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Fast Forward Most New Yorkers support Israel aid package but oppose large-scale ground operation in Gaza, poll shows
Siena College asked New Yorkers how they're feeling about Israel in its monthly survey
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News ‘Ripped in half’: American Jews grapple with how to donate to Israel and Gaza
Many Jews believe Palestinian civilians also deserve help from American Jews — others find such claims offensive or even traitorous
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Culture ‘I cry for both of us’: For Jerusalem Youth Chorus, a canceled tour and a shared Jewish-Palestinian grief
The Jerusalem Youth Chorus was founded in the hope of peace — but had to scrap plans for a post-COVID tour because of war
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Reporter's Notebook From a kabbalist’s grave to a destroyed kibbutz: Inside an IDF press tour
The stench of burned bodies stuck to my hair for two days, and I was uncomfortable parachuting in and out
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Fast Forward Thousands of Haredi men volunteer to serve in Israeli army amid war in Gaza
The group generally avoids military service, but has signed up for duty in the wake of historic attack
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Fast Forward Spain-Israel tensions flare and multiple Spanish synagogues are hit with anti-Israel graffiti
Ione Belarra, Spain’s acting social rights minister, called to “urgently suspend diplomatic relations with the state of Israel”
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Politics ‘The feeling is, wow’: Orthodox attitude toward Biden shifts amid show of support for Israel
Regardless, recent polls show Orthodox Jews leaning heavily toward the Republican presidential candidate by a wide margin
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Fast Forward Top IDF chief confirms rape and other ‘crimes against humanity’ in Oct. 7 attack
'Whoever they saw, they killed' — Rear. Adm. Daniel Hagari
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