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 British deputy prime minister: Activists haven’t communicated that ‘Jewish lives matter’
"I think that is a cause of hurt to the Jewish community and it is something that disappoints me as well," said Oliver Dowden, who represents a heavily Jewish constituency in parliament
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Culture The U.S. has called for a ‘humanitarian pause’ in the war against Hamas — what, if anything, does that mean?
The word 'pause' has a different connotation than 'cease-fire' and its definition is elusive
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Fast Forward Leading Israeli leftists rebuke progressives elsewhere for failing to condemn Hamas
They say there is ‘no contradiction’ between denouncing both Hamas’ brutality and the 'Israeli occupation’
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Fast Forward White House blasts Fox News after host Mark Levin questions Wolf Blitzer’s Holocaust bona fides
Mark Levin called Wolf Blitzer and Jake Tapper "self-hating Jews"
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Fast Forward 30 days after Oct. 7, a Jewish world wracked by grief is marking a traditional milestone of mourning
Shloshim ceremonies are complicated by the fact that the communal loss does not line up with the timelines of many of the families of those who died
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Fast Forward French Jewish woman stabbed, swastika found on her door
The young woman is recovering in a hospital and is not in life-threatening condition
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Special Report Special report: What’s it really like to be Jewish on campus right now?
We sent 11 reporters to colleges across the country to find out
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Fast Forward Tlaib accuses Biden of supporting genocide against Palestinians
'The American people are not with you on this one,' Michigan Congresswoman says in video
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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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Culture In 1989, Harold Pinter and Jerry Schatzberg made the perfect Holocaust movie for 2026
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Culture Gene Shalit, a mensch with a personality as big as his mustache, turns 100
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Fast Forward Connecticut Catholic school punishes students who targeted ‘Jew Canaan’ rivals on social media
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Fast Forward Pro-Palestinian rally at Buchenwald memorial is shut down by German authorities
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