Incoming anti-Israel members of Congress protest against Netanyahu outside U.N.

Netanyahu targets Mamdani, Macron and foreign critics in UNGA address

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pushed back against criticism of Israel over Gaza and the West Bank in his address to the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday, taking aim at New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, French President Emmanuel Macron, Qatar and Turkey. After most of the hall conducted a walkout at the outset... <a href="">Read More</a>

Senate narrowly rejects Iran war powers resolution, as Tillis joins Democrats to oppose war

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) joined Democrats and a handful of Republicans in voting on Thursday for a war powers resolution demanding an end to the war in Iran. But, despite growing calls from vulnerable Republicans ahead of the midterm elections, most of the GOP continued to vote against the war powers effort, and the measure... <a href="">Read More</a>

El-Sayed avoids acknowledging Iranian protester deaths, condemns Iran war instead

Pressed during an event on Wednesday to condemn the Iranian regime’s massacre of tens of thousands of protesters earlier this year, Democratic Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed sidestepped the question, focusing his answer on criticizing the U.S. war in Iran. A Persian American student — who said that his cousin had been “hunted in the... <a href="">Read More</a>

Netanyahu's New York minute

This Daily Kickoff explores Benjamin Netanyahu's U.N. address amidst security concerns, political tensions regarding Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, and warnings about rising antisemitism among younger Christians.

Attack on Ambassador Leiter's son casts pall over Netanyahu's abbreviated UNGA visit

For a few hours, Israel’s deeply polarized political arena, just a month before the elections, found rare unity. It came following the news that Neria Leiter, son of Israel’s ambassador to the U.S., Yechiel Leiter, was critically injured in a car-ramming terror attack in the West Bank. Neria chose to continue his reserve duty, including... <a href="">Read More</a>