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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News Israeli kids with life-threatening illnesses find respite from war at Catskills camp
Along with the medical treatment, Camp Simcha aims to give ailing children a regular Jewish camp experience
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Fast Forward Director of national intelligence warns that Iran is funding anti-Israel protests in US
Avril Haines said that Iran’s activities should not taint genuine protesters or inhibit robust speech
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Opinion Has Israel really killed up to 186,000 people in Gaza? How to understand the numbers war
A headline-making new study suggests the death toll in Gaza might be almost 5 times higher than reported. Here's why you should be skeptical
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Politics Democrats clash over aid to Israel at meeting of party platform committee
A drafting committee meeting underscores the dilemma Democrats face as they head into their August convention: risk alienating Jewish voters, or risk alienating critics of Israel’s military campaign
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Opinion Why don’t ceasefire talks ever go anywhere? Ask Netanyahu.
To hold onto power, Netanyahu has to appease the US — without ending the war
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News Jews felt Australia was a safe and boundless space. Then the Israel-Hamas war began, and everything changed
A community known for its disproportionate number of descendants of Holocaust sees change in the land they love, if only for being so far removed from the hatreds that plagued their forebears
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Fast Forward London gallery cancels Russian-Israeli artist’s anti-Putin show, objecting to her posts mourning Oct. 7
The Metamorphika studio said the artist’s posts failed to mention Palestinian victims
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Fast Forward Dept. of Education chides Brown University for taking ‘no or little action’ in response to complaints of antisemitism
The investigation into events since Oct. 7 is the first such probe into an Ivy League school to wrap up
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Fast Forward DNC finding: Biden’s Israel backing cost Harris votes for president
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Antisemitism Decoded After Minneapolis, a YouTuber comes for Jewish ‘welfare queens’
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News What We Know About Jeffrey Epstein’s Childhood
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News An Arizona cemetery now requires mourners to leave before burial. A rabbi plans to sue.
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Culture Before I became an orthodontist, I was my good friend Neil Sedaka’s saxophonist
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Opinion A war with Israel, not for Israel
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Fast Forward Many American Jewish groups throw support behind joint US-Israeli strikes on Iran
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