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 The Israeli-Palestinian discourse on campus is even more terrifying than the Hamas attack
Fundamentalism has taken over the humanities. Curiosity has been replaced by closed-mindedness; creativity stifled by uniformity
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Fast Forward ‘Where are their allies now?’ Governor calls on New Yorkers to stand up to antisemites
Gov. Kathy Hochul addressed New Yorkers on rising threats against Jewish students and others amid the Israel-Hamas war
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Fast Forward Protesters disrupt Blinken as he asks Senate for emergency wartime funding for Israel
The committee chairwoman asked the Capitol police to remove protesters from the room at least six times
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Fast Forward Holocaust survivors and their descendants thank Biden for Israel support
‘What is happening today brings back my terrible memories,’ wrote one
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Film & TV She wrote the book on Israeli horror movies — real-life horror stopped the book tour
Author Olga Gershenson talks about the genre of Israeli horror and the ongoing terror in Israel
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Fast Forward Israel’s UN envoy says he’ll wear Nazi yellow star until other countries condemn Hamas
Not everyone within Israel was on board with Gilad Erdan’s display
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Fast Forward Israeli forces rescue kidnapped soldier, the first since Oct. 7
The Israel Defense Forces said in a statement that Ori Megidish was 'was medically checked, is doing well, and has met with her family'
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Fast Forward Netanyahu rejects calls for ceasefire and resignation as he calls war against Hamas ‘battle of civilization against barbarians’
The Israeli leader also blamed the war’s mounting death toll on Hamas, the terror group that governs the Gaza Strip
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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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