House Appropriations Committee aims to leverage U.N. funding for UNRWA accountability

Mamdani brushes off pro-Hamas heckling at Oct. 7 vigil

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Thursday shrugged off the protest — which featured jeers of “traitor” at the democratic socialist leader, and chants of “long live Hamas” — that sought to drown out an event he attended the night prior memorializing the victims of the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attacks. The mayor, who... <a href="https://jewishinsider.com/2026/10/pro-israel-democrats-blast-mamdani-oct-7-statement/">Read More</a>

Jewish preschool educators forced to condemn Israel to attend Reggio Emilia conference

A planned study trip to Italy for some 100 Jewish early childhood educators from the U.S. and Israel was canceled after participants were required to sign a statement condemning Israel’s actions in Gaza, prompting organizers to conclude that the trip’s political litmus test made such a trip untenable.&nbsp; The educators — members of the U.S.-based... <a href="https://jewishinsider.com/2021/10/officials-from-israel-six-arab-countries-hold-first-multilateral-meeting-of-its-kind/">Read More</a>

NatCon speakers mark Oct. 7 by telling the Jews to stop complaining about antisemitism

Several speakers at the right-wing National Conservatism Conference in Jerusalem said on Wednesday that Jews complain too much about antisemitism — on the third anniversary of the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks on Israel, which were followed by a sharp increase in hate crimes against Jews around the world.&nbsp; NatCon, as the conference spearheaded by right-wing Israeli American intellectual Yoram Hazony is known, was held in Israel for the first time this week. Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts, whose defense of far-right commentator Tucker Carlson sparked a firestorm at his think tank last year, opened the conference on Tuesday with a speech... <a href="">Read More</a>

Lawmakers call for Congress to mandate creation of Pentagon hate symbols policy

Sens. Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) and Rep. Wesley Bell (D-MO) wrote to the leaders of the Senate and House Armed Services Committees on Thursday to urge them to ensure that a provision mandating the creation of a Department of Defense-wide policy on hate symbols remains in the final version of the 2027... <a href="">Read More</a>

Republicans squabble over pro-Israel provision in NDAA

A provision in the draft 2027 National Defense Authorization Act that aims to coordinate and enhance cooperation between the U.S. and Israeli militaries has proven to be a significant source of controversy among Democrats, with even some senior lawmakers who defended the provision on its merits flipping against it under pressure. And, as Congress will... <a href="">Read More</a>