This is the Forward’s coverage of the Israel-Hamas war, which began on Oct. 7, 2023, when Hamas militants crossed into southern Israel and massacred civilians, prompting Israel to invade the Gaza Strip.
Israel-Hamas War
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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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Opinion Israel is at a turning point with the UN. There’s one major way things could go wrong
The far-right wants to respond to new recognitions of a Palestinian state by annexing parts of the West Bank
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Opinion The West is finally recognizing a Palestinian state — but many Palestinians are skeptical
We've seen supposed breakthroughs on Palestinian statehood happen before. Will this one turn out any different?
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News What Kamala Harris says about Israel, Gaza and Palestinians in her new book
In '107 Days,' Harris recounts a clash with Netanyahu, struggles to address Palestinian suffering and details why she passed over Josh Shapiro as vice president
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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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Opinion Will Judaism after Gaza actually be different from Judaism before Gaza?
The tension between particularism and universalism is fundamental to Jewish tradition
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News Why does Andrew Cuomo have to keep clarifying his position on Israel and Gaza?
After declaring the ‘horrific’ war must end ‘today,’ Cuomo said he still backs Israel’s goal of eliminating Hamas
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Film & TV They fled from Gaza to Egypt — will they ever find their way back home?
Like Jewish Zionists, the Palestinians in the documentary ‘Who Is Still Alive' yearn to be in their spiritual homeland.
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Culture RFK Jr.’s poems to Olivia Nuzzi are peak cringe — so were King Solomon’s
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Opinion In Chicago, politicians are comparing ICE to the Gestapo — are they right?
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Fast Forward Jewish groups at Penn sound alarm over federal lawsuit seeking information on Jewish employees
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