Next week, in Florida’s 25th district, union organizer and anti-Zionist Oliver Larkin will face off against Jared Moskowitz, one of Israel’s staunchest allies in Congress.
Abdul El-Sayed overcame a record $30 million in AIPAC spending to defeat pro-Israel candidate Haley Stevens in Michigan. The race was widely viewed as a referendum on the political influence of the Israel lobby.
Eli Clifton and Ian Lustick’s book, “Israel’s Lobby: America in the Grip of a Foreign Power,” offers a powerful critique of how the Israel Lobby subverts democracy at home and ensures US support for Israeli aggression, apartheid, and genocide abroad.
NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani released a social media video calling Benjamin Netanyahu a war criminal and it predictably led to a full-scale pro-Israel meltdown.
Israel loses one of its most zealous allies with Lindsey Graham’s death, as a record 103 House Democrats break ranks to vote against military aid to Israel — signaling deepening fractures in the U.S.-Israel political consensus.
The leading Democrats in Michigan’s important Senate race squared off this week in a contentious debate, with Israel front and center.
The New York Democratic primary showed that Israel has become a litmus test for voters. The media frames this as a “divide” within the party, but the only divide is between party leaders who still support Israel and voters who don’t.
Pro-Israel smear campaigns have ended many political careers in the past, but they’re now falling flat. This shift is one of the clearest signs that Israel’s standing in U.S. politics has changed, likely permanently.