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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Fast Forward Israel and Hamas set to resume indirect talks as fallout continues from IDF killing of 3 hostages
The fallen hostages, according to reports, were waving a white cloth and yelling in Hebrew, and a photograph from the area shows a wall graffitied in Hebrew with the message “Help, 3 hostages”
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Fast Forward UK joins US in announcing travel ban on extremist Israeli settlers
"Extremist settlers, by targeting and killing Palestinian civilians, are undermining security and stability for both Israelis and Palestinians," British Foreign Secretary David Cameron wrote on X
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Culture Masha Gessen will receive Hannah Arendt Prize after all, following controversy over Gaza essay
One critic claimed that Gessen’s New Yorker essay, in which they quoted Arendt, “is in clear contrast” to the philosopher
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Fast Forward Israeli forces mistakenly kill 3 hostages during fighting in Gaza, IDF says
The soldiers mistakenly identified the hostages as a threat during fighting on Friday in Shejaiya, a neighborhood that is a Hamas stronghold in the Gaza City area
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News Rachel Goldberg doesn’t know if what she’s doing will bring her son Hersh home. But she won’t stop trying.
In trying to free her son Hersh Goldberg-Polin and other hostages, Goldberg has spoken to the pope, Elon Musk, Joe Biden and more
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Film & TV This documentary about American Jews and Israel has been canceled (and uncanceled) four times — and counting
'Israelism,' a documentary about young Jews critical of Israel, has landed at the center of campus antisemitism debates
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Opinion Young Israelis and Palestinians are giving up on peace. It’s on all of us to fix that
Millennial Jews and Palestinians have all but given up on a two-state solution. We fail to reckon with this reality at our own peril.
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Fast Forward Dept. of Education to investigate antisemitism on at least 4 more campuses including Rutgers and Tulane
Stanford, UCLA, UCSD and the University of Washington also have new Department of Education investigations
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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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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