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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Dog experts are skeptical about the allegation that has taken social media by storm
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Fast Forward Long Island school district pays $125K to settle lawsuit over erased pro-Palestinian student art
The Half Hollow Hills district was sued after administrators painted over watermelon imagery on a student's parking spot
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Fast Forward Israeli report on ‘systematic’ Oct. 7 sexual violence seeks to shift debate from denial to accountability
The report follows a two-year civil commission led by Cochav Elkayam-Levy, an attorney who recently won the Israel Prize for her work
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News Middlebury College Hillel votes to rebrand, distancing from parent group on Israel
Hillel International said it is reviewing its affiliation with the Vermont liberal arts college in response
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Opinion An alarming new battleground in campus fights over Israel
Education is supposed to teach students how to think — not how to condemn
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News California man pleads guilty in 2023 death of pro-Israel protester
Loay Alnaji gets deal for one year in jail for involuntarily manslaughter in Paul Kessler case, after facing up to four years behind bars
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Culture An Israeli genocide scholar looks to Israel’s history to understand ‘what went wrong’
'Israel: What Went Wrong' sees Omer Bartov, a scholar of genocide and the Holocaust, considering how his birthplace changed
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