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 Jewish Federation isn’t evolving on Israel. So it’s losing young Jews like me
The Federations' unconditional support of Israel's war on Gaza does not represent the majority of American Jews
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Fast Forward Israel approves plan to take over Gaza City, setting Oct. 7 deadline for civilians to leave
The plan, which IDF officials reportedly opposed, was approved during an all-night cabinet meeting
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Opinion In that horrific video of a man digging his own grave, Israelis are seeing something that Americans aren’t
In the American media, viewers are offered only a disturbing glimpse of what Israelis have been watching over and over
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Opinion Netanyahu’s new Gaza plan is a disaster. But it contains a tiny kernel of wisdom
The world is finally in agreement that Hamas must go — and that's progress
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Fast Forward Netanyahu confirms intent to occupy all of Gaza, against advice of his military
Netanyahu offered his first public confirmation of his intention in an interview Thursday on Fox News
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Opinion Hamas should release all the hostages. But it’s foolish to think that would end the war
Israel's commitment to territorial expansion is what keeps the hostages in captivity
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Fast Forward Josh Shapiro calls Netanyahu’s denial of starvation ‘abhorrent’, urges Trump to ‘flood the zone’ With Gaza aid
The Jewish Democrat criticized both Hamas and Israel’s leadership while calling for a hostage release and an urgent humanitarian response
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Opinion A beloved peace activist was killed in the West Bank. Can his death finally teach us empathy?
Awdah Hathaleen was my friend. Here are the lessons, as a rabbi, that I'm taking from his life
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Film & TV ‘Bojack Horseman’ creator Raphael Bob-Waksberg on his new, ‘unapologetically Jewish’ family affair
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News ADL chief attacks Zohran Mamdani, but gets his facts wrong
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Film & TV Who is Marty Reisman, the Jewish ping-pong star who inspired Timothée Chalamet’s new movie?
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Culture It’s Jew vs. Jew in the fight over a Brooklyn bike lane
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News A conservative curriculum has been approved for public schools in eight states. What does it teach about Israel and Jews?
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Fast Forward Israel approves vast West Bank settlement plan that far-right minister said ‘practically erases the two-state delusion’
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Fast Forward Israel opens new embassy in Zambia, once home to a historic Jewish community
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Opinion Israel’s new gift to the far right could help end the Gaza war
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