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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Fast Forward Poll: 40% of American Jews believe Israel is committing genocide in Gaza
A majority of American Jews also expressed a negative opinion about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
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News Before Oct. 7, a rabbi and imam at Syracuse were building bridges. After the attacks, more students joined them.
Interfaith dialogue offered a different way forward during the war in Gaza between Israel and Hamas
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Film & TV In the last months of her life, this Palestinian photojournalist captured resilience in Gaza
‘Put Your Soul On Your Hand and Walk’ documents Fatma Hassona’s fight to hold onto hope
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Fast Forward New aid flotilla nears Gaza coast, with Greta Thunberg and a Jewish activist on board
The Israeli navy expects to intercept the flotilla during Yom Kippur
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Opinion ‘For the sins we have committed’: Reimagining Yom Kippur liturgy in a post-Oct. 7 world
This year, the traditional confessional prayer Jews recite is not enough.
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Opinion When did Donald Trump become a liberal Zionist?
The president's new peace plan appears to take a left down J Street
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Opinion We can feel brokenhearted for the suffering of the children of Isaac and of Ishmael. We must.
A rabbi rejects how expressions of compassion are regarded with suspicion in today’s conversations about Israel
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Fast Forward Freed hostage Edan Alexander says he’s returning to the IDF next month
'My story does not end with survival – it continues with service,' said the Israeli-American who was held in Gaza for 584 days until May
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