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 Citing ‘the Jewish imperative’ to act, UJA-Federation pledges $1M for Gaza aid
The donation from New York’s Jewish federation will go to IsraAID, an Israeli disaster relief organization that operates abroad
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Fast Forward Reform rabbis made to leave stage at London hostage rally after calling for end to Gaza war
Rabbis Charley Baginsky and Josh Levy also expressed support for the idea of a Palestinian state — while objecting to the U.K.’s current approach to recognizing one
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Fast Forward JB Pritzker: Blocking arms sales sends Israel ‘the right kind of message’
The Illinois governor’s remarks reflect growing Democratic criticism of Israel over Gaza aid among 2028 presidential hopefuls
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Opinion Which school of philosophy provides the best guide for how to think about Gaza?
When it comes to the horrors of the war in the MIddle East, neither Moses nor Immanuel Kant is sufficient
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Opinion In that horrific video of a man digging his own grave, Israelis are seeing something that Americans aren’t
In the American media, viewers are offered only a disturbing glimpse of what Israelis have been watching over and over
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Opinion Netanyahu’s new Gaza plan is a disaster. But it contains a tiny kernel of wisdom
The world is finally in agreement that Hamas must go — and that's progress
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Opinion Hamas should release all the hostages. But it’s foolish to think that would end the war
Israel's commitment to territorial expansion is what keeps the hostages in captivity
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News ‘You can’t fake it’: Why images of starving children in Gaza are so difficult to dismiss
Photojournalist Lynsey Addario has seen how powerful images can ‘move the dial’
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