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US congressional candidate Brad Lander after he was detained during the olive harvest in Nahalin in the West Bank on October 21, 2026. (X/Brad Lander)
October 21, 2026, 9:30 pm
Jewish NY congressional candidate briefly detained while joining Palestinian olive harvest
Police claim Brad Lander and 80 other activists didn’t coordinate, despite IDF maps showing no coordination needed in area; Israel accuses Lander of ‘harvesting headlines’
By Jacob Magid, Noam Lehmann, ToI Staff and Agencies
Anti-Zionist protesters hold signs against New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, in New York City, October 7, 2026. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
October 13, 2026, 9:56 am
Hasan Piker assails ‘opportunists’ who accused Mamdani of Gaza genocide
Anti-Israel streamer says more Democratic Socialists of America members should have participated in Oct. 7 vigil alongside New York City mayor
By Joseph Strauss
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani attends an October 7 coexistence event in New York City, October 7, 2026. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
October 8, 2026, 7:50 am
‘Traitor’: Anti-Zionist protesters rage at Mamdani at Oct. 7 coexistence event
Demonstrators accuse New York mayor of ‘supporting genocide,’ wave terrorist flags; activists chant for intifada outside Columbia University; Mamdani ‘genocide’ statement infuriates Jewish leaders
By Luke Tress
Democratic US Congressional candidate Brad Lander takes the stage during an election eve rally at Silo on June 22, 2026, in the East Williamsburg neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough in New York City. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images/AFP)
September 22, 2026, 8:19 pm
At Yom Kippur service, NYC’s Lander, Mahmoud Khalil accuse Israel of ‘genocide’
US House candidate and anti-Zionist activist focus holiday gathering on ‘complicity’ in alleged Israeli crimes
By Luke Tress
Brad Lander argues with anti-Zionist protesters in New York City, August 29, 2026. (Screenshot/FreedomNews TV)
August 31, 2026, 11:43 pm
Brad Lander, Jewish Mamdani ally, downplays being berated as a ‘Zionist’ at protest
After leftist politician is hounded at rally against right-wing Hindu group, he says he will continue to ‘build coalitions,’ dismisses antagonists as ‘a few loudmouths’
By Luke Tress
Graham Platner, Democratic candidate for US Senate, and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., left, join hands at an event in Orono, Maine, May 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)
July 11, 2026, 4:57 am
Why US politics feels like it’s all about Israel — and what that does and doesn’t mean for Jews
Israel has become the perfect wedge issue for progressive Democrats. That’s left many US Jews in an uncomfortable spot, regardless of how they feel about the Jewish state’s actions
By Ben Sales
US House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries at a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, on May 13, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
June 28, 2026, 4:07 am
NY’s Hakeem Jeffries welcomes anti-Israel primary winners who declined to endorse him
House minority leader, who is generally supportive of Israel, congratulates far-left election victors as tensions boil between party’s moderates and insurgent anti-Zionist flank
By Luke Tress
Democratic congressional candidate Brad Lander speaks at a rally at the Kings Theater in Brooklyn, New York, on June 18, 2026. (Kena Betancur / AFP)
June 27, 2026, 11:43 am
GOP NY governor candidate says fellow Jewish politician Lander would have helped Nazis
Mamdani ally, who ousted centrist incumbent congressman in Democratic primary, slams Bruce Blakeman, says standing up for Palestinians ‘doesn’t make me any less proud to be Jewish’
By ToI Staff
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, right, gestures on stage with Sen. Bernie Sanders during a Get Out The Vote rally ahead of New York's primary election, June 18, 2026, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP/Ryan Murphy)
June 25, 2026, 9:57 am
Mamdani’s success in New York City tests Democratic Party’s willingness to change
Democratic socialist mayor wants to export his agenda, which includes staunch anti-Israel politics, beyond city limits, sparking pushback from party’s establishment leaders
By Steve Peoples, ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE and Matt Brown
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani celebrates with Democratic congressional candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier during an election night watch party, June 23, 2026, in New York. (AP/Seth Wenig)
June 25, 2026, 9:13 am
Mamdani touts ‘babies not bombs’ message after his endorsees sweep NYC primaries
After flexing political muscle in backing 3 victorious far-left candidates, mayor touts one who opposes ‘tens of billions of dollars being spent… to bomb children overseas’
By Grace Gilson
Democratic congressional candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier speaks to her supporters during an election night watch party, June 23, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
June 25, 2026, 7:39 am
American pro-Israel activists may have just had their worst week ever
One party is voting for the loudest critics of Israel; the other is cutting a generous deal with Jerusalem’s top adversary; after years of bipartisan support, a new era is dawning
By Ben Sales
Democratic congressional candidate Brad Lander arrives with New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani for an election night watch party in New York on June 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Ryan Murphy)
June 25, 2026, 3:29 am
5 takeaways from the NY primaries: Shifting Jewish power centers, King Mamdani and more
Wins by candidates backed by NYC’s anti-Zionist mayor shake pro-Israel Democrats and leave Jewish groups divided over where party is headed on Israel
By Andrew Lapin
Democratic US Congressional candidate Brad Lander takes the stage during an election eve rally at Silo on June 22, 2026, in the East Williamsburg neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough in New York City. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images/AFP)
June 24, 2026, 6:11 am
Brad Lander, Jewish Mamdani ally and Israel critic, wins NYC Congressional primary
Leftist ousts incumbent Dan Goldman in election for 10th Congressional District in Lower Manhattan and parts of Brooklyn
By Luke Tress
From left, Democratic congressional candidates Brad Lander, Claire Valdez, Sen. Bernie Sanders, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier on stage during a rally ahead of New York's primary election, June 18, 2026, in Brooklyn. (AP Photo/Ryan Murphy)
June 23, 2026, 4:16 pm
Israel, AIPAC and Zohran Mamdani take center stage in Tuesday’s NY primaries
From country’s most Jewish congressional district to left-wing challenges against incumbents, contests will test where Democrats stand on Jewish state
By Joseph Strauss
Democrat Brad Lander approaches microphones outside a federal court in New York on June 11, 2026. (AP/Larry Neumeister)
June 12, 2026, 12:14 am
Lander, NY Jewish progressive House candidate, acquitted after arrest in immigration court
Former NYC comptroller, a Mamdani ally running primary campaign against Jewish centrist Democratic congressman, says he is ‘genuinely moved by the rule of law’
By AP and ToI Staff
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