Welcome to 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 Stanford instructor removed for targeting Jewish students as ‘colonizers’ after Hamas attack on Israel
Stanford officials were also criticized for neutral language in initially failing to unambiguously condemn Hamas
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News In Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, residents volunteer and keep kids at home as streets and supermarket shelves empty out
“We live in a permanent state of fear,” one Tel Aviv resident said
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Culture He wanted to tell the story of ordinary Palestinians living under occupation — will anyone want to listen now?
Nathan Thrall's 'A Day in the Life of Abed Salama' is an intimately reported account of the aftermath of a lethal West Bank bus crash
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Fast Forward He was a peace activist with a PhD. In dying, Hayim Katsman saved 3 other lives
His grandparents were Holocaust survivors. He was murdered by Hamas on the kibbutz he loved
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News Jewish Republicans rebuke Trump for ‘inflammatory’ criticism of Israel and its leaders amid war
‘Criticizing someone that's fighting for their life is is pretty naive,’ said a prominent Jewish Republican
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Culture Why we need to stop calling Hamas attackers ‘militants’ or ‘gunmen’ and start calling them ‘terrorists’
In the war of public opinion, words matter — now more than ever
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Fast Forward ‘I pray for those families’: Pope Francis calls on Hamas to free Israeli hostages
“Terrorism and extremism do not help reach a solution to the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians but fuel hatred, violence, revenge and cause suffering for both sides,” Pope Francis said
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Culture Wedding during wartime: A donated cake, a volunteer band, fairy lights by the bomb shelter
Jewish law says marriages go forward even in times of tragedy
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Culture Why saying ‘L’shana Tova’ on Rosh Hashanah may not be the correct phrase
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Fast Forward Was the viral Ta-Nehisi Coates interview a hit piece or fair play? A journalism ethics expert weighs in.
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Culture How my odious cousin Roy Cohn was responsible for creating Donald Trump — and me
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Culture New conspiracy theory just dropped — Jews are causing the hurricanes
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Culture How the closing of a website for Yom Kippur confessions explains the modern internet
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Fast Forward Brown University rejects pro-Palestinian protesters’ demand to divest from Israel
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Fast Forward As Netanyahu pushes US to join fight against Iran, Biden tells Jewish leaders US ‘fully’ backs Israel’s right to defend itself
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Fast Forward German town’s memorial stones for Nazi victims are stolen on Oct. 7 anniversary
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