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 Threatening Jews is now acceptable — so long as you call them Zionists
This past week saw a new escalation of violent threats against Jews in New York City, in the name of anti-Zionism
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News 24 hours on Israel’s northern front as clashes with Hezbollah intensify
Meet the holdouts who’ve refused to leave a border city under constant fire
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Letters Stating that Palestinians don’t deserve peace due to Oct. 7 doesn’t solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Palestinian terrorism is born from oppression
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Culture The war comes to the Park Slope Food Coop — could it also provide the blueprint for peace?
This isn't the cooperatively-owned grocery's first schism over Israel and BDS
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Antisemitism Decoded Is it antisemitic to protest Hillel?
No longer a hypothetical question, Baruch College's Hillel found itself targeted by protesters celebrating Hamas
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Opinion ‘I wouldn’t be here if I didn’t believe people could choose peace’: A Nova survivor on protests of Manhattan exhibit
Oct. 7 survivor Eilat Tibi came to New York to share her story — and experienced antisemitism for the first time
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Fast Forward ‘Abhorrent’: NY officials deplore attacks on homes of Brooklyn Museum director, board members
The attacks come on the heels of a protest against a Manhattan exhibit on the Nova Music Festival attack
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Fast Forward Bestseller ‘Who is Taylor Swift?’ comes out with its first international edition — in Israel
Some of Swift’s fans are frustrated she hasn’t spoken out on the Israel-Hamas war. Israelis are relieved
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Fast Forward Vance says ‘religious liberty is a Christian concept.’ Where does that leave Jews?
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News Ben Shapiro is mounting a last stand against right-wing antisemitism. It’s not going well.
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