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 Could a Jewish voter surge threaten Jamaal Bowman’s reelection?
An Orthodox Jewish group said requests for mail-in ballots show that their effort to boost voter turnout in the Bowman-Latimer race has traction
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Fast Forward Lily Greenberg Call, Jewish staffer who quit Biden administration over Israel policy: ‘There are so many of us who feel this way’
In high school and then at the University of California, Berkeley, Lily Greenberg Call was active with pro-Israel groups such as AIPAC and Hillel
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Opinion I was expelled from Columbia for my activism in ’68. Here’s what student activists need to focus on next
To make lasting change, it's time to build coalitions and win people to your side through dialogue
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Fast Forward U of California workers authorize strike in response to treatment of pro-Palestinian protesters
The union said its concerns were related to free speech issues
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Fast Forward California university president placed on leave after agreeing to boycott Israeli institutions
The president of the California State University system said Mike Lee, head of Sonoma State University, had not gotten permission to announce a deal
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Fast Forward 5 Israeli soldiers killed in friendly fire incident in Gaza, adding to toll of accidental deaths
The incident came the same day that Israel’s defense minister openly criticized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s handling of the war
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Fast Forward In a first, Jewish Biden administration staffer resigns over war in Gaza
Lily Greenberg Call is not the only staffer disaffected by President Joe Biden’s Israel policies, others in the administration say
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News Toddler video superstar ‘Ms Rachel’ launches fundraiser for children in Gaza, dividing Jewish moms
“When I saw her fundraiser, it really triggered me,” one mother told JTA
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Opinion This GOP candidate has always been antisemitic — so why are Republicans only panicking about him now?
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Opinion A daring attack on Hezbollah may reveal Israel’s strengths — and its most terrifying weakness
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Fast Forward Michigan attorney general: Rashida Tlaib’s criticism is ‘antisemitic’
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Opinion Memo to Bill Ackman and Donald Trump: Spreading conspiracy theories isn’t good for the Jews
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Oct. 7: One Year Later Years before Oct. 7, Leonard Cohen wrote a song that anticipated its darkness
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