Questions remain about Bernie Sanders’ time in Israel during the early 1960s, when he reportedly visited the Sha‘ar ha-‘Amakim kibbutz run by the ha-Shomer ha-Tza‘ir movement. Historian Joel Beinin was a leader of ha-Shomer ha-Tza‘ir in the U.S. from 1959 to 1969 and says Bernie Sanders was not a member during that time. He also says that anyone looking to red-bait Sanders over his time on the kibbutz will be solely disappointed, “any socialist ideas Bernie Sanders may have encountered via ha-Shomer ha-Tza‘ir wouldn’t have included a positive evaluation of Soviet communism.”

Hillary Clinton brought up Israel twice at last night’s debate but Bernie Sanders didn’t take the bait even as he landed on Henry Kissinger. He ought to be telling Americans that she got her job as secretary of state due to her close connections to Israel

Why did a freshman senator with so little seasoning rise as a plausible presidential candidate? Marco Rubio has the backing of the rightwing Israel lobby, and is said to be in contention for Sheldon Adelson’s millions.

Hat’s off to Thomas Friedman. The New York Times columnist states what the New York Times news reporters failed to report to America (notably Jodi Rudoren, the former Jerusalem bureau chief) and that we have reported: The two state solution is over, there will never be a Palestinian state, let us move on to the one state reality.

Nobody in the media pointed out that Bernie Sanders was the first Jew to win a primary because a, they’re used to Jews being all over the power structure and b, Bernie’s assimilated.

Basim Usmani reports from an appearance by Hillary Clinton at New England College in Henniker, New Hampshire where the presidential candidate took questions from undergrads and grad students in an effort to expand her appeal to youth. Spoiler alert: It didn’t work.

With November seemingly around the corner, the GOP candidates have honed in on cultivating Islamophobia as a sound strategy for drumming up their base. While the media focuses on the demagoguery of Donald Trump, the war-mongering of Ted Cruz and the sheer-unhinged nature of Ben Carson – the reality is that even “moderate” candidates, such as Marco Rubio are riding a wave of anti-Muslim sentiment, in order to seem tough on national security.

Did the Hashomer Hatzair socialist Zionist youth movement that sent Bernie Sanders to Kibbutz Sha’ar Ha’amakim in 1963 form his views on Israel?

Is the Adelson primary over? The Las Vegas newspaper Sheldon Adelson just bought endorsed FL Sen. Marco Rubio for president; but its editorial denies that the owner has declared his support

Democratic voters are more concerned with economic policy than foreign policy. Witness last night’s debate, in which the candidates clashed on bank policy, and the Sanders campaign promptly fact-checked Clinton assertions with Elizabeth Warren’s book showing Clinton’s obedience to bank interests. When will Clinton’s credibility gap begin to hurt her perceived foreign policy “strength”?