Welcome to 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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News Outside the Israel Embassy, tears for the ‘martyr’ who set himself on fire there
Aaron Bushnell killed himself ‘to stir the conscience of this country,’ said one woman at a gathering outside the Israeli Embassy Monday
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Fast Forward Biden says Israel-Hamas ceasefire could happen within week
'My hope is by next Monday we’ll have a ceasefire,' the president told reporters while in New York
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Fast Forward Jewish frontman of heavy metal band Disturbed raises $29K for private security for Matisyahu after pro-Palestinian protests
The GoFundMe has already surpassed its goal of $25,000
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Fast Forward Holocaust education bill fails in Washington State after debate over Jewish refugees, genocide and the Gaza war
A Republican lawmaker feared the Democratic-led amendment would open the door to 'overlap the Holocaust with what’s happening in Gaza'
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News Biden is assured victory in Michigan primary, but the state’s large Arab American population wants to send a warning
‘Any effort to deflect or divert Democratic support from President Biden in this election is effectively a vote for Donald Trump,’ said a Jewish Democratic strategist
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Fast Forward Why did the co-chair of Harvard’s antisemitism task force resign?
More chaos as business school professor Raffaella Sadun abruptly quits committee after 5 weeks
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Fast Forward U.S. airman dies after self-immolating outside Israeli embassy in protest of Israel-Hamas war
Bushnell filmed himself on Sunday afternoon walking toward the embassy, saying he 'will no longer be complicit in genocide'
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Fast Forward Israeli journalist criticizes West Bank ‘apartheid’ at Berlin film festival ceremony marked by Gaza war protests
The Berlinale’s closing ceremony included multiple calls for a Gaza ceasefire, in a display that Berlin’s mayor condemned as antisemitic
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Culture Hitler is trending on TikTok again — and they’re trying to make him seem like a nice guy
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Culture You can buy Sukkot gift boxes that say ‘tuchus’ on Amazon
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Fast Forward Sitcom star encourages non-Jews like her to hang mezuzahs on their homes
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Opinion A maelstrom around Rashida Tlaib shows how broken discourse about the war has become
In Case You Missed It
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Opinion With killing of Hezbollah’s chief, Israel occupies the inarguable moral high ground
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Looking Forward An Israeli hip-hop artist remembers a day of hope in Gaza
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Sports The Jewish Sport Report: How the Chicago White Sox made a bad year even worse for Jewish fans
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Oct. 7: One Year Later A different closet: Queer Zionists navigate the post-Oct. 7 dating scene
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