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 JetBlue bans flight attendants from wearing Palestinian flag pins after incident with Jewish passenger
The airline threatened to arrest the passenger, but later apologized
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Culture Israeli fans were warned against attending Eurovision. They came anyway — to heal from Oct. 7
Eurovision 'is my spirit, and you won't take my spirit,' one fan said
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News What is behind Israel’s shutdown of Al Jazeera?
Israel says the Qatari-owned station’s lopsided coverage of the war endangers soldiers, but allies describe the closing of Its offices in Israel as an assault on press freedoms
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News ‘We would like to speak in our name,’ Jewish Columbia students say in viral open letter
The students say they were concerned about anti-Zionist students and pro-Israel outsiders who have come to campus
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Fast Forward Police and protesters clash in Amsterdam as successive pro-Palestinian encampments roil city
Protesters had occupied part of the Rokin, a canal and thoroughfare in the city’s center
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Fast Forward Congress grills K-12 school officials from New York, Berkeley and Maryland on responses to antisemitism
The hearing signaled the government’s growing interest in expanding antisemitism probes beyond colleges
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Fast Forward Participation in Birthright Israel trips by Americans down by half this summer
Aftermath of Oct. 7 has also decimated teen camp trips to Israel
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Fast Forward San Francisco State University president negotiates with tent camp leaders over Israel investments
S.F. State's president meets with leaders of the school’s pro-Palestinian encampment to discuss their demands over divestment from Israel
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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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אין בערלין דעבאַטירט מען פּאָליטישע ענינים דװקא אין טעאַטער — און דאָס הײַפֿל ייִדן אין לאַנד געפֿינט זיך אין צענטער
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Books In three centuries of Southern Jewish life in the Big Easy, no easy way to be Jewish
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Yiddish „קיין שוועדיש רעדט מען נישט!“ — אַ ייִדיש־טאָג בײַם לונדער אוניװערסיטעט ‘No speaking Swedish here!’ — Yiddish Day in Lund University
די 30 אָנטייל־נעמערס זענען געקומען פֿון גאַנץ שװעדן, נאָרװעגיע, פֿינלאַנד און אַנדערע אייראָפּעיִשע לענדער.
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