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January 23, 2025

Koch-affiliated policy advisor playing key role in isolationist Pentagon appointments

Dan Caldwell, a former colleague of Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth, has publicly criticized the close U.S.-Israel alliance

January 21, 2025

Israeli right still hopeful about Trump presidency despite ‘terrible’ cease-fire deal

January 20, 2025

Outgoing Israeli ambassador urges successor to continue his approach: ‘Talk to everybody across the aisle’

January 17, 2025

White House Jewish liaison Shelley Greenspan on how the kosher sausage gets made

January 13, 2025

Universities work to settle discrimination cases in waning days of the Biden administration

January 9, 2025

Jewish community in Los Angeles unites amid devastating fires

January 9, 2025

Has the Canadian left lost the Jewish community for good?

January 7, 2025

A look at the right-wing lawmakers that could constrain pro-Israel legislation in the new Congress

January 6, 2025

Officer, lawmaker, now author: MK Tur-Paz publishes his war diary

January 2, 2025

Bipartisan chorus of officials call on U.S. airlines to restore service to Israel

December 26, 2024

In the Houthis, Israel faces evolving threat far beyond its borders

December 20, 2024

How the Antisemitism Awareness Act fell apart

December 20, 2024

The Palestinian Authority’s fight for survival in the West Bank — and its implications for Gaza

December 20, 2024

Trump brings the majlis to Mar-a-Lago

December 19, 2024

Ireland’s chilly relations towards Israel turning more hostile

December 18, 2024

How Australia went from ‘goldene medina’ to ‘vitriol and vilification’ of Jews

December 16, 2024

Newly elected Rep. Gabe Evans brings Middle East military experience to Capitol Hill

December 16, 2024

Israel’s culinary ambassador Eyal Shani doubles South Florida footprint with new kosher restaurant

December 13, 2024

Jeanne Shaheen, who has turned critical of Israel, becomes key foreign policy voice for Senate Dems

December 12, 2024

Leader of U.K. Conservative Party Kemi Badenoch showcases her pro-Israel bona fides

December 12, 2024

From Shabbat surveillance to city council: The rise of an Orthodox GOP activist in New Jersey

December 12, 2024

Anthony Weiner mulls political comeback in New York

December 11, 2024

Minneapolis mayor drew closer to his Jewish identity after Oct. 7, rise in antisemitism; ‘I have to be more out front’

December 8, 2024

End of Assad regime marks ‘fall of the Iranian axis,’ experts say

December 4, 2024

Israel looks to ‘shape deterrence regime’ in Lebanon after cease-fire

December 4, 2024

The Democrats’ DSA dilemma in New York City

December 2, 2024

As the next mayor of Las Vegas, Shelley Berkley marks her ‘last hurrah’ in public office

December 2, 2024

How Deborah Lipstadt used diplomacy to fight antisemitism

November 26, 2024

Red shift in New York City creates opening for moderate mayoral candidate

November 26, 2024

The Biden Education Department’s legacy on campus antisemitism

November 21, 2024

Real estate mogul Witkoff is Trump’s unorthodox choice to serve as his Middle East envoy

November 20, 2024

Auchincloss: U.S. needs to focus on splitting Iran and China, not Saudi normalization with Israel

November 19, 2024

Israel Katz, the self-proclaimed Herod of Israeli politics and Israel’s new defense minister

November 13, 2024

Rumored for a Trump posting, Elbridge Colby’s dovish views on Iran stand out

November 13, 2024

Saudi-Israel normalization appears more distant with a skeptic in Israel’s Foreign Ministry, MBS’ ‘genocide’ accusations

November 13, 2024

After Harris’ defeat, top Democrats tilt to the center on Israel, tackling antisemitism

November 11, 2024

Edelstein remains defiant amid Netanyahu moves to reinstate Haredi exemption from IDF

November 8, 2024

The limits of Biden’s lame-duck foreign policy

November 8, 2024

Trump’s election puts greater pressure on universities to crack down on antisemitism

November 8, 2024

Pro-Israel leaders encouraged by Brian Hook’s role on State Department transition team

November 7, 2024

After Trump victory, Democrats debate what comes next

November 6, 2024

How Trump will approach the Middle East in a second term

November 5, 2024

The playbook to win Jewish voters in Michigan

November 4, 2024

Trump, Republicans court Arab-American voters in the final stretch of the campaign

November 4, 2024

Howard Lutnick, the pro-Israel champion leading Trump’s transition team

Smoke billows across the horizon along the hills in southern Lebanon from Israeli bombardment from a position along the border in northern Israel on December 10, 2023. (

October 31, 2024

Skepticism as Israeli officials indicate war with Lebanon is nearing end

October 31, 2024

Amish Shah receives pro-Israel plaudits in campaign against Rep. Dave Schweikert

October 31, 2024

Trump sends mixed messages on Mideast policy in final days of campaign

October 29, 2024

New Chicago education board president has history of antisemitic, pro-Hamas Facebook posts

October 23, 2024

How Josh Stein’s Judaism plays into his campaign for North Carolina governor

October 21, 2024

Sinwar killing ‘lowered barriers’ to Arab involvement in Gaza’s day-after plan, but obstacles remain

October 15, 2024

Campuses confront resurgence of anti-Israel activism after Oct. 7 anniversary

October 15, 2024

Sen. Tammy Baldwin tacks left of other swing-state Dems on Israel

October 14, 2024

Heritage Foundation struggles to find partners in fight against antisemitism

October 13, 2024

Israel’s red-blue line: Why is the Litani River so crucial in the war against Hezbollah?

October 11, 2024

Is a shift in China’s rhetoric on Israel a policy change, or ‘wishful thinking?’

October 8, 2024

Oct. 7 victims, artists offer messages of light and unity as families grieve together in Tel Aviv

October 7, 2024

‘I mark Oct. 7 every day’

October 7, 2024

3,000 miles apart, two campuses plan to quietly mark Oct. 7 — and hope for peace

September 26, 2024

Michael Oren leads delegation of displaced Israelis in northern Israel to Washington

September 25, 2024

Israelis from Tel Aviv to Haifa brace for Hezbollah attacks

September 25, 2024

New film chronicles Joe Lieberman’s leap of faith to the political center

September 19, 2024

Inside the high-stakes, all-hands-on-deck hostage advocacy campaign in Washington

September 16, 2024

Is Jordan reaching its boiling point?

September 12, 2024

Israeli-American tequila aficionados make the Negev bloom with agave

September 9, 2024

Delaware gubernatorial candidate seeks to become nation’s fifth Jewish governor

September 9, 2024

In New Hampshire, Colin Van Ostern focuses on democracy protection as part of his foreign policy platform

September 9, 2024

Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares targets terrorist funding of anti-Israel groups

September 6, 2024

How deep-blue cities are prosecuting — or not —law-breaking anti-Israel activists