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 Pushes Palestinian Villagers Out as Settlement Expands in Occupied Land
(Reuters) — Palestinians in the village of Kufr al-Deek in the northern occupied West Bank awoke on Sunday to see Israeli earth-movers busily flattening the top of a nearby hill. Locals say it is their privately-owned land and that the Israeli government is preparing to build a new Jewish settlement outpost there. They fear it…
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Fast Forward Israel Moves Ahead With ‘No Occupation’ Report’s Suggestions on West Bank
Israel is adopting certain recommendations of a report that claims Israel is not occupying the West Bank. The government-commissioned Report on the Legal Status of Building in Judea and Samaria, authored by former Israeli Supreme Court Judge Edmond Levy in July 2012 and often referred to as the Levy Report, says that Israel is not…
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Israel News Pope Francis Spars With Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu Over Language of Jesus
(Reuters) — Pope Francis and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu traded words on Monday over the language spoken by Jesus two millennia ago. “Jesus was here, in this land. He spoke Hebrew,” Netanyahu told Francis, at a public meeting in Jerusalem in which the Israeli leader cited a strong connection between Judaism and Christianity. “Aramaic,”…
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Fast Forward Pope Francis Visits Yad Vashem — Lays Wreath at Theodor Herzl’s Grave
(Reuters) — Pope Francis navigated the minefield of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and humbly bowed to kiss the hands of Holocaust survivors on Monday, the last day of a Mideast trip laden with bold personal gestures. “Never again, Lord. Never again!” he said in the dimly lit Hall of Remembrance in the Yad Vashem Museum which…
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Fast Forward Pope Francis Wraps Up Whirlwind Trip With Benjamin Netanyahu Meeting
Pope Francis completes a tour of the Holy Land on Monday, paying homage to Jews killed in the Nazi Holocaust and looking to affirm Christian rights at a disputed place of worship in Jerusalem. After visits to Jordan and the Palestinian Territories – including praying at the wall dividing Bethlehem from Jerusalem, Francis spends the…
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Fast Forward Pope Francis Arrives in Israel After West Bank Visit
Pope Francis has landed in Israel for a two-day visit. The pope arrived Sunday afternoon at Tel Aviv’s Ben-Gurion Airport via a helicopter ride from Bethlehem, where he spent the morning. Francis will depart Israel on Monday. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Shimon Peres greeted the pope upon arrival, accompanied by a band…
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Fast Forward Pope Francis Endorses ‘Palestine’ on Surprise Visit to Israeli West Bank Wall
(Reuters) — Pope Francis made a surprise stop on Sunday at the wall Palestinians abhor as a symbol of Israeli oppression, and later invited presidents from both sides of the divide to the Vatican to pray for peace. In an image likely to become the most emblematic of his trip to the holy land, Francis…
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Fast Forward Pope Francis Poised To Arrive in West Bank
Pope Francis flies to the West Bank on Sunday to start the most delicate part of his stay in the Middle East, with visits to the Palestinian Territories and Israel, where his every word will be scrutinized. Church officials say his three-day tour of the region, which started on Saturday in Jordan, is purely focused…
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