American politics

Flydubai flight to Tel Aviv veers off course to Saudi Arabia, Netanyahu meets with UAE president

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2026|ByJERUSALEM POST PODCASTS

An Israeli man presents his passport for control upon arrival from Tel Aviv to the Dubai airport in the United Arab Emirates, on November 26, 2020, on the first scheduled commercial flight operated by budget airline flydubai, following the normalisation of ties between the UAE and Israel.

Israel’s election campaign is gathering pace, with the country’s political parties competing over the questions of security, leadership and the direction Israel takes after three years of war.

A request for Israel amid elections: Help us help you - opinion

Israel’s political culture has always been robust, direct, and intensely democratic. Its representative democracy remains an extraordinary example – not only in the Middle East but far beyond it.

SEPTEMBER 22, 2026|ByBOBBY RECHNITZ

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Trump hosts a dinner in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington

Trump toys with the idea of renaming New Mexico to 'New America'

US President Donald Trump released a post on social media supporting the idea of changing the state of New Mexico's name to 'New America.'

SEPTEMBER 7, 2026|ByREUTERS

Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump and Republican vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance point to the stage during Day 1 of the Republican National Convention (RNC), at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S., July 15, 2024.

SNAFU on the Potomac: Trump, Iran, and the dysfunction in Washington - opinion

The incumbents will swear they’ve been working diligently for you, but it is all the others who’ve made the mess. Most citizens will agree on the need for change but then send in the same old clowns.

AUGUST 19, 2026|ByDOUGLAS BLOOMFIELD

Why is Trump hurting red states? - opinion

The burden imposed by the $3.3-trillion Big Beautiful Bill primarily hurts Donald Trump's voting base in red states, and Republicans could pay the price at the polls.

JULY 10, 2025ByDOUGLAS BLOOMFIELD

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump uses a gavel after signing the sweeping spending and tax legislation known as the ‘One Big Beautiful Bill Act,’ at the White House last week.

Elon Musk forms new US political party, calls it 'America Party'

Elon Musk said that the "American Party is formed," a day after asking his followers on X whether a new US political party should be created.

JULY 5, 2025ByREUTERS

Elon Musk, chief executive officer of SpaceX and Tesla, seen at the Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris, France, June 16, 2023

Impeachment or protection? Politics of self-destruction in the face of global threats - opinion

American political figures underestimate the dangers of the Iranian regime in speaking out against President Donald Trump's strikes on Iran.

JUNE 26, 2025ByCOOKIE SCHWAEBER-ISSAN

US REP. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez departs the Columbia University campus after visiting a pro-Palestinian protest encampment last year. She is now leading the effort to impeach President Donald Trump following the US strike in Iran, the writer notes.

Trump's truths: What you hear ain’t what you get - opinion

US President Donald Trump has said many things about what he would do, but the reality differs.

JUNE 17, 2025ByDOUGLAS BLOOMFIELD

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump arrives to attend a G7 summit on Sunday at the Rocky Mountain resort town of Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada. What Trump says is often meant to distract attention from what he’s actually doing, according to the writer.

Trump says no plans to speak to Musk, may 'get rid' of his Tesla

Trump said a review of Musk's extensive contracts with the federal government was in order.

JUNE 7, 2025ByREUTERS

ELON MUSK listens to US President Donald Trump speak in the Oval Office of the White House.

A president with different priorities: Israel and US chart a new course under Trump - opinion

With US President Donald Trump sidelining Israel in his Middle East policies, Israel must strategize a more independent course.

MAY 22, 2025ByERIC R. MANDEL

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump speaks during a Kennedy Center board dinner at the White House this week. At least for the rest of the Trump term, and probably much longer, the US-Israel relationship will not be the same, says the writer.

Trump deserves credit for ending DEI - opinion

The Trump administration's rejection of DEI is a vision of equality based on opportunity that benefits American Jews.

MAY 22, 2025ByGREGORY LYAKHOV

A FLORAL arrangement reads ‘Free Palestine’ as a protest takes place in support of Palestinians in Gaza at the University of Southern California, in Los Angeles, last year. In 2021, the USC student government attempted to remove a Jewish vice president who had expressed support for Israel.

Minorities are redefining American politics - opinion

It's time to break the myth of the democratic minority bloc

MAY 6, 2025ByPROF. UDI SOMMER

Donald Trump is throwing America's legacy of liberty out the window - opinion

MIDDLE ISRAEL: America, once the free world’s emblem, inspiration, and engine, is now being led by a man for whom liberty means nothing.

MAY 2, 2025ByAMOTZ ASA-EL

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP has said of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a man who personally and systematically dismantled a functioning democracy, ‘I happen to like him’ and ‘I have great relations’ with him. This was said hardly 30 days after Erdogan, threated by his main rival’s popularity, h

'It Takes Chutzpah': Jewish senator's memoir hopes to raise next generation of activists - review

It Takes Chutzpah is crisply and clearly written, intended to raise a new generation of can-do activists with the ability to build bridges and widen constituencies in order to achieve their goals.

APRIL 12, 2025ByRALPH AMELAN