Tag: Democratic Party
Do we pay too much or too little attention to ‘The Squad?’
It was, to all appearances, a great day for the U.S.-Israel alliance. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi led a delegation of House Democrats on a visit to the Jewish state, where she sounded all the right...
Rep. Jake Auchincloss: Democrats are ‘big tent party’ that in its totality is pro-Israel
Pro-Israel organizations have recently been confronting the growing number of candidates for office with decidedly anti-Israel positions, in a very few cases, successfully defeating stalwart pro-Israel incumbent Democrats in primaries.
While the growth of anti-Israel...
Harry Reid remembered for deep identification with Jewish community and Israel
Former Democratic leader Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.), who will lie in state at the U.S. Capitol next week, was remembered by Jewish leaders and former staff as someone who deeply respected the Jewish community...
Rep. Jamaal Bowman’s ‘thought crime’ on Israel and the Palestinians
“Sanction.” “Boycott.” “Cancel.” “Expel.” “Reject.”
These five words encapsulate the methods and approach of the Palestinian solidarity movement in Western countries. Theirs is the politics of snarling censure and immovable doctrine, in which softer notions...
Watchdog slams ‘falsehoods’ promoted in San Diego Democratic Party panel
A recent panel discussion hosted by the San Diego County Democratic Party (SDCDP) Central Committee featured panelists who promoted anti-Semitic conspiracy theories and the “demonization of Israel,” revealed the San Diego chapter of StandWithUs.
During...
The baleful significance of the Democrats’ Iron Dome fiasco
According to House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, when the Democrats withdrew from their embattled spending bill $1 billion in emergency funding for Israel’s Iron Dome defense system, this was merely a “technicality” that would...
‘The Squad’ keeps inciting Jew-hatred, and their party keeps accepting it
Scapegoating Jews for the problems in a society has always been a central feature of Jew-hatred.
Since well before the German agitator Wilhelm Marr first utilized the phrase “anti-Semitism” in the late 19th century (to make Jew-hatred sound race-based, scientific...
How Abraham Accords have already impacted the Mideast
One year since the establishment of the Abraham Accords—agreed to by Israel and the United Arab Emirates on Aug. 13, 2020 and then officially signed on the White House lawn on Sept. 15—the Middle East is...
Pro-Israel voters likely tipped scales in favor of Shontel Brown’s ‘stunning upset’ in Ohio,...
Pro-Israel and establishment Democrats secured a major victory on Tuesday as their favored candidate, Cuyahoga County council member Shontel Brown, handily defeated former State Sen. Nina Turner on Tuesday to become the Democratic Party’s...
Will Lapid’s charm offensive work better than Netanyahu’s realpolitik?
Like all new governments determined to show that it is an improvement over its predecessor, the unlikely coalition cobbled together by Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid—though formally led by Prime Minister Naftali Bennett—is determined...