want separate bus lines for Palestinians — and they’re asking American Jews to ensure segregation never becomes a reality. That’s the nutshelled version of a letter sent today…
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Opinion Separate Buses? That’s How Occupation Rolls.
Getty Images As of next month, Israel will operate separate buses for Palestinian residents of the West Bank returning from jobs as day laborers in Israel, thanks to political pressure from West Bank settlers who donʼt want to ride on the same buses as “Arabs.” The question is: Should we care? Settler leaders claim that…
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