Tag: Democratic Party
Pro-Israel progressive Democrat wins Arizona nomination by 39 votes
Yassamin Ansari, an Iranian American who has served on the Phoenix City Council since 2021, defeated Raquel Terán, who previously served in the Arizona Senate and touts anti-Israel positions, with a 39-vote margin of victory.
Jennifer Ryan-Touhill, a superior...
Do Kamala Harris and the Democrats have a Jewish problem?
Democrats awoke on Monday feeling happier than they had in weeks. President Joe Biden’s decision to withdraw from the presidential race relieved them of the burden of having to obfuscate the truth about a...
Most people want unity. It’s not going to happen
In the wake of the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump on July 13, there was a wave of calls for Americans to turn down the temperature in the national debate. Everything I...
Politicians must ‘stop being tone-deaf’ to kitchen-table issues, says Hochul
Asked in an interview on Sunday’s “State of the Union” program on CNN if she thinks Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) ought to be accusing George Latimer—his opponent in Tuesday’s primaries—of supporting Israeli genocide, New York Gov. Kathy...
The quintessential authenticity of Joe Lieberman
The late Senator Joseph Lieberman was an extraordinary person and an inspiration to us all.
Besides his outstanding intellect and the breadth of his knowledge, he provided us with a paradigm of how a person...
What was the purpose of the ‘March for Israel’?
In 2019, I approached a top-ranking American Jewish leader to ask him about planning a massive rally in Washington, D.C., to address the rising antisemitism in America and around the world. Having spent many...
Has Biden tipped the Democrats back towards a bipartisan consensus?
It’s all a matter of perspective. For Israel’s government, the obvious benefits of President Joe Biden’s brief visit to Israel, his fulsome rhetoric of support for the Jewish state and scathing denunciations of Hamas...
In Israel, House Democrats reaffirm ‘solidarity with the Jewish state’
Two dozen Democrats from the U.S. House of Representatives—led by House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) and Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.)—are in Israel for a six-day trip that started earlier this week, sponsored by the American...
Trump is entitled to gratitude, not a free pass for 2024
The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) took a lot of flak for choosing to honor former President Donald Trump at its annual gala this past week. Trump isn’t just disliked by the majority of American Jews who...
Jewish groups pour in cash to take on self-funding millionaire Michigan congressional candidate
With most eyes focused on Tuesday’s primary race between Democratic Reps. Andy Levin and Haley Stevens in Michigan’s 11th Congressional District, pro-Israel groups are heavily invested in another district with a hotly contested open House seat.
Michigan’s...