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Fast Forward More countries cut funding to UNRWA over allegations of involvement with Oct. 7 attack, as aid agency warns of impending famine
A report said ties between UNRWA and Hamas run deeper than previously known, with 10% of staffers implicated in the activities of Hamas
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Fast Forward Hopes rise for deal to free all hostages in exchange for 2-month cease-fire
President Biden is sending his CIA director to the Middle East Sunday to help seal the deal between Israel and Hamas
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Opinion An NYU professor’s comments about Oct. 7 were abhorrent. It was still wrong to suspend him
We must stand up for academic freedom, even for views we find abhorrent
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News ‘A kangaroo court’: Israelis await Hague genocide decision with outrage, anxiety
The mood in Tel Aviv was contentious on the eve of the International Court of Justice's first ruling on genocide charges brought by South Africa
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Fast Forward Hamas reportedly rejects 2-month ceasefire as White House, Qatar say talks are ‘serious’
Hamas has rejected what Israel has laid down as red lines, including the removal of Hamas’s leadership from the Gaza Strip
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News ‘People are afraid’: Advocates warn of crackdown on Arab Israeli students
Some students, their lawyers say, have been thrown out of school for innocuous social media posts
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Fast Forward Israeli military confirms hostage died in failed rescue attempt a month ago
Sahar Baruch, who was kidnapped from Kibbutz Be’eri on Oct. 7, died in early December
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Fast Forward Top Hamas official assassinated in Beirut, reportedly by Israel
Saleh Al-Arouri, the deputy chair of Hamas’ political bureau, was released from Israeli prison in 2010 and took up a role leading the group from abroad
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