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Topic: Democratic Party

January 2, 2013
6:37 am

Congress signs last-minute deal, steps back from fiscal cliff

Republican-controlled US House of Representatives approves tax hikes on the wealthy, 257-167

December 21, 2012
7:57 am

Stop extreme-right assembly, Jewish Italian lawmaker urges

Emanuele Fiano calls on country’s interior minister to block gathering of new anti-Semitic, anti-immigrant political party in Rome

November 7, 2012
9:29 am

US President Barack Obama delivers his victory speech in Chicago, Wednesday Nov. 7 (screen capture: Channel 2)

Full text of Barack Obama’s victory speech

US president thanks all those who helped get him reelected and seeks to begin healing a nation divided by politics

November 4, 2012
9:20 am

Campaign signs for both US President Barack Obama and his challenger, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, are seen in yards outside Evans City, Pennsylvania on Friday (photo credit: AP/Keith Srakocic)

With election in sight, candidates make final campaign push

Obama and Romney take to battleground states to make their final arguments from the stump

October 25, 2012
8:27 am

Voters stand in line outside the Hamilton County Board of Elections just before it opened for early voting, in Cincinnati Oct. 22 (photo credit: AP/Al Behrman)

With 13 days to go, both sides claim success in early US presidential voting

Campaigns’ bluster reflects growing importance of early voting, which increased from 16 percent of total votes in 2000 to 30.6% in 2008; nearly seven million votes already cast in 2012 race

By Haviv Rettig Gur

October 19, 2012
6:52 pm

David Brog (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Christian Zionist group: Israel’s case is not being made on the Left

David Brog, head of Christians United for Israel: ‘When Christians turn against Israel, that’s a job for us. When liberals abandon Israel, that’s a challenge for our liberal friends’

By Haviv Rettig Gur

October 18, 2012
10:31 am

A group of Orthodox Jews stop to gaze at the White House. (photo credit: Haim Shohat /Flash90)

No big changes expected in US Jewish vote

Analysts say that although there are indications that some are drifting towards the GOP, it won’t be a revolution

By Rachel Zoll

October 11, 2012
8:58 am

Joe Biden, left, and Paul Ryan. (photo credits: AP/Mary Altaffer, AP/The Charlotte Observer, Jeff Siner)

In VP debate, both sides will gun to scare their supporters, not enlighten them

With turnout in swing states now the name of the game, Biden and Ryan will seek to push voters to the polls via fear of the opposition and enthusiasm for their presidential picks

By Haviv Rettig Gur

September 12, 2012
7:20 pm

Why trust the Democrats on Jerusalem?

The outrageousness of the stories surrounding the party’s now-you see-them, now-you-don’t sections relating to Israel grows daily

By Abraham Katsman

September 10, 2012
12:20 am

Mark Alan Siegel (photo credit: courtesy)

Florida: Local Democratic Party official resigns over remarks on Christians

Mark Alan Siegel said pro-Israel Christians want to see Jews ‘slaughtered and converted’

September 9, 2012
5:40 pm

Democratic hedging, Republican wedging

If the candidates want to demonize each other in order to please major donors, let them do it in another sandbox — not in the away marked ‘Israel’

By Joshua Hammerman

September 9, 2012
2:38 pm

For Jewish voters, Israel is not a partisan issue

My vote is going to be about a lot more than an omission in a three-paragraph platform statement about Israel

By Kerry Brodie

September 7, 2012
10:35 pm

Analysts credit Debbie Wasserman Schultz with helping secure victory for President Obama in Florida, and with puncturing claims that he doesn't support Israel. (Photo credit: Courtesy)

Why Oren’s denial missed Wasserman Schultz’s point

In a high stakes dispute this week, the distinction between a party’s election tactics and its substantive policies seems to have been lost

By Haviv Rettig Gur

September 6, 2012
5:09 pm

Jerusalem? Democrats just say ‘no’

As the debate over Obama’s pro-Israel bona fides rages on, one thing is for certain: his party is losing its way

By Shmuley Boteach

September 5, 2012
2:07 am

President Barack Obama greets supporters after speaking at a campaign event at Norfolk State University, on Tuesday, in Norfolk, Va. (photo credit: AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Democrats accuse Republican critics of ‘stunning, but not surprising’ hypocrisy on Jerusalem

While hitting back at attacks over changes to party platform, Democrats don’t deny pro-Israel provisions have been removed

By Haviv Rettig Gur

The Times of Israel

The one-stop news site
covering Israel, the region and
the Jewish people worldwide

Founding editor:
David Horovitz

Fair, fresh and fast

The Jewish world's
fastest-growing
news site

Topic: Democratic Party

Congress signs last-minute deal, steps back from fiscal cliff

Republican-controlled US House of Representatives approves tax hikes on the wealthy, 257-167

Stop extreme-right assembly, Jewish Italian lawmaker urges

Emanuele Fiano calls on country’s interior minister to block gathering of new anti-Semitic, anti-immigrant political party in Rome

Full text of Barack Obama’s victory speech

US president thanks all those who helped get him reelected and seeks to begin healing a nation divided by politics

With election in sight, candidates make final campaign push

Obama and Romney take to battleground states to make their final arguments from the stump

With 13 days to go, both sides claim success in early US presidential voting

Campaigns’ bluster reflects growing importance of early voting, which increased from 16 percent of total votes in 2000 to 30.6% in 2008; nearly seven million votes already cast in 2012 race

Christian Zionist group: Israel’s case is not being made on the Left

David Brog, head of Christians United for Israel: ‘When Christians turn against Israel, that’s a job for us. When liberals abandon Israel, that’s a challenge for our liberal friends’

No big changes expected in US Jewish vote

Analysts say that although there are indications that some are drifting towards the GOP, it won’t be a revolution

In VP debate, both sides will gun to scare their supporters, not enlighten them

With turnout in swing states now the name of the game, Biden and Ryan will seek to push voters to the polls via fear of the opposition and enthusiasm for their presidential picks

Why trust the Democrats on Jerusalem?

The outrageousness of the stories surrounding the party’s now-you see-them, now-you-don’t sections relating to Israel grows daily

Florida: Local Democratic Party official resigns over remarks on Christians

Mark Alan Siegel said pro-Israel Christians want to see Jews ‘slaughtered and converted’

Democratic hedging, Republican wedging

If the candidates want to demonize each other in order to please major donors, let them do it in another sandbox — not in the away marked ‘Israel’

For Jewish voters, Israel is not a partisan issue

My vote is going to be about a lot more than an omission in a three-paragraph platform statement about Israel

Why Oren’s denial missed Wasserman Schultz’s point

In a high stakes dispute this week, the distinction between a party’s election tactics and its substantive policies seems to have been lost

Jerusalem? Democrats just say ‘no’

As the debate over Obama’s pro-Israel bona fides rages on, one thing is for certain: his party is losing its way

Democrats accuse Republican critics of ‘stunning, but not surprising’ hypocrisy on Jerusalem

While hitting back at attacks over changes to party platform, Democrats don’t deny pro-Israel provisions have been removed

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