South Africa banishes Israeli diplomat days before vote in Congress on trade benefits

Rogers describes El-Sayed as a national security threat in final Michigan Senate debate

Michigan Republican Senate nominee Mike Rogers described his Democratic opponent, Abdul El-Sayed, as a national security threat in their second and final debate, while appealing to Jewish and other disaffected Democratic voters to support him. Overall, however, the debate was considerably more restrained and sedate than a previous debate two weeks ago. “If you are... <a href="https://jewishinsider.com/2026/10/democrats-senate-wave-red-states-elections-trump/">Read More</a>

Jacob Frey, Betty McCollum join Minnesota Dem chorus condemning Piker event

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, Rep. Betty McCollum (D-MN) and Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon on Wednesday joined the chorus of Democrats speaking out against Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and state Sen. Omar Fateh’s planned event in Minneapolis with Hasan Piker, set to take place next week. “We shouldn’t only condemn bigotry when it’s politically... <a href="">Read More</a>

Lander endorses settlement sanctions bill while on West Bank trip

New York Democratic congressional nominee Brad Lander announced on a Zoom call with reporters on Wednesday that he would sign on to a new bill to impose sanctions on Israeli settlements in the West Bank. Speaking from a hotel in Beit Jala in the West Bank, where the Democrat traveled in a heavily promoted junket to participate in the local olive harvest, Lander told journalists that he had decided that, once he joins the next Congress, he would sign onto the Stop the Settlements Act, which Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX) introduced last month.&nbsp; The legislation would impose sanctions on anyone involved... <a href="">Read More</a>

Syria’s new textbooks demonize Jews, report finds

This briefing covers major developments in Middle East security, shifts in AIPAC's political strategy, international diplomatic tensions, and evolving academic narratives in the post-Assad Syrian education system.

Syrian textbooks under al-Sharaa deny Israel's right to exist and promote antisemitism, report finds

Syria’s national school curriculum under President Ahmed al-Sharaa promotes antisemitic depictions of Jews, denies Israel’s right to exist and glorifies violent struggle against the Jewish state, despite the Syrian leader positioning himself as a pragmatic statesman with no hostility toward Jerusalem, according to a new review of the country’s textbooks following the fall of former... <a href="">Read More</a>