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 Missing Israeli Soldier Lured to Death in West Bank
An Israeli soldier has been killed by a Palestinian who lured him to a village in the West Bank and wanted to trade the soldier’s body for the release of his imprisoned brother, Israeli security officials said on Saturday. The soldier, who went missing on Friday, drove together with the man, who had previously worked…
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Fast Forward Diplomats Manhandled by Israeli Troops on West Bank
Israeli soldiers manhandled European diplomats on Friday and seized a truck full of tents and emergency aid they had been trying to deliver to Palestinians whose homes were demolished this week. A Reuters reporter saw soldiers throw sound grenades at a group of diplomats, aid workers and locals in the occupied West Bank, and yank…
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Opinion Jews Now Minority in Israel and Territories
One of the most common arguments in favor of the two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is the so-called demographic threat or demographic time-bomb. Proponents worry that if Israel continues to control the Palestinian territories, with or without formal annexation, the different birthrates of Jews and Arabs will eventually result in Jews being a minority…
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News IDF To Remove Forces From 22 Towns On Northern and Southern Borders
The Israel Defense Forces will remove soldiers from 22 towns located on the country’s northern and southern borders. The IDF’s Operations Branch made the decision to withdraw from the communities near the borders with Lebanon, the Sinai and the Gaza Strip, according to reports. It will go into effect in October. IDF officials told the…
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Fast Forward Dutch Firm Pulls Out of West Bank Sewage Project
Dutch infrastructure giant Royal HaskoningDHV announced that it has decided to withdraw from a project it planned with the Jerusalem municipality because it will be built over the Green Line. Two weeks ago, Haaretz reported that the Dutch government has asked the company, Holland’s largest engineering company to rethink its participation the sewage treatment plant…
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Fast Forward Israel Proposes ‘Temporary’ Borders for Palestine in Peace Talks, Reports Claim
Israel has remained silent in the face of a deluge of Palestinian leaks that reportedly outline Israel’s positions in the six rounds of talks held over the last month. According to a report by the Associated Press, Israel suggested the establishment of a Palestinian state with temporary borders, covering 60% of the West Bank. When…
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Fast Forward World’s Literary Stars Ask Israel To Spare West Bank Villages
Dozens of the world’s literary stars have added their names to an Israeli writers’ petition urging the army and the Netanyahu government not to destroy Palestinian villages in the southern Hebron hills. Renowned Israeli author David Grossman penned the petition, which has now also been signed by Nobel laureates in literature J. M. Coetzee, Mario…
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Fast Forward Israeli Soldiers Disciplined After Partying With Palestinians While In Uniform
JERUSALEM – Israel has disciplined a group of soldiers for partying with Palestinians while armed and in uniform at a nightclub in the West Bank city of Hebron, a military spokesman said on Wednesday. Israel’s Channel 2 television broadcast a film in which two helmeted soldiers, at least one armed with a rifle, were shown…
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