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 Blocks E.U. Aid to Palestinians in Retaliation for Settlement Boycott
Israel has blocked the European Union from aiding tens of thousands of Palestinians in the West Bank in retaliation for Brussels’ ban on financial assistance to Israeli organizations in the occupied territories. An Israeli official said on Friday the move was a result of the EU decision “to sanction or boycott the settlements”. “From our…
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Opinion Benjamin Netanyahu Faces Political Obstacle Course on Road to Peace Talks
It was on a Friday evening, July 19, that Secretary of State John Kerry announced the upcoming resumption of Israel-Palestinian peace talks after a three-year freeze. There were no preconditions announced. Kerry had met Palestinian demands by giving his own promise — in writing, Palestinian officials said — that negotiations would be based on Israel’s…
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Opinion Europe’s Anti-Settlement Plan Reveals Broken Moral Compass
The European Union recently sent out a directive barring its 28 members from cooperating with Israeli entities in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. The boycott includes “all funding, cooperation, and the granting of scholarships, research grants and prizes” to Israeli entities in East Jerusalem and the West Bank. If this is how the E.U….
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Fast Forward Europe Pushes Ahead With Anti-Settlement Plan
The European Union, over Israeli protests, said on Friday it was pushing ahead with plans to bar EU financial aid to Israeli organisations operating in the occupied territories, but insisted the decision would not affect peace efforts. New European Commission guidelines on EU financial support were published in the EU’s Official Journal as planned, despite…
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Fast Forward John Kerry Says ‘Groundwork’ Set for Peace Talks With Israel and Palestinians
Israel and the Palestinians have laid the groundwork for resuming peace talks after an almost three-year stalemate, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Friday, although he cautioned the deal was not final and required more diplomacy. Kerry, winding up his sixth Middle East brokering mission this year, gave few details. He anticipated Israeli…
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Fast Forward John Kerry Meets With Palestinians as Israel Pushes New Settlements
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday as Israel approved new homes in a West Bank settlement, potentially hampering U.S. efforts to persuade Abbas to resume peace talks. His meeting with Abbas in the Jordanian capital Amman was Kerry’s second in as many days. It was to be followed, according…
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Fast Forward European Union Bars Aid to Israeli Groups With Ties to Occupied Territories
The European Union said on Tuesday it will bar financial assistance to Israeli organisations operating in the occupied territories, underlining its concern that Israeli settlement-building harms prospects for peace with the Palestinians. Guidelines adopted by the EU’s executive Commission in late June and expected to be published this week make clear that, from next year,…
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Fast Forward 5-Year-Old Palestinian Boy Questioned for Throwing Stones at Jewish Settlers
An Israeli human rights group accused the army on Thursday of illegally detaining a 5-year-old Palestinian boy for throwing a stone in a flashpoint city in the occupied West Bank. Video footage taken by the group B’Tselem of Tuesday’s incident showed Wadi Maswadeh crying as he was surrounded by soldiers on a street in Hebron….
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