Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of Israel, the Jewish state in the Middle East founded in 1948.
Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of Israel, the Jewish state in the Middle East founded in 1948.
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News Will Israel go to war in Lebanon? Saturday’s attack and what might come next, explained
While Israel has signaled that its response will be limited, the sides are edging toward a war that could put vast swaths of Lebanon as well as Israel — including the Israeli airport and its power plants — under rocket fire
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Opinion After Hezbollah’s devastating weekend strike, global powers must step in to avert a regional war
The West is rightfully nervous about direct engagement in the Middle East. But the risks of staying out are now too high
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Fast Forward Turkey’s Erdogan threatens to invade Israel, in escalation of harsh rhetoric over Gaza war
Erdogan’s comments were especially notable because Turkey is part of NATO, the international alliance of Western nations
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Opinion Palestinians will compete at the Olympics — without a state to represent. Here’s why Jews should be outraged
This Olympics should remind Jews everywhere that Palestinians still lack a state. Our history and our faith obliges us to act in support of them
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News Is Kamala Harris a Zionist?
Unlike Joe Biden, the vice president has never embraced the term. But her statements and actions align with common understandings of the term
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News Ridiculing pro-Palestinian protesters, Netanyahu addresses Congress
Netanyahu dismissed concerns about Israel’s military campaign and the high number of civilian casualties
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Opinion First reactions: What Netanyahu said (and didn’t say) about the U.S. and Israel — and what it all means
As the Israeli prime minister spoke to Congress on Wednesday, four of our columnists reacted in real time
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Opinion ‘He should go and stay’: As Netanyahu visits Congress, Israelis at home are tired of the act
The prime minister’s big visit generates more dark humor than hope
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News Your complete guide to Trump’s Jewish advisers and pro-Israel cabinet
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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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News What a Secretary of State Marco Rubio would mean for American Jews and Israel
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Fast Forward Why the Weitzman, a museum of American Jewish history, tapped an Israeli as its next CEO
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Opinion The group behind Project 2025 has a plan to protect Jews. It will do the opposite
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News Howard Lutnick, Trump Commerce Secretary pick, is Jewish billionaire, CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald
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Culture Was a ravishing, fictional heroine inspired by a real-life Jewish philanthropist?
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