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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Opinion How the war has (and hasn’t) upended cancel culture
A review of the recent history of debate over open debate about Israel
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Fast Forward Students for Justice in Palestine suspended at George Washington University, adding to a growing trend
The suspension follows the group’s projections of anti-Israel messages on the side of a campus library
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Opinion In Washington, Jews manage to rally around an intentionally murky message. Will the unity last?
The success of the March for Israel depended on a multi-pronged agenda and a lot of blue and white.
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Opinion ‘Vivian, we’re listening’: A poem in loving memory of Israeli peace activist Vivian Silver
'I wonder when peace died and fear it was long before you were born'
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Fast Forward An Israeli rabbi says he won’t eat until the Red Cross visits hostages in Gaza
Referencing a Talmudic teaching, Rabbi Avidan Freedman also drew a circle around himself, and vowed to stay within it until his demands were met
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Fast Forward European film festivals hit with controversies over Israel-Hamas war
A festival in Stockholm apologized for disinviting an Israeli-American, while pro-Palestinian filmmakers pulled out of an Amsterdam fest
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Fast Forward Jewish sponsor withdraws from National Book Awards after learning of authors’ plans for Israel ceasefire statement
The sponsor said the authors were promoting “a pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel agenda”
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Fast Forward Alleged bus driver boycott snarls 900 Detroit Jews’ trek to DC Israel rally
The Detroit Jewish federation said “a deliberate and malicious walk-off of drivers” prevented some of its delegation from getting to the march
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Culture Inside the ancient Christian theology driving modern antisemitism
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News Jews paused Indiana’s abortion ban — by turning a religious freedom law against the evangelical right
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Opinion The moral degradation of Israel’s far right is even worse than you think
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News Mamdani to attend Passover Seder as he navigates ties with Jewish groups amid rising antisemitism
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Culture Oct. 7 changed Howard Jacobson. But his new novel is as defiant as ever.
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Culture In 1989, Harold Pinter and Jerry Schatzberg made the perfect Holocaust movie for 2026
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Fast Forward 3 more men arrested in London arson of ambulances owned by Jewish emergency service
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Fast Forward Influencer Myron Gaines performs Nazi salute, denies Holocaust death toll at Ohio University event
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