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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Opinion Don’t be fooled: Palestinian suffering in this war is exactly what Hamas wants
Progressive spaces have lost track of the fact that while Netanyahu's government might be bad, Hamas is many times worse
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Fast Forward How John Fetterman’s outspoken support for Israel won him supporters on the right and critics on the left
Jewish Democratic party operatives say the Pennsylvania senator’s support for Israel is not a surprise, but in line with his campaign promises and penchant for holding fast to his positions
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Fast Forward Majority of Jewish Americans support Israel’s war against Hamas, and how it’s fought
A survey shows Jewish views on the conflict are starkly different from those of the rest of the population, where far fewer Americans see Israel’s rationale for the war and its conduct as justifiable
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Antisemitism Decoded New data challenges assumptions about campus antisemitism
'People have such strong dispositions of what the data should say,' said researcher Eitan Hersh
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Fast Forward After saying Netanyahu has ‘lost his way,’ Chuck Schumer says he would welcome him to address Congress
Johnson said that in his conversation with Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister invited him to speak to the Knesset
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Fast Forward Polls of Israelis and Palestinians can suggest two different realities. Here’s where they agree.
Five months into the war, the prevailing feeling is that Israel is not going to win
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Fast Forward Police in Newton, Massachusetts, investigating string of vandalism targeting pro-Israel homes as hate crimes
Seven incidents of vandalism, most involving lawn signs, have been reported in the past month
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Fast Forward Department of Education reaches resolution with Utah school district over reports of antisemitism
The Title VI case in Park City Schools was prompted by a Jewish parent
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Antisemitism Decoded After Minneapolis, a YouTuber comes for Jewish ‘welfare queens’
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Opinion Marco Rubio invoked a medieval antisemitic trope in justifying war with Iran
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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 As Iran’s Jews prepare for Purim, their government calls its story proof of a past genocide
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Fast Forward Berlin groups received $3M to fight antisemitism. What happened to that money?
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Yiddish דער קאַפֿע-הױז װי אַ מקום-מקלט פֿאַר ייִדישער קולטורThe cafe as a refuge of Jewish culture
אין די בערלינער קאַפֿע־הײַזער האָט די אינטעליגענץ געשמועסט, געלײענט צײַטונגען און געשפּילן שאַך.
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