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 Pope Francis’ final speech called for ceasefire and hostage release in Gaza war
“The growing climate of antisemitism throughout the world is worrisome,” he said.
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Fast Forward Israeli army fires deputy commander after finding ‘operational errors’ in killing of 15 Gazans
The army rejected the idea the bodies of those killed in the March 23 incident had been mishandled.
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Opinion I first met Netanyahu in 1988. Here’s how he became the most destructive leader in Israel’s history.
How a brilliant man became a national tragedy
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News ‘Whose seat is now empty’: Remembering Hersh Goldberg-Polin at his family’s Passover retreat
More than 200 gathered in the Georgia mountains to remember the Oct. 7 hostage killed by Hamas
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Opinion Israel just threw another wrench in the peace process — and possibly doomed the last hostages
Demanding a complete Hamas disarmament is a sure way to prolong the war, with awful human costs
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Fast Forward Dozens of members of UK’s largest Jewish group sign letter condemning war in Gaza
The letter reveals a divide within the Board of Deputies of British Jews
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Fast Forward Israelis can no longer enter the Maldives after Palestinian-solidarity ban goes into effect
'The Maldives reaffirms its resolute solidarity with the Palestinian cause,' said President Mohamed Muizzu
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Fast Forward Northwestern University defaced by anti-Israel graffiti during Passover
Northwestern faces $790 million in funding cuts from the Trump administration over allegations of campus antisemitism
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Opinion The Gaza hostage crisis could forever change how American Jews relate to Israel — but it’s not too late to fix that
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Yiddish ווידעאָ: היסטאָריקערין וויווי לאַקס באַשרײַבט געשיכטע פֿון לאָנדאָנער ייִדישער פּרעסעVIDEO: Historian Vivi Laks tells history of the London Yiddish Press
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Yiddish World Puppet Monty Pickle is guest on the Forward’s ‘Yiddish Word of the Day’
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