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 Analysis: The risks and rewards of inviting Netanyahu to address Congress
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is determined to shift US public opinion about the war in Gaza
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News This 94-year-old Holocaust survivor recommended arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas leaders
Much has been said about Amal Clooney's role on the ICC's panel on war crimes, but less attention has been paid to Theodor Meron
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Culture The saga of an Israeli hostage inspires a song of celebration and defiance
'Rimon's Song,' by David Brinn and Libbytown, tells the story of Rimon Kirsht Buchshtav's captivity and homecoming
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Fast Forward ‘This is why you earned an F’: Stefanik grills Northwestern’s Jewish president over campus antisemitism
Michael Schill defended his deal with pro-Palestinian protests
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News Some pro-Palestinian encampments want their schools to cut ties with Hillel, Chabad
A call to “terminate” Jewish campus institutions for their support of Israel is labeled antisemitic
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Opinion It’s time for American Jews to recognize a Palestinian state
Recognition won't 'reward violence' — instead, it will help ensure a strong future for the Jewish people
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Fast Forward Rutgers Jewish students, faculty decry ‘intimidating’ environment ahead of congressional hearing
The letters from Jewish students come a day before the university president is slated to testify at a congressional hearing on antisemitism
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Opinion Campus protesters want more than a free Palestine. They want a better America.
Biden needs to focus less on Israel to win young people’s votes
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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 Reza Pahlavi, Iran’s exiled crown prince, has a plan for his people’s future — if they’ll have him
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News What We Know About Jeffrey Epstein’s Childhood
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Fast Forward Irish Jews report 143 antisemitic incidents in 6 months through a new reporting system
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Fast Forward Yet again, Israel’s public shelters become sites of camaraderie amid steep danger
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Fast Forward What happened during the 2025 Israel-Iran war? A timeline.
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Fast Forward Sirens, shelters and an empty Old City: Jerusalem rattled on the first day of war with Iran
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