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 New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy visits Israel amid escalation in Gaza
‘A friend is a friend,’ the Democratic governor said about his four-day economic development mission
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Fast Forward Israel and Islamic Jihad reach cease-fire after three-day escalation
44 Palestinians killed, nearly 600 rockets fired into Israel. Lapid says goals of the operation 'have been achieved'
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Fast Forward Israel kills Islamic Jihad terror leader in new Gaza offensive that could foreshadow large-scale conflict
Iron Dome batteries have been activated, and an Islamic Jihad official said the group will "have martyrs" in a "campaign"
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Fast Forward Israel asks the UN to disband its Gaza war panel after member’s ‘antisemitic’ remarks
A member of the Commission of Inquiry accused “the Jewish lobby” of funding a social media campaign to “discredit” the UN Human Rights Council
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News Couple trying to retrieve their son’s remains from Gaza say they have new reasons to hope
Hadar Goldin, a lieutenant in the IDF, was killed in Gaza two hours after the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas went into effect
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Analysis One year after Gaza War, little has changed, despite the Israeli army’s insistence
Israel's military insists Guardian of the Walls improved security, but it struggles to read a new reality.
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Culture Is Facebook biased against Palestinians?
During the most recent Gaza conflagration, both Israelis and Palestinians hurled accusations of censorship at social media giants, including Facebook and Instagram. Palestinians said that their posts about Israeli soldiers entering the al-Aqsa mosque complex in Jerusalem were disappearing without even a warning, and so were other posts accusing Israel of violence. Meanwhile, Israeli influencers…
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News Survey: More than half of American Jews encountered antisemitism after Middle East violence
More than half of American Jews said they encountered antisemitism following the start of May’s violence in Israel and Gaza, according to a survey released Monday by the Anti-Defamation League. Its findings suggest a dramatic uptick in the number of Jews who have witnessed antisemitic behavior, or heard or read an antisemitic comment. A January…
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