Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of the 2023 Israel-Hamas war, in which Hamas militants crossed into southern Israel and massacred civilians, prompting Israel to invade the Gaza Strip.
2023 Israel-Hamas War
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Fast Forward Congress cancels hearing on George Washington U protests after police clear encampment and arrest demonstrators
Shortly after the arrests, the Republican-led congressional committee canceled the hearing featuring D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and police chief Pamela Smith
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Opinion U.S. pause on weapons to Israel is just a signal. So is Israel’s Rafah incursion
Beyond quotidian events and troop movements on the ground, when it comes to the U.S. and Israel, there are four levels of engagement
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Fast Forward ‘Hinds Hall,’ Macklemore’s new rap track, defends pro-Palestinian college protests and condemns Israel
The song denies that the protests are antisemitic
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Fast Forward Robert Kraft’s foundation to air ad slamming antisemitism at campus protests during NBA playoffs
“Scream until you’re red in the face, but don’t scream at the Jewish kid walking to class,” the ad says
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Culture Eden Golan’s impossible mission — conquer Eurovision and redefine Israel’s image
The 20-year-old Israeli singer is trying to make a statement, while saying as little as possible
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News Students retake encampment at MIT, where protests take on a mathematical spin
At one the world’s greatest centers for science, protesters draw on math theory and a pro-Israel engineering student invokes her Muslim father
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Fast Forward Ahead of hearing on DC’s response to campus protests, questions arise about GOP chair’s role in enabling antisemitism
Rep. James Comer disparaged Jewish committee members with insults that overlap with antisemitic tropes
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Fast Forward ‘You are not alone’: Biden in Holocaust remembrance speech vows to fight Oct. 7 denialism
Biden drew a direct line between Holocaust denial and the tendency by some to downplay or even deny the atrocities of Oct. 7
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Opinion I’m a UCLA professor. Why didn’t the administration stop last night’s egregious violence?
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News ‘Everyone gets to be uncomfortable’: How Jewish students at Brown kept antisemitism at bay
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Opinion Student activists aren’t antisemites; they’re partners in a dance of death
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Fast Forward Marjorie Taylor Greene says she opposed antisemitism bill because it rejects ‘Gospel’ that ‘the Jews’ handed Jesus to executioners
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Fast Forward Police and protesters clash in Amsterdam as successive pro-Palestinian encampments roil city
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Fast Forward Longtime Israel critic loses Republican House primary after campaign by Jewish groups
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Fast Forward Congress grills K-12 school officials from New York, Berkeley and Maryland on responses to antisemitism
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Theater ‘It’s 60-year-old boy meets 60-year-old-girl’: Steven Skybell on playing Herr Schultz in ‘Cabaret’