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Karl Rove says JD Vance ‘should not be president’ over Israel, Middle East stance

Karl Rove, the longtime Republican strategist who served as a senior advisor and deputy chief of staff to former President George W. Bush, slammed Vice President JD Vance on Monday as a “neo-isolationist” whose approach to Israel and the Middle East would damage the American economy and make the world more dangerous, warning he should... <a href="https://jewishinsider.com/authors/marc-rod/">Read More</a>

It’s Miller time

This edition explores shifting Democratic foreign policy views on Israel, new congressional relations, and a Philadelphia community's unified response against antisemitic protests targeting local Jewish-owned businesses.

Democrats’ 2028 hopefuls reveal the limits of the party’s leftward shift on Israel

With the dust still settling on the midterms, the Democratic Party’s attention has already pivoted to 2028. But early glimpses of the party’s future indicate that even as it moves leftward on Israel, those in its ranks may not be ready to embrace the views of the progressive candidates most hostile to the Jewish state.... <a href="">Read More</a>

Higher education leaders call for overhaul of 'broken' university system

Several higher education leaders raised the alarm on Sunday about the need for an overhaul of the university system, warning that some of its core components, including tenure protection for faculty, had become primary drivers of distrust in universities. The warnings came at the Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa’s annual... <a href="https://jewishinsider.com/2026/08/american-psychological-association-postpones-vote-recognizing-jewish-representation/">Read More</a>

Trump blames midterm losses on Iran war and ‘great dislike’ of Israel 

President Donald Trump attributed Republicans’ losses in the midterm elections to the U.S. war in Iran, “a great dislike” of Israel and “bad messaging” about the state of the U.S. economy in an extended CBS “60 Minutes” interview released on Sunday. In a nearly hour-long conversation with CBS News’ Ross Douthat, Trump’s first interview since... <a href="">Read More</a>