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Family members of Americans who were taken hostage by Hamas during the terrorist attacks in Israel on Oct. 7, including, from right, Yael Alexander, Orna Neutra, Adi Alexander and Liz Naftali, talk to reporters outside the West Wing of the White House, Dec. 13, 2023. (Photo/JTA-Chip Somodevilla-Getty Images)
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Families of American hostages meet with Biden in person for the first time

by Ron Kampeas December 14, 2023December 14, 2023
Secretary of State Antony Blinken addresses the annual AIPAC policy summit at the Grand Hyatt in Washington, D.C., June 5, 2023. (Photo/JTA-Chip Somodevilla-Getty Images)
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The debate over what should happen in Gaza after the war, explained

by Ron Kampeas December 13, 2023December 13, 2023
Members of IfNotNow sing during a protest outside the Los Angeles home of Vice President Kamala Harris calling "on those in power to oppose any policies that privilege one group of people over another, in Israel/Palestine and in the U.S," Oct. 19, 2023. (Photo/JTA-Irfan Khan-Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
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More than 700 staffers of Jewish groups, most of them progressive, appeal to Biden for ceasefire in Israel-Hamas war

by Ron Kampeas December 11, 2023December 12, 2023
A Palestinian American teenager urges the San Francisco Board of Supervisors to support a resolution calling for a cease-fire in Gaza, Dec. 5, 2023. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
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S.F. supervisor introduces cease-fire resolution amid ‘very real pain’

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(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)Aaron Levy-Wolins by Lea Loeb and Aaron Levy-Wolins December 6, 2023December 7, 2023
The Israeli U.N. mission hosted an event on Dec. 4, 2023, to focus on the rapes committed by Hamas on Oct. 7 and to press the international community to speak out more forcefully against the sexual violence.
(Photo/JTA-Jackie Hajdenberg)
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Jewish activists take campaign about Oct. 7 sex crimes to the UN

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg December 6, 2023December 6, 2023
Rimon Kirsht (left) hugs a family member after being released from Hamas captivity. (Photo/Courtesy Nil Kirscht)
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Released hostage’s ‘worst fear’ was being forgotten, Bay Area relative says

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss December 4, 2023
Shlomo Avineri at the Halifax International Security Forum in 2014. (Photo/JTA via Wikimedia Commons)
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Shlomo Avineri, dovish Israeli political philosopher and public intellectual, dies at 90

by Andrew Silow-Carroll December 4, 2023
Aviv Shakked picks avocados at Kibbutz Be'eri near Gaza, where the Mill Valley teen volunteered last month. (Photo/Courtesy Shakked)
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Marin teen follows his heart, travels solo to Israel to volunteer on evacuated kibbutzim

Alix Wall by Alix Wall December 1, 2023December 1, 2023
This picture taken from southern Israel near the border with the Gaza Strip shows a rocket being fired from inside Gaza towards Israel, as battles resumed between the Israeli forces and Hamas militants, Dec. 1, 2023. (Photo/JTA-Jack Guez-AFP via Getty Images)
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Israel-Hamas war resumes as truce ends after 7 days

Ben Sales by Ben Sales December 1, 2023
Eyal Waldman speaking to members of the Bay Area chapter of UnXeptable on Nov. 29.
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Eyal Waldman, a tech giant whose daughter was killed by Hamas, is open to peace

Alix Wall by Alix Wall November 30, 2023December 4, 2023

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