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This is 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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Israel and Hamas Agree to 72-Hour Ceasefire in Gaza, To Begin Friday

Israel and Hamas have agreed to a 72-hour ceasefire in their conflict in the Gaza Strip starting on Friday, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Thursday. The ceasefire will begin at 8 a.m. local time (0500 GMT) on Friday, Aug. 1, they said in a joint statement. The…

By Reuters Jul 31, 2014 | < 1 min read
The Schmooze
Jewish Harry Potter Raises Galleons For Gaza War

Happy birthday to the Boy Who Lived! July 31 marks the day that Harry Potter — and his creator, J.K. Rowling — first entered the world. Harry is a loyal Gryffindorian, a matchless wizard, a native Parseltongue speaker, and…a Jew? Jewish Israelis have claimed the wizard wonder boy and his legacy on the “Jewish Harry…

By Hody Nemes Jul 31, 2014 | 3 min read
Fast Forward
8,000 March in Paris To Support Israel

Thousands of people attended France’s largest pro-Israel rally since Israel launched the war in Gaza. The crowd, estimated by police at 8,000, gathered near Israel’s embassy in Paris’ 8th Arrondissement under heavy police guard Thursday, shouting “long live Israel” and singing the French and Israeli anthems while waving both countries’ flags. The gathering Thursday was…

By JTA Jul 31, 2014 | < 1 min read
The Schmooze
Joan Rivers Has Advice for Israel: Nose Jobs

Getty Images Joan Rivers is trading in her “Fashion Police” badge for some international relations credentials. The comedian, who just last week was seen passionately defending Israel to a TMZ reporter, is at it again. In an interview with Israel’s Channel 10 on Wednesday, Rivers had some words of advice for Israel’s PR team. “We…

By Anne Cohen Jul 31, 2014 | 2 min read
Fast Forward
White House Blasts Israeli Attack on Gaza School as ‘Indefensible’

The shelling of a U.N.-run school in Gaza this week by the Israeli military is “totally unacceptable and totally indefensible” and Israel needs to do more to protect innocent civilians, a White House spokesman said on Thursday. Israel talks frequently about the importance it places on sparing civilian lives but the United States believes its…

By Reuters Jul 31, 2014 | < 1 min read
Opinion
Open Letter to Penelope Cruz From Her Jewish Doppelganger

Inna Vernikov, left; Penelope Cruz, right / Courtesy of the author; Instagram Dear Penelope, You are a remarkable actress and a strikingly beautiful model. I have been following your successful career for years. Your performance in “Vicky Cristina Barcelona” was an inspiring work of art. In fact, I am often complimented on just how much…

By Inna Vernikov Jul 31, 2014 | 3 min read
The Schmooze
Penelope Cruz Just Wants Peace in Gaza

Getty Images Penelope Cruz didn’t exactly say “I didn’t know what the heck I was doing,” but she did issue a clarification to an open letter — written by husband Javier Bardem — which she signed along with nearly 100 Spanish actors and filmmakers. The original letter called for an end to “the genocide perpetrated by…

By Curt Schleier Jul 31, 2014 | < 1 min read
Opinion
Actually, George Orwell Would Support Israel

Illustration by Yoni Weiss In these pages, Daniel May’s “What Would George Orwell Say About the Gaza War?” used totalitarianism’s great enemy to criticize democratic Israel’s justified struggle against totalitarian Hamas. May’s argument, misreading Israel’s self-defense justification, and echoing Hamas’s propaganda points, peppered with clever quotations from George Orwell, was itself Orwellian. Deciding how dead…

By Gil Troy Jul 31, 2014 | 3 min read

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