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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Opinion Avraham Verdiger, 92, Was Haredi Labor’s Last Leader
Ultra-Orthodox Holocaust survivors at Zeilsheim DP camp in Germany, preparing to settle at Hafetz Haim, the first Haredi kibbutz, circa 1947 (Yad Vashem) On the eve of Hanukkah, while the eyes of the world were fixed on the impending demise of one human rights champion, Nelson Mandela, and the sudden, unexpected emergence of another, Pope…
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Fast Forward Dutch Water Company Severs Ties With Israel Over West Bank Operations
The largest public water company in the Netherlands has severed ties with Israel’s national water company over its operation in West Bank settlements. Vitens in ceasing cooperation with Merkorot said in a statement Tuesday on its website that it “attaches great importance to integrity and adheres to international law and regulations. After discussions with stakeholders,…
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Fast Forward U.K. Warning Business Community To Steer Clear of With West Bank
The British government is warning the business community to steer clear of Jewish settlements in the West Bank. New recommendations noting there are “clear risks” and the United Kingdom does “not offer support to such activity” were published last week on the U.K. Trade and Investment website in the section titled Overseas Business Risk–Israel. The…
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Fast Forward Canada’s Largest Protestant Church Launches Boycott of West Bank Goods
Canada’s largest Protestant church launched a campaign to boycott goods made in the West Bank. The United Church of Canada campaign, dubbed “Unsettling Goods: Choose Peace in Palestine and Israel,” encourages “economic action” against three Israeli companies: Keter Plastic Ltd., SodaStream and Ahava, which all have factories in the West Bank. “With these efforts, we…
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Fast Forward U.S. To Present Potential Security Plan for Palestinian State in West Bank to Israel
The United States reportedly has formed a plan to address Israeli security concerns in the West Bank should a Palestinian state be established there. The plan, according to Haaretz, comes as an attempt to advance peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. John Allen, a retired general who commanded U.S. forces in Afghanistan until…
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Fast Forward Al Qaeda Claims Growing Following in West Bank
An Islamist group linked to al Qaeda has claimed three militants killed in the West Bank by Israeli forces last week as its members, and said this shows it has taken root in the occupied Palestinian territory. Al Qaeda has struggled to build up significant support in the West Bank, analysts say, and the Palestinian…
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Fast Forward Israel and European Union Reach Research Deal Despite Settlements
Israel struck a compromise deal with the European Union on Tuesday allowing it to join a prestigious EU scientific research project, Israeli government sources said, resolving a dispute over Jewish settlements in occupied territory. Israeli participation had been jeopardised by new EU guidelines unveiled in July effectively barring EU money from being allotted to Israeli…
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Opinion Seeing Palestinian Resistance for Ourselves
Who will are the change agents of our world? Is it our elected officials and politicians or the ones who march in the streets in order to hold them accountable? These questions were clarified for me in profound ways during my recent trip to the West Bank as part of a delegation of Chicago-area Jews…
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