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 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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Fast Forward Feud Over Autopsy Results for Palestinian Minister Who Died After IDF Confrontation
Israeli and Palestinian officials issued conflicting accounts on Thursday over the results of an autopsy on a Palestinian minister who died after being shoved and grabbed by the neck by an Israeli policeman at a West Bank protest on Wednesday. The incident comes at a time of heightened tension between Israel and the Palestinians, following…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Minister Dies After Confrontation With Israeli Troops
A Palestinian minister died on Wednesday shortly after an Israeli border policeman shoved and grabbed him by the throat during a protest in the West Bank, an incident Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas described as barbaric. Ziad Abu Ein, 55, a minister without portfolio, was among scores of Palestinian and foreign activists who were confronted at…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Revenge Victim’s Cousin Helped Jewish Stab Victims
A cousin of the Palestinian teen who was burned alive by suspected Jewish extremists was among the first to help the wounded in a stabbing attack on a West Bank supermarket. Mahmoud Abu Khdeir, whose cousin Mohammed Abu Khdeir was killed this summer in the Jerusalem forest in apparent revenge for the murder of three…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Woman Stabs Israeli Settler
A Palestinian woman stabbed an Israeli in the occupied West Bank on Monday and was then shot and wounded by security forces, the military and police said. Violence in Israel and the Palestinian territories has risen in the past months. Attacks carried out by Palestinians have killed 11 Israelis. Twelve Palestinians have been killed, including…
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Fast Forward Israeli Border Police Officer Indicted in Death of 17-Year-Old Palestinian
An Israel Border Police officer was indicted in the shooting death of a 17-year-old Palestinian. The officer, who was not named, was charged Monday in Jerusalem District Court with manslaughter in the May shooting during Nakba Day protests in the West Bank. He has been ordered held in prison until the end of the proceedings….
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