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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News War is bad for tourism. But one Palestinian hotel owner remains optimistic about the future in Jerusalem
'We have to share the land. On a good basis, not one side is superior to the other.'
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Fast Forward ‘This is our second independence war,’ Netanyahu declares as Israeli troops battle inside Gaza
U.N. says Gaza residents broke into storehouses to get basic supplies as humanitarian crises deepens
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Fast Forward Mike Pence drops out of presidential race, appeals to Republicans not to elect an ‘unmoored’ populist
Pence made clear that he did not want Donald Trump to be reelected, framing his concerns in the context of Israel's war with Hamas
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Opinion The ‘politics of respectability’ must end now for American Jews
Playing by the rules got us far. But the antisemitic tide since 10/7 means there are no rules anymore.
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Fast Forward Israeli forces on ground in Gaza, where communications blackout and airstrikes combine to create ‘worst night’ ever
“There is no service or connection, but I’m still alive till now”
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Opinion As Harvard president, I am committed to tackling the pernicious antisemitism on our campus
"For years this university has done too little to confront its continuing presence"
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Fast Forward Harvard president, citing history and ‘resurgence’ of antisemitism, appoints advisers to help root it out
‘This university has done too little to confront' the 'lingering presence' of antisemitism, says Claudine Gay. 'No longer’
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Fast Forward Jewish security group warns Brooklyn Jews to stay away from pro-Palestinian rally on Shabbat calling to ‘Flood Brooklyn for Gaza’
Held by the activist group Within Our Lifetime, the Saturday rally comes after protests featuring rhetoric celebrating Hamas’ attack on Israel have unnerved some Jewish New Yorkers
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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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Looking Forward How a song about the food chain became a Seder mainstay
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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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