Alan Dershowitz

Alan Dershowitz quits Democratic Party, calling it ‘most anti-Israel party in US history’

The announcement formalized a political evolution for Dershowitz, who defended Trump during his first impeachment and has increasingly broken with Democrats over Israel in recent years.

Alan Dershowitz attends the speech of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech at the 80th session of The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on September 26, 2025 in New York City.
Miriam Adelson reacts next to U.S. President Donald Trump at a Hanukkah reception in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., December 16, 2025.

Miriam Adelson pledges $250 million for a third Trump term at White House Hanukkah party

 US financier Jeffrey Epstein appears in a photograph taken for the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services' sex offender registry March 28, 2017 and obtained by Reuters July 10, 2019.

Ex-Epstein lawyer, Alan Dershowitz, calls for release of additional Epstein materials

 American Jewish jurist Alan Dershowitz during a visit to Tel Aviv.

'I am no longer a Democrat': Hamas support outside DNC sees Alan Dershowitz dump Democratic Party


Eliav Breuer: The 'Post' reporter inside the corridors of Israeli political power

Behind the Bylines: An interview with Eliav Breuer, The Jerusalem Post's political correspondent.

 ELIAV BREUER

Grapevine March 29, 2024: Expanding the Israel Prize

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 Mobileye CEO Amnon Shashua speaks during a news conference at the Nasdaq Market site in New York, in 2021.

Kill it or reform it? Jewish critics of DEI debate the future of campus diversity programs

The seeming failure of many DEI programs to take Jews’ concerns seriously has led some Jewish leaders and conservative politicians to call for their dismantling.

A flyer shows support for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion programs.

Alan Dershowitz to 'Post': Jewish charity should prioritize Israel, Jews - opinion

No self-respecting Jew should give a penny to any organization that has turned against Israel and supported Hamas.

 American jurist Alan Dershowitz sits for a photo during a visit to Israel, whose leaders he met to discuss proposed reforms to the country?s Supreme Court, in Tel Aviv, Israel December 8, 2022.

As execution day nears, advocates for Texas Jew on death row say hopes are dimming

The inmate, Jedidiah Murphy, killed 79-year-old Bertie Lee Cunningham during a carjacking in 2000 in Dallas County.

Reverend Sylvester Edwards, President of the Terre Haute NAACP, stands near the Federal Correctional Institution, Terre Haute, to express his opposition to the death penalty and execution of Daniel Lewis Lee. July 13, 2020

Dershowitz to 'Post': Rabbis should not protest Israel at the UN - opinion

Let there be no mistake about it: this protest will be seen by Israel’s enemies — and there are plenty of them at the UN — as an attack against Israel by American Jews.

 People gather to protest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to California as he is scheduled to meet with entrepreneur Elon Musk, at Union Square in San Francisco, California, US. September 18, 2023.

Dershowitz: Jews shouldn't be defending George Soros against Elon Musk - opinion

No single person has done more to damage Israel’s standing in the world, and especially among so-called progressives, than George Soros.

Billionaire investor George Soros attends the Schumpeter Award in Vienna, Austria, June 21, 2019.

Letters to the Editor May 10, 2023: Withdrawn lawsuit

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

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Letters to the Editor May 1, 2023: Israel’s prerogative

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

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Protests about the judiciary, American and Israeli style - opinion

In both countries, people protest their judiciary, but in Israel, these protests have not turned violent even as tensions rise.

 A PROTEST takes place against the judicial overhaul, in Tel Aviv, at the beginning of Independence Day, on Tuesday night. The protesters have behaved admirably and so has the government, says the writer.