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 A poll shows Palestinians overwhelmingly support Oct. 7. What does that mean?
Support for Hamas is softer than support for its actions, which Palestinians perceive as a means of placing their plight front and center of international attention
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Letters At Hunter’s ‘Israelism’ screening, the rabbi was rude, not the audience
Professors say the administration and moderator made people feel censored
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Special Report The secret history and uncertain future of Students for Justice in Palestine
The group was founded as a voice of moderation — now it faces suspension and censure as it tests the bounds of student activism
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Opinion Netanyahu’s one job was to prevent this catastrophe. Instead, he destroyed Israel as we know it
The unthinkable costs of the Israeli prime minister's determination to hold onto power are finally becoming clear
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Politics Young voters prefer Palestinians — and Trump, new poll shows
48% of those ages 18 to 29 think Israel is intentionally killing civilians, and 55% oppose further US aid to the Jewish state
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Fast Forward Current and former members of the Union for Reform Judaism call for cease-fire
'In the URJ, we were really taught to support oppressed people, and stop genocide,' said the author of the letter, signed by more than 1,000 people
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News In Central Park, runners race against time for Israeli hostages
Run For TheIr Lives of Manhattan strives to 'Bring Them Home Now' in a marathon of hope
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News Controversy over letter from Jewish day school alumni saying they were fed ‘false narratives’ about Israel
While some grads of Maryland’s Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School condemn Israel’s war on Gaza, other alumni call the critics ‘self-hating Jews’
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Holy Ground A Jewish farmer broke ground on a synagogue in an Illinois cornfield. His neighbors showed up to help.
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Opinion I discovered anti-Zionism at the University of Michigan. I’m glad it lives on there
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Culture An Israeli genocide scholar looks to Israel’s history to understand ‘what went wrong’
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News Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s selection as JTS commencement speaker roils graduating class
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News Remembering Abe Foxman, the longtime ADL leader known as the ‘Jewish pope,’ who always answered my calls
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Fast Forward Michael Jackson biopic revives legend of Jewish music mogul who battled MTV’s ‘color barrier’
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Fast Forward DOGE’s cuts to Jewish humanities grants were unconstitutional, judge rules
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Fast Forward As anti-LGBTQ laws spread, these two Jewish nonprofits are funding moves to safer states