U.S. experts split on Netanyahu's prospects ahead of Israel's election

Final Israeli polls point to stalemate ahead of Tuesday's election

The likeliest outcome of Israel’s upcoming election is a stalemate, according to the final polls ahead of next Tuesday’s election, with neither side —&nbsp;Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s bloc and the bloc opposing him, led by Gadi Eisenkot —&nbsp;projected to reach a majority of the Knesset. Israeli law prohibits the publication of new polls from Friday until the Oct. 27 election. The overall polling average put the bloc led by Netanyahu ahead, with 54 seats, while the opposition would get 50 seats, both short of the necessary 61-seat majority. Netanyahu’s Likud polled at 23 seats compared to 21 for Eisenkot’s Yashar... <a href="">Read More</a>

DMFI to spend $7 million to support Reps. Don Davis, Shomari Figures

Democratic Majority for Israel’s PAC announced on Thursday that it will spend $7 million to fund digital, television and radio ads supporting Reps. Don Davis (D-NC) and Shomari Figures (D-AL). Both districts were seen as longshots for Democrats after Republicans redrew the maps in North Carolina and Alabama to strongly favor the GOP in both... <a href="https://jewishinsider.com/2026/10/brad-lander-stop-the-settlements-act-west-bank-trip-idf/">Read More</a>

Rep. Don Bacon blasts Dan Osborn over ‘anti-Jewish’ ad

Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE), a co-chair of the House antisemitism task force, blasted independent Nebraska Senate nominee Dan Osborn over a new ad targeting Sen. Pete Ricketts (R-NE) for receiving support from AIPAC. The ad, shared by the Osborn campaign on social media, features a narrator saying: “When it comes to war, Pete Ricketts knows... <a href="https://jewishinsider.com/2021/06/barack-obama-interview/president-obama-returns-to-the-white-house/">Read More</a>

AIPAC pulls plug on candidate endorsements

This Daily Kickoff explores the West Bank's role in global activism, AIPAC's shift in political strategy, and Robert Kraft's gala raising $32 million to combat antisemitism.

Jewish groups urge Treasury, State to clarify response to European settlement sanctions

A coalition of Jewish groups including the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law, StandWithUs and the National Jewish Advocacy Center wrote letters to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Secretary of State Marco Rubio urging them to clarify their response to European governments’ new sanctions on businesses in territories they deem occupied by... <a href="">Read More</a>