LAS VEGAS — Speaking at the Republican Jewish Coalition’s annual conference in Las Vegas, Sen. Tim Sheehy (R-MT) warned of a “red-green alliance” between the far left and Islamists that has fueled antipathy against the Jewish people and America.

“These two forces should be natural enemies. One denies God; the other claims exclusive possession of Him. One worships the collective; the other commands submission to a caliphate,” Sheehy said. “Yet they have formed a red-green alliance of convenience, united by one thing: shared hatred of the West, of capitalism and of the Jewish people, who stand as living proof that a people can thrive anywhere despite any oppressor.”

LAS VEGAS — Leo Terrell, a senior counsel at the Department of Justice and head of the DOJ’s antisemitism task force, confirmed a report in The New York Times on Monday of friction between himself and Harmeet Dhillon, the assistant attorney general for civil rights and Terrell’s onetime boss, including that the two have not communicated directly in more than a year.

Terrell also previewed plans for his upcoming national tour to combat antisemitism, which he said aims to grow the tent of allies in fighting antisemitism as well as leverage public-private partnerships, social media, new data tracking tools and more to expand efforts to combat Jew hatred.

As the conflict between the United States and Iran passes the six month mark, former White House officials and regional analysts remain divided over whether Washington’s economic campaign and naval blockade are meaningfully changing the strategic landscape. 

Hostilities briefly renewed for the first time in weeks over the weekend, as the U.S. struck Iranian rocket launchers to prevent them from deploying mines in the Strait of Hormuz and Tehran in turn fired on U.S. forces in Jordan. President Donald Trump vowed on Monday that the U.S. would retaliate for the attack.

The countdown to Israel’s October elections has begun, bringing with it a central question: Will Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — who, against all odds, remains in office three years after the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attacks took place under his tenure — remain Israel’s leader?

Israeli governments have often faced political upheaval after major wars or security crises, but Netanyahu’s current government completed a full term —  the first time a government has done so in nearly four decades. But Netanyahu is not out of the woods yet.

LAS VEGAS — Vice President JD Vance stuck to a pro-Israel line and rejected antisemitism in remarks on Monday to the Republican Jewish Coalition, avoiding any new controversies while not being pressed directly about some of his past comments and affiliations, including with Tucker Carlson, that have most concerned Jewish Republicans.

Attendees, with some exceptions, largely said that the speech helped Vance reassure skeptical Jewish and pro-Israel Republicans and boost his support with the RJC crowd ahead of a potential 2028 presidential bid.

Former New York City Comptroller Brad Lander — whose fierce criticism of Israel helped him prevail over Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY) in a Democratic primary for Congress in June — dismissed viral footage of demonstrators berating him as a Zionist at a protest as nothing more than run-ins with “a couple of loud numbskulls.”

Video taken at a demonstration against a right-wing Hindu nationalist gathering at Madison Square Garden shows multiple participants screaming at Lander to leave because of his self-described “progressive Zionist” views, as well as one vividly describing his appearance as “like a wilted ballsack.” In his own clip posted to X on Monday, Lander voiced no regrets over attending the protest and praised the gathering’s organizers, as well as those who defended him both at the event and online.

Vice President JD Vance laid into Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed on Monday during a campaign rally held in the state, calling him “very, very evil” and an apologist “for the worst people in the world and America’s enemies all over the globe.”

Speaking at the event in Sterling Heights organized by a pro-Trump super PAC, Vance accused El-Sayed of sympathizing with the assailant who carried out a terrorist attack against a synagogue outside of Detroit in March and associating with the antisemitic Twitch streamer Hasan Piker, who had claimed that America deserved 9/11.

President Donald Trump is expected to meet with several Hasidic Jewish rabbis at the White House on Thursday ahead of Rosh Hashanah, according to people familiar with the matter.

The planned Oval Office meeting was initiated by Martin Marks, the White House Jewish liaison, one source told Jewish Insider, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss private outreach. Marks did not respond to a text message seeking comment Monday.