Nessel worries El-Sayed making 'excuses' for terrorism

Senate Democrats call on Netanyahu to crack down on West Bank settler violence

Nearly all Senate Democrats wrote to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday urging him to take action against settler violence in the West Bank and investigate the deaths of nine American citizens killed in the area in recent years. The letter, led by Sens. Adam Schiff (D-CA), Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Cory Booker (D-NJ),... <a href="https://jewishinsider.com/2026/08/jinsa-calls-for-change-in-u-s-israel-military-alliance/">Read More</a>

Michigan AG Dana Nessel concerned El-Sayed ‘making excuses’ for domestic terrorism

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, a Jewish Democrat who has been outspoken against the rise of antisemitism in her party, raised concerns that Abdul El-Sayed, the state’s Democratic nominee for Senate, had not publicly withdrawn his equivocal comments responding to a violent attack in March on a synagogue in suburban Detroit. El-Sayed faced backlash for... <a href="">Read More</a>

U.S. sanctions Palestine Action, PFLP-linked group as global terrorists

The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned several far-left organizations on Wednesday, including the U.K.-based Palestine Action and transnational group Masar Badil, which is linked to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine,. Palestine Action was founded in 2020 with the stated goal of “ending global participation in Israel’s genocidal and apartheid... <a href="">Read More</a>

Brandeis Center urges DOJ to investigate whether Northwestern is acting as foreign agent for Qatar

A leading Jewish civil rights group is urging Attorney General Todd Blanche and the Justice Department’s Foreign Agents Registration Act Unit to investigate whether Northwestern University’s longstanding ties to Qatar violate FARA, Jewish Insider has learned. In a letter sent to Blanche on Wednesday, the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law cited... <a href="">Read More</a>

Darline Graham, boosted by Trump backing, wins South Carolina Senate race

Boosted by an endorsement from President Donald Trump and a preelection rally from the state’s leading Republican figures, Sen. Darline Graham (R-SC) survived a challenge from Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC) to win the GOP nomination for her late brother’s Senate seat. “I continue to miss Lindsey every day, and there is still a big hole in my heart, but I know he’s looking down, very proud,” Graham said in her victory speech Tuesday night.&nbsp; Graham prevailed narrowly (52%-48%) despite facing serious questions about her experience and readiness for a full term in the Senate during the compressed campaign. She expressed ignorance... <a href="https://jewishinsider.com/?p=138460">Read More</a>