Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of the Gaza Strip, a Palestinian territory on the Mediterranean sea bordering Israel. Israel withdrew from the strip in 2005, ceding direct control to the Palestinian Authority, but it maintains strict indirect control.
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Breaking News Lancet Editor Sorry for Gaza ‘Massacre’ Letter
The editor of the British medical journal The Lancet, which ran an open letter accusing Israel of a “massacre” in Gaza, said on a visit to Israel that he “deeply regrets” the divisiveness the letter caused. Dr. Richard Horton in a statement Thursday at the Rambam Medical Center in Haifa said that he “deeply, deeply…
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Breaking News 24% of Israeli Consumers Boycott Arab Businesses After Gaza
Twenty four percent of Jewish-Israeli consumers are boycotting Arab businesses in the wake of the summer’s Gaza conflict, according to an Israeli business daily. The 24 percent is down from the 29 percent who said t hey were boycotting Arab-owned businesses during the 50-day-long Operation Protective Edge, and down significantly from the 47 percent who…
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Israel News 3 Israeli Soldiers Commit Suicide After Gaza War
(Haaretz) — Three soldiers who fought in this summer’s war in the Gaza Strip have committed suicide over the last month. In addition, a reservist called up for service in the north during the war to replace regular troops who were sent to Gaza committed suicide during his reserve duty, shortly after arriving at his…
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Breaking News Controversial Lancet Editor Visits Israel
The editor of the British medical journal The Lancet, which ran an open letter accusing Israel of a “massacre” in Gaza, is visiting Israel. On Tuesday, Dr. Richard Horton visited the Rambam Medical Center in Haifa, where he was scheduled to meet with senior researchers and physicians there as well as the Technion’s Ruth and…
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Opinion How This Summer Made Me a Racist
Israelis hide in a concrete pipe used as a shelter during a Palestinian rocket attack / Getty Images This summer, I heard the word “we” over and over as Jews around the world (appropriately) condemned the horrific murder of Palestinian youth Mohammed Abu Khdeir. “We Jews don’t do this,” they claimed, even as empirical evidence…
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Breaking News Palestinian Infiltrator Armed With Knife and Pick Arrested in Southern Israel
A Palestinian teenager was arrested in southern Israel near the Gaza border armed with a knife and a pick. The 18-year-old was arrested Sunday by local security officers near Kibbutz Alumim. He is believed to have infiltrated into Israel from Gaza near Kibbutz Nahal Oz. A security alert was issued for the area after a…
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Culture In Search of the Bibi Haters in Israel
Ten young people, more or less, were congregating in front Benjamin Netanyahu’s residence late on a Saturday night and repeatedly shouting, “Bibi, resign! Bibi, resign! Bibi, resign!” Bibi didn’t seem to be here; in any case, he wasn’t answering. It was August, during the height of the conflict, and the young people here were ultra-rightists,…
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Breaking News Mahmoud Abbas-Led Palestinian Unity Government To Rule Over Gaza
A unity government is to take control of the Gaza Strip, after a breakthrough in talks between Palestinian factions on Thursday which could strengthen their hand in talks with Israel next month. The Gaza ceasefire struck in August between Israel and the Palestinians called for the Palestinian Authority, led by President Mahmoud Abbas, to take…
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