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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Fast Forward Biden: Israel will get ‘everything it needs’ to fight Hamas; Gaza war is ‘not genocide’
A pledge to back Israel comes after weeks of tension between the governments over Biden’s pause on the delivery of large bombs
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News At Duke, pro-Israel Jewish students go ‘on the offense’
Jewish students who support Israel said that an absence of raucous protests had allowed them focus on building support for Israel rather than playing defense
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Opinion Trying to arrest Netanyahu could actually make him more powerful
An International Criminal Court prosecutor seeks to indict Israel's prime minister — but opponents of the war should be wary of celebrating
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Fast Forward International Criminal Court prosecutor seeks arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas leaders
If the court approves the warrants, which also include Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, they could inhibit the movement of Gallant and Netanyahu as they seek to drum up diplomatic and material support for Israel’s war against Hamas
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Fast Forward At Reconstructionist Rabbinical College ordination, angst over Israel shares stage with 11 new rabbis
At least two of the new rabbis are avowedly anti-Zionist, a relatively common orientation in their movement
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Fast Forward IDF recovers bodies of 3 Nova festival victims, including Shani Louk
The Israeli army says the three were killed on the day of the Hamas massacres and their bodies were taken into the Gaza Strip
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Books Whose art is it anyway? Inside the cultural battle between pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian protesters
Since the war broke out, debate has raged over the political meaning of art
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Politics Could a Jewish voter surge threaten Jamaal Bowman’s reelection?
An Orthodox Jewish group said requests for mail-in ballots show that their effort to boost voter turnout in the Bowman-Latimer race has traction
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