An extremist Israeli lawmaker in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition publicly advocated for killing “30 to 40” people in Gaza each night, comments that surfaced Sunday and were quickly shared by Palestinian media.
Minnesota’s Democratic nominee is an Israel critic – but she is not El-Sayed 2.0
Peggy Flanagan, the likely next senator from Minnesota, defeated a moderate pro-Israel congresswoman, accuses Israel of genocide and says she would oppose offensive weapons sales to Israel.
The Great Agreement: Conspiracy About Israel’s Orchestration of Moroccan Migrants Embraced Across the Spectrum
As scholars and experts have often noted, conspiracy theories proliferate when, in the face of a complex situation or event, people are offered easy answers that tend to confirm preexisting beliefs. So when tens of thousands of Moroccans surged into the Spanish enclave…
Israeli court delays Ben-Gvir’s plans for an Israeli ‘Crocodile Alcatraz’
An animal welfare group’s appeal to an Israeli court is delaying plans to surround a high security prison for Palestinians with Nile crocodiles.
Michigan’s Senate race has become a referendum on Israel — and the future of the Democratic Party
Tuesday’s primary contest for an open U.S. Senate seat in Michigan has become a proxy fight over the Gaza war and a referendum on Israel supporters’ influence in Democratic politics. Democratic voters will decide whether to nominate Dr. Abdul El-Sayed,…
Maine rabbis call for peace, urge politicians to stop calling Gaza war a ‘genocide’
Every congregational rabbi in Maine has signed onto a statement calling for peace and urging the state’s political leaders to stop using the term “genocide” to describe Israel’s war in Gaza, following a Democratic primary in which several candidates used…
Netanyahu drags Mamdani into his reelection campaign as face of antisemitism
For nearly two years, Zohran Mamdani has made Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a central political target. Now Netanyahu is making Mamdani part of his own reelection campaign.
Hague Shmague: When Genocidal Rhetoric Doesn’t Count
When New York City’s Muslim mayor accuses the Israeli Prime Minister of war crimes, his critics claim he has blood on his hands for the stabbing of a Jewish man in Manhattan two days later; but when Israeli cabinet members declare that Palestinians “who hand out…
Why Mamdani kept pushing for Netanyahu’s arrest
Let us stipulate that New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani is a very talented politician. So why would he insist that he intended to have Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrested up until the point when he released a two-minute video saying he…
Maine Democratic Senate nominee Troy Jackson raises eyebrows in the Jewish community
Throughout his two-decade-long career as a state lawmaker in Maine, Troy Jackson built his political brand around labor and economic issues.
Jewish groups say Mamdani is abusing his office in attacks on Netanyahu
Jewish groups are criticizing New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani for a blistering attack on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made as part of a video acknowledging that the city does not have the legal authority to arrest the foreign…
Israel is building a miles-long earthen barrier inside Gaza, entrenching its division
The Israeli military is quietly but quickly building a giant earthen barrier separating the over 50% of the Gaza Strip it controls from the rest of the territory, according to satellite imagery, further entrenching the division of the tiny Palestinian enclave.