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 Jewish House Democrats: Netanyahu will impede ceasefire for political purposes
GOP Rep. Mike Lawler said the U.S. will ‘make sure phase two occurs’
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Opinion Finally, a job for the Arab League: Help dislodge Hamas
Arab states should rally behind 'the least bad option': Restoring the Palestinian Authority to power in Gaza
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Fast Forward Keith Siegel, Yarden Bibas, Ofer Kalderon released from Gaza in smooth handovers
“He looks good!” Aviva Siegel said after glimpsing her husband, an American-Israel held by Hamas for 484 days
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Fast Forward In Gadi Mozes, the octogenarian freed from Gaza, Israelis see an icon of their country’s hardy ‘kibbutznik’ spirit
Several of the posts emphasized that Mozes is a kibbutznik, an identity that to many Israelis connotes a hardy work ethic and pioneering spirit
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Fast Forward Jewish women are braiding challah and hair to mark the release of Israeli hostage Agam Berger
The “Braids for Agam” movement responds to reports that Berger, 20, has braided other hostages’ hair in captivity
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Fast Forward 8 hostages return to Israel following chaotic scenes in Gaza
Israeli officials says they are delaying the release of Palestinian prisoners until Hamas can assure them future hostages will be freed safely
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Fast Forward Far-right Polish lawmaker disrupts moment of silence for the Holocaust to decry ‘Jewish genocide in Gaza’
This is not Grzegorz Braun’s first antisemitic action in the halls of power
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News The Bibas family remains hostages in Gaza. A nation is hoping against hope for their return.
For Jews around the world, the fate of Kfir, Ariel, Shiri and Yarden Bibas has long been a matter of urgent concern
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Fast Forward First Puka Nacua, now Mookie Betts: Why do sports stars keep getting antisemitic around a Jewish streamer?
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Fast Forward After MIT professor’s killing, Jewish influencers spread unverified antisemitism claim
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Fast Forward Father and son suspects in Bondi Beach Hanukkah attack identified as Sajid and Naveed Akram by law enforcement
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News Christians are displaying menorahs in their windows post-Bondi Beach attack. Why some Jews object
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Opinion The Gaza hostage crisis could forever change how American Jews relate to Israel — but it’s not too late to fix that
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Yiddish ווידעאָ: היסטאָריקערין וויווי לאַקס באַשרײַבט געשיכטע פֿון לאָנדאָנער ייִדישער פּרעסעVIDEO: Historian Vivi Laks tells history of the London Yiddish Press
שבֿע צוקער פֿירט דעם שמועס מיט וויווי לאַקס און ביידע לייענען פֿאָר עטלעכע פֿעליעטאָנען פֿון יענע צײַטן.
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Yiddish World Puppet Monty Pickle is guest on the Forward’s ‘Yiddish Word of the Day’
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News Who is Bruce Blakeman, the ‘Almost Orthodox’ Jew running for New York governor?
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