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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News Israel is reeling from an unbearable tragedy. But does it change anything?
Does Israel’s government withstand the crisis, and how does it affect the U.S.-Israel relationship?
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News In the courtyard where Hersh Goldberg-Polin danced on Oct. 6, grief and anger reign after his death
Hundreds of people flocked to the Goldberg-Polin family’s egalitarian synagogue in Baka, Jerusalem
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Fast Forward Massive protests, threats of a national strike as Israelis demand action after bodies of six hostages found
Demonstrators blame Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for lack of a ceasefire-for-hostage deal
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Opinion From Rachel Goldberg-Polin, we all heard the piercing cry of Jewish motherhood
For 330 days, we witnessed Rachel Goldberg-Polin show the world the love between a Jewish mother and son, writes a mother and author
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Opinion Rachel is weeping for her child: In a grieving Jewish mother, we see our Jewish matriarch
Today’s parallels with ancient Jewish trauma are overwhelming — and even the Bible falls short, a rabbi writes
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Opinion The murder of the hostages may be a pivot point for a deal
Pressure grows in Israel for Netanyahu to give up on Philadelphi corridor
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Opinion Thanks to his mother, we are all sitting shiva for Hersh Goldberg-Polin
For 330 days, Hersh became a brother, son and friend to us through the tireless advocacy of Rachel Goldberg-Polin
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Fast Forward Netanyahu apologizes for the first time to a hostage family, blames Hamas for captives’ deaths
Netanyahu’s apology calls to families of six hostages killed in Gaza come amid swelling protests and grief across Israel
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News Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s selection as JTS commencement speaker roils graduating class
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Opinion How Israel became a country where teenagers murder each other in cold blood
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Sports NBA coach Steve Kerr: ‘Israel sought revenge for Oct. 7 and now 72,000 Palestinians have been killed’
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Film & TV A new documentary challenges stereotypes about Orthodox Jewish women — and their wigs
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Fast Forward A new Hebrew press in Berlin argues that Israel doesn’t own the language
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Fast Forward Jewish library and Chabad near Buenos Aires attacked, Argentine Jewish advocates say
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Fast Forward Cornell’s Jewish president clashes with students following on-campus debate about Israel
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Fast Forward U of Michigan apologizes after faculty chair praises pro-Palestinian students during commencement speech