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.
Israel-Hamas War
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News A ‘quite religious’ anti-Zionist: Meet the Jewish Columbia student who wrangled the college newspaper’s opinion page
Milene Klein said she worked to present a multitude of views on the protests and the war in Gaza
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News At The New School, an anti-Zionist campus rabbi is ‘not so radical,’ students say
Louisa Solomon, student rabbi at The New School in New York, arrived on campus in the 2023 fall semester — just weeks before the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas
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Culture Viral list classifies authors as Zionist, urging people not to read their work
The list cites looks to online posts to ascertain authors' political stances around Israel
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Fast Forward Cornell University president Martha Pollack says she will retire, 3rd Ivy League leader to step down since Oct. 7
Pollack’s announcement follows the resignations in recent months of the presidents of the University of Pennsylvania and Harvard University
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Opinion The campus protests are no longer about Israel. They’re about America.
American college students are channeling genuine domestic political frustration into blaming Israel
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Fast Forward JetBlue bans flight attendants from wearing Palestinian flag pins after incident with Jewish passenger
The airline threatened to arrest the passenger, but later apologized
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Culture Israeli fans were warned against attending Eurovision. They came anyway — to heal from Oct. 7
Eurovision 'is my spirit, and you won't take my spirit,' one fan said
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News What is behind Israel’s shutdown of Al Jazeera?
Israel says the Qatari-owned station’s lopsided coverage of the war endangers soldiers, but allies describe the closing of Its offices in Israel as an assault on press freedoms
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News What a Secretary of State Marco Rubio would mean for American Jews and Israel
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Fast Forward Trump AG nominee Matt Gaetz has left a trail of antisemitic comments
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Opinion Trump’s first picks are die-hard Israel supporters, mocking the pro-Palestinian protest vote
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Opinion Just about every interpretation of Trump’s narrow election victory is wrong
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Fast Forward Top Canadian book prize to be awarded amid a flurry of protest over its sponsors ties to Israel
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