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 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 Does it matter if Sean Baker is (or isn’t) a Zionist?
What obsession over the ‘Anora’ director's politics says about Israel discourse
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Culture RFK Jr.’s poems to Olivia Nuzzi are peak cringe — so were King Solomon’s
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Culture A shocking true story of Mexico’s Jewish community comes to Netflix
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News As young Jews move away from Israel, Jewish leaders are reluctant to change their approach
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Film & TV For ill and for good, this ‘Wicked’ song has become ubiquitous
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Fast Forward Oct. 7 families’ lawsuit says Bitcoin CEO, whom Trump pardoned, facilitated $1B in payments to Hamas and its allies
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Opinion What does Mamdani’s response to synagogue protests mean for Jews? No one will like the answer.
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Yiddish World New record label boasts young (and female) singers of cantorial music
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Culture Can this LGBTQ+ Jewish organization navigate these turbulent times?
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