This is the Forward’s coverage of the Israel-Hamas war, which began on Oct. 7, 2023, when Hamas militants crossed into southern Israel and massacred civilians, prompting Israel to invade the Gaza Strip.
Israel-Hamas War
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Opinion The Passover lesson we need most after devastating years of war
Our empathy has been depleted, but we need it more than ever
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Fast Forward Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear criticizes Gaza ‘genocide’ discourse ‘litmus test’ for Democrats
In a wide-ranging interview with Politico, the Democratic governor also cast “blame” on President Donald Trump for the crisis in Gaza
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News Their sons survived the battlefield but not their wounds. Now these Israeli mothers mourn together.
Hazel Brief and Taly Drori came together through OneFamily, a nonprofit whose founder just won the Israel Prize for Lifetime Achievement.
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Looking Forward We were instant friends. Then came the Israel question.
We're told the future of Judaism is in Florida. One Forward writer wanted to see for himself.
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Film & TV An Israeli dissident filmmaker finds tainted love amid the Gaza rubble
Nadav Lapid's ‘Yes’ takes on the war, art and the soul of a nation
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Fast Forward In antisemitism settlement, UC Berkeley agrees bans on Zionists ‘can violate university rules’
The university also agreed to pay $1 million to the Brandeis Center.
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Fast Forward Leqaa Kordia, the last Palestinian Columbia protester still in ICE detention, has been released
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani lobbied President Donald Trump.on Kordia’s behalf
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Fast Forward Report: Israeli group quietly organized charter flights evacuating Palestinians from Gaza
South African Foreign Minister Ronald Lamola called the evacuation flights a 'clear agenda to cleanse out the Palestinians out of Gaza and the West Bank'
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Culture Inside the ancient Christian theology driving modern antisemitism
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News Jews paused Indiana’s abortion ban — by turning a religious freedom law against the evangelical right
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Opinion The moral degradation of Israel’s far right is even worse than you think
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News Mamdani to attend Passover Seder as he navigates ties with Jewish groups amid rising antisemitism
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Fast Forward Argentina designates Iran’s Revolutionary Guard a terrorist organization
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Culture Oct. 7 changed Howard Jacobson. But his new novel is as defiant as ever.
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Culture In 1989, Harold Pinter and Jerry Schatzberg made the perfect Holocaust movie for 2026
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