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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Opinion My Jewish family was forced out of our homeland. We must not let Gazans suffer the same fate.
You don’t counter the fantasy of erasing Israel by proposing the same for Gaza, writes Hen Mazzig
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News Analysis: Trump’s Gaza relocation plan signals shift in Jewish political influence
Establishment Jewish groups seemed stunned into silence, while fringe far-right Zionists exulted in the mainstreaming of their ideas
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Fast Forward US Jewish groups respond to Trump’s Gaza comments
Mainstream Jewish groups did not immediately respond to Trump, but partisan ones did
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Fast Forward To Israel’s far right, Trump’s proposals for Gaza keep sounding ‘better and better’
The call to relocate Gaza Palestinians matches proposals laid out by Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich, two far-right ministers
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Fast Forward Contradicting Trump, Saudi Arabia says no change in its demand for Palestinian state
Trump announced in a press conference on Tuesday that Saudi Arabia was not requiring a state as a condition for peace with Israel
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Opinion Is Trump’s proposal for the U.S. to take over Gaza really as ludicrous as it sounds?
Even with all the good faith in the world, it's impossible to imagine how this could work — or who would benefit
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Fast Forward Trump: ‘The US will take over the Gaza Strip’
“We’ll own it, and be responsible for dismantling all of the dangerous unexploded bombs and other weapons on the site. Level the site and get rid of the destroyed buildings,” he said
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Fast Forward Meeting with Netanyahu, Trump doubles down on relocating ‘all’ Palestinians from Gaza
He also said Saudi leaders were not demanding a Palestinian state in exchange for peace with Israel
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Music In 1964, when he was just 23, Bob Dylan wrote the prophetic anthem that encapsulates Trump’s America
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News Jewish groups targeted Columbia grad Mahmoud Khalil — then ICE arrested him
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Fast Forward Trump’s antisemitism chief shares ‘Jew card’ post from white supremacist
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Fast Forward Trump allies target Jewish judge — and his wife — after ruling on Palestinian activist
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Culture Targeted by Trump for oblivion, the Voice of America once nurtured the dreams of Jews worldwide
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Fast Forward University of Amsterdam ends student exchange with Hebrew U, saying it’s complicit with Israeli military
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News Why Nazis spent World War II in a luxury West Virginia resort
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Fast Forward How a comedian and a senator’s riffs on Israel reveal the Democratic party divide
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