Politics

The Democratic Party's Israel problem runs deeper than Rahm Emanuel says - opinion

That’s the challenge facing Democrats like Emanuel, who still believe in the US-Israel relationship: that the far Left sees Israel as, absurdly, the global symbol of evil.

Former US ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel met President Isaac Herzog in Jerusalem on July 7, 2026.
 Committee Chairman Meirav Cohen leads status of Women and Gender Equality committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on November 25, 2025.

'I want 50% women in every party': Can Israel's next Knesset achieve equal representation?

Sen. Bernie Sanders (center) stands with Troy Jackson (left), who is now running for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate, and Graham Platner (right), who was then the Democrats' presumptive nominee, during Sanders' “Fighting Oligarchy” tour, May 24, 2026, in Orono, Maine.

Replacements for Graham Platner as Democratic senate candidate 'won't fund Israel's genocide'

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi are seen in the Knesset plenum during a vote on the minister's communications reform, in Jerusalem, July 16, 2026

Knesset passes into law controversial overhaul of Israel's broadcasting sector


Israel's enemies are my enemies, so why can't Democrats see that? - opinion

The left and right urgently need to work together to tell Americans the truth about theocratic Islam and the threat it poses to both our countries.

 Thousands take part in the annual Gay Pride Parade in Jerusalem, on June 5, 2025.

Yesh Atid files petition against 'corrupt' state comptroller vote

The second round of voting was halted in the plenum after concerns were raised about the integrity of the vote, as coalition MKs were accused of filming themselves casting their vote.

Opposition members of Israel's Knesset leave during a preliminary vote to establish a political commission of inquiry, December 24, 2025.

Lahav 433 to question government ministry director, two senior officials over fraud, police say

No details on the names of the officials or their positions were given by the police. 

Headquarters of Lahav 433 – The National Crime Unit in Lod, pictured August 6, 2025.

Some Jewish Republicans say Tucker Carlson threat diminished, others fear presidential run

Carlson has said that politics is “not what I do,” adding, “The whole idea of, ‘I’ve been a successful cable news host, I should be president!’ - that whole way of thinking is disgusting to me.”

Tucker Carlson attends a meeting with oil executives in the East Room of the White House, Washington DC, Jan. 9, 2026.

Middle Israel: Netanyahu's real legacy is Israel's era of political decay - opinion

The Netanyahu years, an epoch of political decay that began 30 years ago last week, will hopefully reach its long-overdue end next fall.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to then-defense minister Ehud Barak during a session at the Knesset in 2009.

The quiet contender: Can Eisenkot become Israel's leading challenger to Netanyahu?

POLITICAL AFFAIRS: Eisenkot grows stronger in a solo run, shifting the dynamics and placing pressure on the bloc seeking to oust the PM in the upcoming elections.

Gadi Eisenkot speaks during a conference at Tel Aviv University last month.

The rant and the reality: Trump’s outbursts at Netanyahu follow a familiar pattern

DIPLOMATIC AFFAIRS: Trump’s latest expletive-laced outburst at Netanyahu generated predictable predictions of rupture. The record suggests otherwise.

‘DISAGREEMENTS BETWEEN Jerusalem and Washington are not unusual. Nor are disagreements between Trump and Netanyahu. What is striking is how often these episodes are portrayed as evidence of an impending rupture, only for the relationship to return to its previous equilibrium.'

Gov’t allocates over NIS 1 billion to prosecute October 7 terrorists in military tribunals

Lawmakers who sponsored the bill likened it to the Eichmann trials in 1961, which broadcast live and recorded testimonies of Holocaust survivors throughout the world before the execution.

Terrorists from Hamas's Nukhba Force being held at Ofer Prison near Jerusalem, August 28, 2024.

Hollanov, DeanAllie… Trump and Xi? Democrats compare Trump, Xi to fictional couples on social media

The video featured the song Casual by Chappel Roan, alongside photos of Heated Rivalry’s Shane and Ilya, Off Campus’s Allie and Dean, and, of course, Trump and Xi.

US President Donald Trump speaks with Chinese President Xi Jinping while leaving after a visit to the Zhongnanhai Garden in Beijing, China, May 15, 2026.

‘Distance is not a reason to lose your voice,’ AID-Coalition CEO says 

Calling the election a decisive moment for Israel’s future, Blaish-Sultanik urges citizens abroad to “fly home and vote.”

Co-Founder and CEO Batell Blaish-Sultanik