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 ICE arrests Palestinian protest leader at Columbia, in sharp escalation of campus actions
Jewish groups and leaders immediately spoke out both in favor and against the arrest
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Fast Forward Trump’s hostage envoy defends talks with Hamas: Meeting with ‘bad people is part of my job’
Adam Boehler, tasked with securing the release of American hostages in Gaza, said negotiating with Hamas is necessary despite the group's antisemitic ideology
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Fast Forward Gallup poll shows sympathy for Israelis cratering to historic low among Democrats
Democrats sympathized with Palestinians more than Israelis by a nearly 3-to-1 ratio
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Opinion A Pentagon official spewed antisemitism. Her words about child victims of Oct. 7 are even more hateful
Kingsley Wilson used our murdered babies to advance an anti-choice agenda
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Fast Forward Barnard clamps down after bomb threat clears pro-Palestinian protest in library
At least nine protesters were arrested at the scene as dozens of NYPD officers entered the library. The bomb threat was deemed not credible.
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Fast Forward Trump posts ‘Shalom Hamas’ and says Gazans will be ‘DEAD’ if they keep holding hostages
He concluded, ‘Also, to the People of Gaza: A beautiful Future awaits, but not if you hold Hostages. If you do, you are DEAD'
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Fast Forward ‘We’ll get them out,’ Trump tells 7 released Israeli hostages in Oval Office meeting
“We believe that you have been sent by God to release them,” Omer Shem Tov told Trump
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Fast Forward Israel, Gaza and hostages get just brief mention in Trump’s address to Congress
He also briefly spoke of plans for a “Golden Dome” modeled off of Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system
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Fast Forward Why some Satmar Hasidic leaders endorsed Zohran Mamdani as mayor, stunning many Jewish voters
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Opinion I’m an Israeli who lives in New York. Here’s why I’m voting for Mamdani
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News How Mamdani became New York’s next mayor, with Jews divided between fierce opposition and fiery support
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Sports It’s so cool that Sandy Koufax was there for that
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Yiddish World A German museum aimed to honor Jewish wit. The result is downright demeaning.
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Opinion The three profound Jewish lessons of Mamdani’s astonishing victory
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News Mamdani’s victory divides Jewish leaders one more way: Whether to say congratulations
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Fast Forward In a first, a ballot initiative to divest from Israel has won at the ballot box in Boston suburb
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