Opinion

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  Israel will not defeat Hamas in Rafah without confronting Gaza’s future

  Before invading Rafah, Israel must work with regional partners to avoid a humanitarian disaster for the Palestinians

  By Alex Lederman

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  As a new resident of Israel, I’m learning what it means to grieve with a nation

  The gulf between native-born Israelis and myself has been the most profound in the months since Oct. 7

  By Sruli Fruchter Feb 13, 2024 | 4 min read
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  How to talk about Israel with someone you disagree with

  4 months of war have heightened my moral clarity — and my commitment to listen

  By Elliot Cosgrove Feb 13, 2024 | 4 min read

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• Jodi Rudoren This is my last column as editor of the Forward

  

• Jay Michaelson Mamdani’s victory is an opportunity for Jews to relearn the art of disagreement

  

• Rob Eshman ‘Israel is seen as violent’ — and Israeli chefs, once global culinary icons, are feeling the heat

  

• Nora Berman Did Netanyahu coerce Trump into attacking Iran? No — but he tried with Obama

  

• Dan Perry Trump wants to control the Israeli judiciary. Uh, good luck

  

• Emily Tamkin Zohran Mamdani’s victory proves it: The ‘gotcha’ mode of fighting antisemitism has to go

  

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  Netanyahu’s plan for endless war must force a reckoning for American Jews

  Israel's longest-serving prime minister has made it impossible to feel uncomplicated support for the country

  By Rob Eshman Feb 12, 2024 | 3 min read
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  The IDF freed 2 hostages — recovering the rest must be their top priority

  As questions mount over Israel's military strategy, the successful rescue is a reminder of what its true focus should be

  By Laura E. Adkins Feb 12, 2024 | 4 min read
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  Rafah was Gaza’s last safe zone. The Israeli assault will lead to a humanitarian disaster there

  Israel's military strategy in Gaza was always going to lead to a crisis in the south — and now it's here

  By Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib Feb 12, 2024 | 5 min read
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  How aid to Israel fell victim to the cult of Trump

  Once a 'third rail' for conservative politicians, voting down aid to Israel is now just another prop in the MAGA carnival

  By Jay Michaelson Feb 9, 2024 | 3 min read
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  DEI needs to be reimagined, and Black Jews are the ones to do it

  Oct. 7 made it abundantly clear that Jews are excluded from DEI protections

  By David Christopher Kaufman Feb 8, 2024 | 5 min read
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  Israel’s economy desperately needed the failed GOP bill

  The longest war in Israel's history, combined with judicial overhaul protests and political cronyism is costing Israel dearly

  By Dany Bahar Feb 8, 2024 | 4 min read
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  In an election year, it’s time to ramp up the fight on abortion rights — and Jewish religious freedom

  In honor of Repro Shabbat, a guide to accessing your religious right to an abortion

  By Lux Alptraum Feb 8, 2024 | 4 min read
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  ‘An impact on the world’: Brown University hunger strikers, one Jewish and one Palestinian, on their war protest

  Ariela Rosenzweig and Nour Abaherah are among 19 Brown students engaged in a hunger strike to demand the university take a stronger line on Israel

  By Nora Berman Feb 5, 2024 | 6 min read