Welcome to 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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Politics Democrats deny mainstage spot to pro-Palestinian group after parents of Hersh Goldberg-Polin appear
A spokesman for Uncommitted later said that DNC officials came out of the convention center several times to see if they could arrive at a compromise
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Fast Forward From protest skits to full-time surveillance, universities and Jewish groups hope to change the campus climate as the school year begins
Schools are improvising different ways to keep Jewish students safe as campus protests seem likely to continue
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Fast Forward One-third of college students are hostile to Jews or Israel, Brandeis U study finds
The study found that smaller slivers of students held both kinds of beliefs
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Politics ‘Uncommitted’ delegates start sit-in at DNC to demand Palestinian speak from the main stage
After stirring speech from the parents of Hamas hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin, the activists said the party left them with no choice
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Politics Watch: How Israeli-American hostage family Jon Polin and Rachel Goldberg-Polin brought the DNC to tears
Their son Hersh was taken hostage on Oct. 7
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Fast Forward One of Israel’s flag bearers in the Paralympics is a survivor of Oct. 7
Berdichevsky, the No. 41 ranked men’s wheelchair tennis player in the world, hid with his family for 14 hours as Hamas attacked their kibbutz on Oct. 7
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Fast Forward On the DNC sidelines, a Jew and a Palestinian from Chicago are leading a daily run for a ceasefire in Gaza
The two runners are mounting a quiet resistance against the divisions that have widened since the launch of the Israel-Hamas war
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Fast Forward George Washington University suspends Jewish Voice for Peace chapter as colleges prepare for resurgence of Israel protests
The university also suspended its Students for Justice in Palestine chapter
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News Scoop: Heritage Foundation plans to ‘identify and target’ Wikipedia editors
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Culture In Peter Yarrow’s legacy, an uneasy blend of Jewish values and personal transgressions
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Fast Forward 2 synagogues in Sydney graffitied with swastikas
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Opinion ‘Just things’ — like what my LA neighbors have lost — are what makes houses into Jewish homes
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Opinion Celebrating Shabbat in Los Angeles: Amid the fires, a still, small voice
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Opinion ‘Home is memory’: How Jews make sense of what they’ve lost in the LA fires and what remains
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