This is the Forward’s coverage of Hamas, a Palestinian Islamic political party that includes a military wing. It is the de facto governing authority of the Gaza Strip, and is considered a terrorist organization by the U.S. and
Hamas
The Latest
-
Fast Forward Israel Detains 37 Palestinians in KIdnap Push
Israel’s army said it detained another 37 Palestinians overnight as it searched for three missing teenagers and extended a crackdown on the Hamas Islamist group it accuses of kidnapping them. There were no reports of clashes between the soldiers and Palestinians in the raids in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, where the military says it has…
-
Fast Forward Benjamin Netanyahu Slams Presbyterians for Israel Divestment
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu criticized the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) vote to divest from three companies that do business with Israeli West Bank security forces. Netanyahu, speaking Sunday to Jewish journalists from around the world at the inaugural Jewish Media Summit in Jerusalem, said the vote late Friday to divest from Caterpillar, Motorola Solutions and…
-
Fast Forward Netanyahu: Israel Has ‘Unequivocal Proof’ Hamas Responsible for Kidnappings
Israel has “unequivocal proof” that Hamas is responsible for the kidnapping of three Israeli teens more than a week ago, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told his Cabinet. The proof and information have been shared by Israel with several countries and soon it will be made public, Netanyahu said Sunday at the start of the weekly…
-
Fast Forward Israel Detains Dozens More — Raids Media House
Israel sent more troops to the occupied West Bank on Saturday to search for three missing teenagers it says were abducted by Palestinian Islamist group Hamas. The army said it had also arrested another 10 Palestinians during its hunt – the latest in a series of detentions and raids that have raised tensions and triggered…
-
Fast Forward 15-Year-Old Palestinian Killed for Throwing Stones as Israel Crackdown Grows
Israeli troops killed a Palestinian teenager in the occupied West Bank on Friday and arrested 25 people, pursuing a crackdown on Islamist militants and house-to-house searches for three Israeli teenagers who went missing eight days ago. Palestinian medics said Mohammed Dudin, 15, was killed in the village of Dura, near the city of Hebron in…
-
Opinion Praying for Kidnapped Teens — and Israel’s Sanity
Getty Images (Haaretz) — Like (almost) everyone else, I hope against hope for the safe return of the three kidnapped yeshiva students. One can only imagine their nightmarish ordeal as well as the agony and anguish of the father or mother whose child has disappeared under such bone-chilling circumstances. But it is not only the…
-
Fast Forward Gun Battle Erupts as Israel Presses Search for Kiddnapped Teens
Israeli forces traded gunfire with Palestinians on Thursday, the military said, in the fiercest street battles in the occupied West Bank since a search began for three Israeli teenagers missing for a week. Hospital officials said three Palestinians suffered bullet wounds in the overnight clashes in Jenin, a militant stronghold and the scene of deadly…
-
Opinion Benjamin Netanyahu Lashes Out at Hamas — But Real Enemy Is Elsewhere
On Monday afternoon, June 9, the research director of Israel’s military intelligence corps appeared before an international audience of defense experts and policymakers at a conference near Tel Aviv and delivered an hour-long, rapid-fire outline of the strategic threats and opportunities facing the Jewish state in 2014. Speaking in a terse, emotionless Hebrew, Brigadier General…
Explore
Most Popular
- 1
Fast Forward Why some Satmar Hasidic leaders endorsed Zohran Mamdani as mayor, stunning many Jewish voters
- 2
News How Mamdani became New York’s next mayor, with Jews divided between fierce opposition and fiery support
- 3
Opinion I’m an Israeli who lives in New York. Here’s why I’m voting for Mamdani
- 4
Culture Mamdani quoted Eugene Debs in his victory speech — there’s a long Jewish history there
In Case You Missed It
-
Looking Forward What Hailey Bieber smoothies and instant matzo ball soup reveal about American Jewish taste
-
Culture Mamdani’s first statement on antisemitism as mayor-elect got some weird pushback
-
Film & TV On the trail of a priceless dove, a group of Palestinians and Israelis find that peace is for the birds
-
Culture Could poetry revive Yitzhak Rabin’s legacy among young American Jews?
-
Shop the Forward Store
100% of profits support our journalism
