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 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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Fast Forward Lily Greenberg Call, Jewish staffer who quit Biden administration over Israel policy: ‘There are so many of us who feel this way’
In high school and then at the University of California, Berkeley, Lily Greenberg Call was active with pro-Israel groups such as AIPAC and Hillel
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Opinion I was expelled from Columbia for my activism in ’68. Here’s what student activists need to focus on next
To make lasting change, it's time to build coalitions and win people to your side through dialogue
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Fast Forward U of California workers authorize strike in response to treatment of pro-Palestinian protesters
The union said its concerns were related to free speech issues
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Fast Forward Expelled Oberlin Chabad rabbi says he ‘made a mistake’ with explicit social media chats
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Culture Louis Theroux’s Netflix documentary on the manosphere takes a detour into antisemitism
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Fast Forward Illinois primary pits Jewish candidate with deep Israel ties against AIPAC spending
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News Joe Kent, Trump official with white supremacist ties, resigns over Iran war and blames Israel
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Theater Roald Dahl’s monstrous views have a seat at the table today
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Letters ‘Verbal sparring’ at a conference for religious Jews breaking from Israel orthodoxy? That’s not what I experienced
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News Catholic Church urges clergy to address ‘misleading statements’ about Jews by far-right influencers
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Opinion Is this Netanyahu’s Winston Churchill moment?
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