Allegations against Clinton aide Abedin stir Jewish concerns
Indicative of the ‘up-to-the-edge racism’ being seen on both sides of the political spectrum during this election
View ArticleIsraeli policy complicates push for visa-free entry to US
Security concerns lead Jerusalem to refrain from fully reciprocating on travel waiver
View ArticleBDS backer, critics of Israel among Democrats drafting party platform
Philosopher Cornel West, president of the Arab American Institute James Zogby, and Rep. Keith Ellison named to committee, day after Sanders urges focus on Palestinian rights
View ArticleDems tussle over adding ‘occupation’ to party platform
As Clinton secures victory, Democratic National Committee debates how to describe Israel’s presence in West Bank
View ArticleGOP Jews unveil ads against ‘progressive anti-Israel Democrats’
Clinton urged to disavow Sanders’s platform representatives; Jewish Democrats say campaign is attempt to draw attention away from Trump’s flaws
View ArticleDemocrats’ draft platform excludes call to end occupation
Panel shoots down Sanders supporter’s text urging ‘end to occupation and illegal settlements’; advocates $15 minimum wage, end to death penalty
View ArticleSanders’ appointee to Dem platform committee: ‘I’m not anti-Israel’
James Zogby says Netanyahu ‘does more to delegitimize the State of Israel than the BDS movement ever has’
View ArticleClinton camp quells bid to add ‘occupation’ into Democratic party platform
Claim by academic Cornel West that IDF targeted innocents in Gaza wins cheers at Orlando gathering, but harsher Israel language voted down
View ArticleDemocratic convention could feature discord on Israel
In Philadelphia, Democrats to struggle with party email scandal, differences on Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the need to project party unity
View ArticleWhy the two presidential nominees left Israel in the backseat at their party...
Both candidates briefly pledged firm support for Israel in their lengthy acceptance speeches, but neither so much as mentioned the divisive, potentially alienating issue of peace-making with the...
View ArticleA US government body on religious freedom is accused of going easy on Israel
Chairman of Commission on Religious Freedom suggests the body declined to address Israel to maintain bipartisan solidarity
View ArticleArab American groups offer to host PLO mission if shuttered by US
Arab and two liberal Jewish organizations urge Rex Tillerson to reconsider decision to close down Palestinian office in Washington
View ArticleWill backing anti-BDS bills be a liability for 2020 Democratic hopefuls?
There are at least seven Senate Democrats eyeing a presidential run. Only two support the Israel Anti-Boycott Act, and just one is willing to cosponsor it
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