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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Film & TV In the last months of her life, this Palestinian photojournalist captured resilience in Gaza
‘Put Your Soul On Your Hand and Walk’ documents Fatma Hassona’s fight to hold onto hope
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Film & TV We lived through Oct. 7. Now we can do it again on TV — but why?
Two new shows recreating survivors' experiences are dropping on the second anniversary of Hamas' attack
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Opinion A crucial Yom Kippur reading holds a scathing lesson on Gaza
The Book of Jonah insists we combat our instinct to withhold mercy
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Fast Forward New aid flotilla nears Gaza coast, with Greta Thunberg and a Jewish activist on board
The Israeli navy expects to intercept the flotilla during Yom Kippur
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Fast Forward Israel’s secret ‘Esther Project’: DOJ filings reveal paid US influencer campaign amid AI-powered PR blitz
As Netanyahu calls social media the “eighth front,” new documents reveal how Israel is paying to shape U.S. opinion
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Fast Forward Americans now sympathize more with Palestinians than Israelis, poll finds
A slight majority of American voters also opposed the United States providing additional economic and military support to Israel, according to the new NYT/Siena poll
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Fast Forward Will Hamas accept the US-Israel plan to end the Gaza war? Not right away, at least.
Arab and Muslim states have endorsed the plan, which would require Hamas to disarm
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Opinion ‘For the sins we have committed’: Reimagining Yom Kippur liturgy in a post-Oct. 7 world
This year, the traditional confessional prayer Jews recite is not enough.
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Yiddish אַן אויסשטעלונג אין „פּולין“־מוזיי וועגן דער געשיכטע פֿון ייִדישע שפּראַכןAn exhibit at Warsaw’s Polin Museum on the history of Jewish languages
דער ייִדישיסט און עספּעראַנטיסט, ד״ר צבֿי סדן, האָט אַ מאָל באַמערקט אַז עספּעראַנטאָ איז „ייִדיש פֿאַר גויים“
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