State Department plans memorial for American victims of Oct. 7 attack

Congressional Jewish Caucus opposes proposal to combine State Dept. Holocaust, antisemitism offices

Nineteen Jewish House Democrats, writing under the auspices of the Congressional Jewish Caucus, sent a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday opposing a reported plan to merge the offices of the State Department’s special envoy for Holocaust issues (SEHI) and special envoy to monitor and combat antisemitism (SEAS). Longtime Holocaust envoy Ellen... <a href="">Read More</a>

Amb. Leiter's son seriously wounded in terror attack

This briefing covers the latest developments in Israel, the West Bank, and international diplomacy, featuring updates on Gaza reconstruction efforts, UNGA addresses, and rising antisemitism concerns.

El-Sayed refuses to tone down Israel attacks amid pleas from Dem podcast hosts

Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic Senate nominee in Michigan, refused to tone down his hostile rhetoric toward Israel, including his repeated accusations of genocide, during a newly released podcast interview, even as his stances risk alienating Jewish Democrats who are otherwise eager to support his campaign in a key battleground state.&nbsp;&nbsp; In an appearance on the... <a href="">Read More</a>

Israeli ambassador’s son seriously wounded in West Bank car-ramming attack

Neria Leiter, the son of Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Yechiel Leiter, was seriously wounded in a car-ramming terror attack at a West Bank checkpoint on Wednesday, the ambassador confirmed. Leiter, an IDF reservist in his 30s, was stationed at the Maccabim checkpoint on Route 443 when an assailant accelerated toward a police cruiser and... <a href="https://jewishinsider.com/2026/09/somaliland-president-discusses-expanded-military-cooperation-with-u-s-officials/">Read More</a>

Pezeshkian denies Iran seeks nuclear weapons at UNGA

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian cast Tehran as a peaceful victim of American and Israeli aggression during an address to the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday, expressing a readiness for further negotiations while downplaying Iran’s state sponsorship of terror, nuclear escalation and regional strikes. Addressing the assembly a day after President Donald Trump threatened to “annihilate” the Islamic Republic if a deal is not reached, Pezeshkian claimed Tehran has never sought nuclear weapons and painted its atomic program as strictly intended for energy and medical research. “Iran does not accept for nuclear technology to be at the exclusive disposal of some... <a href="">Read More</a>