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.
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Fast Forward British woman who removed an Israeli hostage poster from a memorial site is convicted of theft
The woman is married to a British Jewish anti-Zionist activist who was expelled from the Labour Party
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Opinion Tragically, ‘genocide’ has become a meaningless word
A new pro-Israel petition mirrors the left in draining an important term of its meaning
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Fast Forward Berlin film festival fends off criticism after jury president Wim Wenders rebuffs calls to criticize Israel
Author Arundhati Roy backed out of the festival after Wenders said, “We have to stay out of politics"
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Opinion The Israeli government wants you to stop calling Oct. 7 a ‘massacre.’ Yes, really.
It's part of a broader effort to rewrite memory, evade responsibility and diminish the meaning of the attack
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Fast Forward Prominent British LGBTQ activist arrested for carrying ‘globalize the intifada’ sign in London
Protesters calling for “intifada” meanwhile marched in Philadelphia on Sunday
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Fast Forward IDF official says 71,000 killed in Gaza war, matching Gaza Health Ministry estimate
Some pro-Israel advocates have accused Hamas of inflating the numbers. Some pro-Palestinian sources say the total is higher
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Fast Forward Father of former Israeli hostage joins Columbia as a Jewish history professor
Jonathan Dekel-Chen’s appointment follows an antisemitism task force’s call for Columbia to hire more faculty who are not anti-Zionist
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Fast Forward Jewish world marks first day with no hostages in Gaza by shedding their symbols of support
Rachel Goldberg-Polin and Jon Polin said they were taking off their famous masking tape
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Antisemitism Decoded The antisemites are enjoying themselves
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Fast Forward UCLA student government condemns campus Hillel for hosting former hostage
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Opinion American Jews have a Hasan Piker problem. Solving it is going to hurt
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Sports Today’s American Jews finally have their era’s Sandy Koufax
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News ‘The settlers are winning now’: West Bank activists aiding Palestinians are increasingly targets themselves
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Fast Forward These American teens ranked high in Israel’s International Bible Quiz, in strongest US showing in 50 years
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Fast Forward Seismic shift in Israeli politics as opposition leaders Lapid and Bennett form joint party
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Fast Forward His kippah was a symbol of coexistence. Israeli police officers seized and destroyed it.