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.
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Fast Forward In private meeting with Jewish leaders, Blinken addresses US rifts with Israel
The secretary of state said some disagreements over Gaza required public comment
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Fast Forward ‘We have failed’: A conversation with the parents of an Israeli hostage
They lit candles on his birthday, but didn’t blow them out
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Fast Forward Israel’s representative at Venice Biennale shuts down art exhibit, demanding ceasefire and hostage deal
Ruth Patir’s actions were still criticized by a pro-Palestinian art collective as “empty and opportunistic"
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News She managed a university Holocaust center. Now she says incivility on Israel drove her to a Catholic school.
An administrator at Clark University in Massachusetts quits after hecklers protest her participation in a program featuring an Israeli reservist
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Fast Forward 2 House members lead the charge to oust the speaker. Both have been accused of trafficking in antisemitism.
Marjorie Taylor Greene and Thomas Massie are trying to remove Speaker Mike Johnson over a package of foreign aid bills — including one for Israel
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Fast Forward Guernica’s founder defends retracting Israeli coexistence essay that caused firestorm
Meanwhile, the editor who resigned over the retraction said she found the magazine’s long-promised explanation to be “dismissive"
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Opinion Israel — literally — cannot afford to retaliate against Iran
The Israeli economy, normally quite resilient, has taken a beating over the months of war and protests
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Fast Forward USC cancels commencement speech from Muslim valedictorian after she shared link to anti-Israel website
The school’s provost said the decision ‘has nothing to do with free speech’
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Yiddish איראַניש־אַמעריקאַנער ייִדן זעען האָפֿענונג אין טראָמפּס פּלאַן אַראָפּצוזעצן דעם רעזשיםIranian American Jews see hope in Trump’s plan for regime change
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Culture It’s Purim in Tel Aviv — but in the shelter there are few costumes in sight
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Fast Forward Did Israel force Trump into war with Iran? After Marco Rubio suggests so, Israel’s critics erupt.
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Fast Forward Iran, Israel and Hitler’s gun are all on the ballot in key primaries in Texas and NC on Tuesday
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