El-Sayed dismisses half-sister’s comments about family’s Muslim Brotherhood ties as ‘hearsay’

Senate expected to vote on Saudi nuclear deal before end of year

Sens. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Ed Markey (D-MA) introduced a joint resolution of disapproval on Thursday that aims to block the U.S.-Saudi nuclear deal, allowing the Democrats to force a vote on the deal when the chamber returns from recess. It appears unlikely at this point that the GOP-controlled Congress will vote to block the... <a href="">Read More</a>

Obama scrutinizes Israel’s founding, says Palestinians want their ‘land back’

Former President Barack Obama criticized Israel’s security policy as having “ceded moral ground” and said that Israel’s founding had unjustly taken land from Palestinians in remarks in Belfast, Northern Ireland, this week. At the same time, the former president also emphasized that both Israelis and Palestinians have a responsibility to change their approach in order... <a href="https://jewishinsider.com/2026/10/scott-stringer-denounces-mark-levine-israel-bonds/">Read More</a>

Talarico accuses Netanyahu of imposing ‘collective punishment’ in Oct. 7 response

James Talarico, the Democratic Senate nominee in Texas, reiterated his sharp criticism of Israel at a CNN town hall on Wednesday, accusing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of targeting Palestinian civilians and restricting humanitarian aid and declining to push back when pressed on the credibility of those claims. Talarico made the comments while speaking on... <a href="">Read More</a>

Huckabee met secretly with Netanyahu’s top rival, Gadi Eisenkot

​U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee met quietly in recent days with Yashar party leader Gadi Eisenkot amid the final stretch of Israel’s high-stakes election campaign, Jewish Insider has learned, the first known time U.S. officials have met with the former IDF chief of staff, considered Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s chief rival in the contentious race.&nbsp; The meeting, according to a source familiar with the matter, focused on critical security concerns, including Gaza, West Bank escalation and rising settler violence. ​According to another source, the meeting went beyond formal diplomatic courtesy and served as a reconnaissance move by Washington to... <a href="https://jewishinsider.com/2026/10/rebecca-bennett-new-jersey-tom-kean-mayor-derek-armstead/">Read More</a>

Wikipedia's edit scandal, unedited

Today’s Daily Kickoff covers an ADL report on anti-Israel Wikipedia edits, NYC pension politics, political controversy in New Jersey, and international developments affecting Israel and the Middle East.