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Parade participants wave flags at spectators during the Israel Day Parade, May 31, 2026, in New York. (AP/Emil T. Lippe)
June 16, 2026, 4:20 am
Awaiting full details, American Jewish leaders express alarm at emerging Iran deal
Jewish Democratic Council says Trump ‘willing to push Israel aside,’ as Zionist Organization of America calls terms ‘deeply problematic’ and AIPAC lays out goals for final agreement
By JTA and ToI Staff
California Assembly member Jasmeet Bains, California Senator Melissa Hurtado, Visalia Unified School District Trustee Randy Villegas, and Bakersfield Vice Mayor Manpreet Kaur speak at a town hall organized by California Nurses Association/National Nurses United, in Bakersfield, California, August 14. (Jeff Lewis/AP Content Services for National Nurses United)
June 11, 2026, 6:13 pm
Progressive California Democrat advances over rival backed by pro-Israel spending
Randy Villegas, who has called Israel a ‘genocidal regime,’ goes to runoff over moderate State Assembly member Jasmeet Bains, who had the support of Democratic Majority for Israel
By Andrew Lapin
Left: US Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez speaks during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, on March 25, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite); Right: US congressional candidate Maureen Galindo appears in an interview, posted to YouTube on February 16, 2026. (Screenshot via SPEAK USA Videos and Podcasts)
May 21, 2026, 12:35 pm
AOC, leading Dems condemn Texas candidate who said she’d put ‘Zionists’ in ICE jail
Maureen Galindo, running in Democratic primary to represent San Antonio in DC, says most ‘American Zionists’ are probably pedophiles; PAC backing her is linked to Republican group
By Grace Gilson
Mark Mellman. (Screen capture/YouTube)
November 21, 2025, 5:27 pm
Mark Mellman, founder of Democratic pro-Israel group and adviser to Yair Lapid, dies
American Jewish pollster founded Democratic Majority for Israel to counter growing opposition to Jewish state in the party; in Israel, he helped Lapid’s Yesh Atid from its founding
By ToI Staff
Rep. Kathy Manning, a North Carolina Democrat, speaks during a press conference with other House Democrats on June 27, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Samuel Corum / Getty Images via AFP)
May 20, 2025, 4:57 am
Kathy Manning to lead Democratic Majority for Israel board of directors
Former US lawmaker will be joined by Brian Romick, who served as senior adviser to Maryland Rep. Steny Hoyer, and will now be DMFI’s president, replacing founder Mark Mellman
By Grace Gilson
US Rep. Cori Bush, Democrat-Missouri, speaks to supporters in Webster Groves, Missouri, July 31, 2024. (Jim Salter/AP)
August 6, 2024, 8:19 am
Israel-critical Democrat Cori Bush faces primary against pro-Israel rival Tuesday
Political action groups tied to AIPAC have spent at least $9 million on ads for Wesley Bell, who says he will fight to keep US supporting Jewish state
By Ron Kampeas
Head of the Otzma Yehudit party MK Itamar Ben Gvir arrives to speak to supporters as the results of the Israeli elections are announced, at the party's campaign headquarters in Jerusalem, November 1, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 3, 2022, 5:25 am
US Jewish groups sound alarm over rise of Ben Gvir, though many steer clear
American Jewish Committee, Reform Movement, J Street and others express deep concerns over likely far-right government, but other organizations avoid mentioning Otzma Yehudit head
By ToI Staff
State Representative Summer Lee, who is seeking the Democratic Party nomination for Pennsylvania's 12th District US Congressional district, speaks to supporters before being endorsed by Senator Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, during a campaign stop in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on May 12, 2022. (AP/ Rebecca Droke)
May 18, 2022, 10:47 pm
Pro-Israel groups see mixed results after pouring millions into Democratic primaries
AIPAC, DMFI-backed candidates score decisive victories in NC, but progressive Lee appears poised to hold off centrist Irwin in PA, where lobbies spent unprecedented sums
By Jacob Magid
Joe Biden, then vice president, speaks at the AIPAC 2016 Policy Conference in Washington, DC, March 20, 2016. (Molly Riley/AFP via Getty Images via JTA)
March 6, 2022, 8:09 pm
AIPAC slammed for endorsing Republicans who refused to certify Biden’s election
Rival J Street says including 37 Congress members who wouldn’t confirm president in list of 120 ‘endangers American democracy’; lobby defends, saying it is a single-issue group
By JTA and ToI Staff
US Vice President Kamala Harris, center, holds up a "Mason Votes" sign toward students as she visits a voter registration drive at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va., Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2021. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
October 1, 2021, 3:49 am
US VP aides tell Jewish groups she’s pro-Israel after unrefuted ‘genocide’ claim
Harris’s staff reaches out to DMFI, ADL and pro-Israel congressman, insisting that her commitment to Israel is ‘unwavering’ after she didn’t push back against university student
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A flag of Israel and an American flag are displayed on a table during a meeting between Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Prime Minister Naftali Bennett at the Pentagon in Washington, August 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
September 23, 2021, 11:03 pm
Israeli leaders, US Jews laud House approval of $1 billion for Iron Dome
AIPAC says 420-9 vote ‘repudiates efforts by those in Congress who are pursuing a dangerous agenda to undermine the US-Israel relationship’
By Amy Spiro and Jacob Magid
Cuyahoga Councilwoman and congressional candidate Shontel Brown speaks during a Souls to the Polls rally at Sanctuary Baptist Church in Cleveland, Ohio on August 01, 2021. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images/AFP)
August 4, 2021, 5:59 am
In upset, pro-Israel-backed candidate wins Ohio Democratic congressional primary
Progressive Squad-backed Nina Turner saw her massive lead shrink in recent weeks as more centrist Shontel Brown emerged from crowded pack of candidates with help of Jewish groups
By Jacob Magid and JTA
Nina Turner (L) and Shontel Brown, who square off in the Democratic primary for Ohio's 11th District on August 3, 2021. (AP, Shontel Brown For Congress Facebook Page)
August 3, 2021, 9:48 pm
In Ohio Dem primary, Jewish groups seek to help moderate push past progressive
Squad-backed Nina Turner sees her massive lead shrink in recent weeks as more centrist Shontel Brown emerges from crowded pack of candidates with help of DMFI and JDCA
By Jacob Magid
Illustrative: In this January 6, 2021, photo speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi speaks in the House Chamber. (Jim Lo Scalzo/Pool via AP)
July 30, 2021, 1:21 pm
US Jewish groups hail House bill giving aid to Israel, Palestinians
Legislation assures 2016 deal of $3.8 billion in security aid to Jewish state, will also provide $225 million to Palestinians
By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid
Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid (L) and political strategist Mark Mellman in the Knesset before the swearing in of Israel's 36th government, June 13, 2021. (Yesh Atid)
July 13, 2021, 4:12 am
Lapid’s US pollster sees 10 years of work come to ‘dramatic, emotional’ fruition
Mark Mellman, strategist for Yesh Atid and founder of Democratic Majority for Israel, believes new Israeli government can restore Jewish state’s bipartisan place in US politics
By Tal Schneider
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