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Opinion Israel is at an existential pivot point. It never needed to go this far.
At every stage, decisions made in Israel cost Israeli and Palestinian lives — and kept Hamas in place
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Fast Forward Trump shares pictures of Tel Aviv protests as negotiators hunker down on Gaza ceasefire talks
Trump said talks over the weekend had been “very successful, and proceeding rapidly"
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Fast Forward 2 years after Oct. 7 shattered them, Israel’s border kibbutzim are drawing new dreamers
But some of the communities battered by the massacre remain largely empty
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Opinion Hamas made a remarkable offer — because Trump laid a remarkable trap
Is peace finally on the horizon?
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Fast Forward Hamas says it’s ready to release all Israeli hostages but does not offer clear ‘yes’ to Trump’s plan
The statement came as Trump issued a deadline of 6 p.m. Sunday for Hamas to respond to his proposal to end the war
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Fast Forward 3 suspected Hamas members arrested in Germany for plotting attacks on Jews, Israelis
Mossad said it had coordinated on the arrests as part of a broad effort in Europe
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Film & TV We lived through Oct. 7. Now we can do it again on TV — but why?
Two new shows recreating survivors' experiences are dropping on the second anniversary of Hamas' attack
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Yiddish World Two stirring poems about Oct. 7 by Ber Kotlerman
The author, a Yiddish literature professor at Bar Ilan University, wrote the poems soon after the Hamas attacks on Oct. 7, 2023
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Special Report This school is fighting antisemitism all wrong. Why is it working?
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Opinion I know exactly why leftists aren’t celebrating this ceasefire
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Opinion Hamas made a remarkable offer — because Trump laid a remarkable trap
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Books A bespectacled, Jewish hypochondriac with literary pretensions and a creepy fascination with his stepson’s girlfriend — Guess who?
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Fast Forward All 20 living hostages back in Israel, 2 years after Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack
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