Welcome to 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.
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Fast Forward Antisemitic terror plot in Australia was fake and staged by a crime boss, police say
Australian Jews were facing violent incidents for months but authorities say there hasn’t been a significant attack since early February
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Fast Forward A bagel shop backed out of a Jewish food festival over Israel. Then regret set in.
Isaac’s Bagels in Durham, North Carolina, was the epicenter of a dramatic series of events ending with reconciliation
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Fast Forward ‘Shalom’ becomes new ‘You’re fired’ as Trump takes drastic action at Columbia
In the Trump White House, a Hebrew word with multiple meanings has only one definition
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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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News A Jewish Republican and Muslim Democrat are suddenly in a tight race for a special seat in Congress
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Film & TV What Gal Gadot has said about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
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Fast Forward Cory Booker proclaims, ‘Hineni’ — I am here — 19 hours into anti-Trump Senate speech
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News Who would protect New York Jews better? Cuomo and Lander trade attacks on the campaign trail
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Opinion In Qatargate fiasco, Netanyahu’s ‘witch hunt’ narrative takes cues from Trump
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Yiddish די הגדה ווי אַ לעבעדיקער דענקמאָל פֿון אַשכּנזישער פּאָעזיעThe Haggadah as a living monument to Ashkenazi poetry
אַמאָל זענען די פּייטנים, מיסטישע דיכטער־וויזיאָנערן, געווען אויבן־אָן בײַ די פֿראַנצויזישע און דײַטשישע ייִדן.
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