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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News Israeli LGBTQ soldiers hope the war in Gaza will bolster their fight for equal rights at home
Many LGBTQ Israeli soldiers feel the war has placed their status in stark relief: They have been called to risk their lives on the front lines in Gaza but are denied rights afforded to heterosexual couples at home
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Opinion The worst thing American Jews can do right now is hide
A Los Angeles synagogue moving its service due to a nearby pro-Palestinian demonstration is an example of what not to do
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Opinion Gazans are starving. Airdrops of aid could help change that
Aerial food drops over Gaza could help prevent a famine while bypassing security and distribution challenges
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Israel Therapy Israel Therapy: I haven’t cried in 6 weeks. What’s wrong with me?
Feelings aren’t linear — and some of our defenses against feeling too much actually help us
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News Many Jews criticized Harvard’s Oct. 7 response. Fewer are applauding President Claudine Gay’s resignation.
A campus controversy threatens to heighten Black-Jewish tensions while drafting Jews into ideological battles many never signed up for
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Fast Forward How the watermelon wound up on Jennifer Garner’s daughter’s sweatshirt as a symbol of Palestinian nationalism
Watermelons are linked with Palestinian activism because their colors — red, black, white and green — match the colors of the Palestinian flag
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Sports For an Israeli Chicago Bulls’ fan slain on Oct. 7, a final gift from that team’s star forward
DeMar DeRozan signed a jersey in memory of Oron Beilin, who was murdered at the rave near kibbutz Re'im
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News He covered the Israeli-Palestinian conflict on campus. Then the protesters rebuked him.
Jacob Wheeler, a reporter at USC's Annenberg Media, went on hiatus after attacks on his coverage turned personal
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Culture Inside the ancient Christian theology driving modern antisemitism
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Opinion The moral degradation of Israel’s far right is even worse than you think
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Fast Forward CA Gov. Newsom says he regrets apartheid comment, ‘reveres’ Israel in new interview
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News Mamdani voices concerns about synagogue buffer zone bill poised to pass NYC Council
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Fast Forward Israeli-American soldier Moshe Katz, killed in Lebanon rocket strike, laid to rest on Mt. Herzl
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Fast Forward A second poll of US Jews finds the same result: Most oppose the war in Iran
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News Their sons survived the battlefield but not their wounds. Now these Israeli mothers mourn together.
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Fast Forward IDF suspends unit that detained CNN crew in the West Bank, as Herzog condemns settler violence
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