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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)
Ben Sales
Analysis
Ben Sales
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
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
Zohran Mamdani (L) is joined by Brad Lander during an election night gathering on June 24, 2025, in the Long Island City neighborhood of the Queens borough in New York City. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images/AFP)
December 10, 2025, 8:51 pm
NYC’s Lander announces run for Congress with Mamdani’s endorsement
City comptroller to take on Rep. Dan Goldman for 10th District in Manhattan and Brooklyn; both candidates are Jewish, but are separated by their approach to Israel
By Luke Tress
Zohran Mamdani (L) is joined by Brad Lander during an election night gathering on June 24, 2025, in the Long Island City neighborhood of the Queens borough in New York City. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images/AFP)
November 15, 2025, 6:39 am
Passed over for city hall, Mamdani’s Jewish wingman weighs congressional run
Progressive Brad Lander considers challenging centrist Dan Goldman in race that would likely include heavy focus on Israel, which the former recently began accusing of ‘genocide’
By Joseph Strauss
New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani and NYC Comptroller Brad Lander speak during the Jews For Racial and Economic Justice's Mazals Gala on September 10, 2025, in New York City. (Photo by John Lamparski/Getty Images via JTA)
November 1, 2025, 6:34 am
Will Brad Lander’s Jewish base follow his lead and vote anti-Israel Mamdani for NYC mayor?
The comptroller drew strong support from progressive Jews in the primary, but his backing of the polarizing candidate leaves many torn, in a reflection of the community’s wider unease
By Grace Gilson and Joseph Strauss
Then-New York State assemblymember Zohran Mamdani, now a NYC mayoral candidate, speaks during a news conference outside the White House to announce a hunger strike to demand that former US president Joe Biden 'call for a permanent ceasefire and no military aid to Israel,' on November 27, 2023. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images via JTA)
September 19, 2025, 7:52 pm
Can Mamdani divest NYC from Israel? Likely comptroller Mark Levine dismisses concern
Jewish Democratic candidate set to be the city’s chief financial officer intends to invest in Israel bonds, saying mayor ‘just doesn’t have the votes’ to swing large-scale divestment
By Joseph Strauss
NYC comptroller Brad Lander speaks during the Jews For Racial And Economic Justice's Mazals Gala on September 10, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by John Lamparski/Getty Images via JTA)
September 12, 2025, 1:52 pm
NYC comptroller calls for coalition of anti-Zionists and liberal Zionists at Mamdani event
While being honored by progressive Jewish group JFREJ alongside the anti-Israel mayoral candidate, Brad Lander says he hasn’t spoken out enough against Israel’s ‘war crimes’
By Joseph Strauss
Leftist Jews protest against the war in Gaza, in New York City, August 4, 2025. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
August 5, 2025, 7:54 pm
Hundreds of leftist Jews protest against Gaza war in New York; 41 arrested
‘Jews say no more’: Demonstration near Trump hotel demands US pressure Israel to halt conflict
By Luke Tress
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