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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
Pastor Sam Rodriguez (L) and Bishop Robert Stearns (R) in Jerusalem, February 2025 (Courtesy Eagles' Wings)
February 20, 2025, 8:52 pm
Leading Hispanic pastor seeks to build firewall against declining Israel support
In partnership with Eagles’ Wings, Sam Rodriguez – adviser to Bush, Obama, and Trump – sees young clergy as key to countering pro-Palestinian trends in Latino community
By Lazar Berman
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
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July 14, 2021, 2:00 pm
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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
Then-Jewish Home party chairman Naftali Bennett (R) is interviewed by Brookings Executive Vice President Martin Indyk at the Brookings Institute in Washington on December 6, 2014. (Brookings Institute)
June 5, 2021, 2:02 am
A PM Bennett won’t fix tensions with Dems, but ties with Biden should endure
Progressives’ issues with Israel extend beyond Netanyahu, and won’t be alleviated by his departure alone; still, some in the party view new prospective gov’t as cause for optimism
By Jacob Magid
Arthur Finkelstein and Benjamin Netanyahu in March 10, 1999. (Flash 90)
March 7, 2021, 3:20 pm
Tippecanoe and Lapid too: US pollsters import American-style campaigns to Israel
Their familiarity with Israel’s language and politics pales compared to local strategists, but American consultants still hot commodity given experience one can only rack up in US
By Jacob Magid
Shontel Brown poses with former US President Barack Obama in an undated image from her congressional campaign website. (Courtesy)
February 16, 2021, 6:51 pm
Divides on Israel among Democrats highlighted in Ohio special congressional race
Pro-Israel PAC endorses Shontel Brown as some express worry over progressive-left candidate Nina Turner’s critical stance on Jewish state
By Ron Kampeas
Blue and White MK Yair Lapid speaks at the Maariv conference in Herzliya, on February 26, 2020. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
January 25, 2021, 6:19 pm
Lapid jets back from US after pre-election parley with Democrat advisers
Unclear why Yesh Atid head, now fully vaccinated, traveled to Washington instead of making do with online meetings; returns hours before airport shuts down
By Tal Schneider
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speaks to supporters at a primary election night rally, Feb. 11, 2020, in Manchester, N.H. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
May 22, 2020, 1:12 pm
18 Democratic senators warn annexation will damage, erode US-Israel relations
In missive to Netanyahu and Gantz, top Democrats Warren, Sanders, Kane and others say move would ‘betray our shared democratic values’
By ToI Staff
Democratic presidential candidate and former vice president Joe Biden speaks during the McIntyre-Shaheen 100 Club Dinner, February 8, 2020, in Manchester, New Hampshire. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
May 15, 2020, 7:29 pm
As possibility of West Bank annexation looms, Democrats mull how to sway Israel
While party is unified in opposition to Israel extending sovereignty to settlements and Jordan Valley, it’s splintered over how harsh the response should be if Netanyahu goes ahead
By Eric Cortellessa
A picture taken from the controversial E1 corridor in the West Bank shows the settlement of Ma'ale Adumim in the background, Feb. 25, 2020. (Ahamd Gharabli/AFP)
April 14, 2020, 5:01 am
Pro-Israel US group warns Israeli leaders annexation would damage alliance
In letters to Netanyahu, Gantz, Democratic Majority for Israel says basing decision on Trump’s support alone ‘suggests fundamental misreading of American government and politics’
By Ron Kampeas
Petition launched by pro-Israel group calling on California Democrats to reject language used in party resolutions critical of Israel. (Facebook)
June 2, 2019, 6:43 pm
California Democrats soften resolutions critical of Israel
Pro-Israel advocates get party to rewrite draft resolutions, including one blaming the Jewish state for fatal synagogue attack
By Marcy Oster
Rep Ilhan Omar at the Capitol in Washington, November 30, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
February 1, 2019, 9:49 pm
New Muslim congresswoman Omar says US should ‘call out’ Israel like it does Iran
In interview with Yahoo! News, Minnesota Democrat says she ‘almost chuckles’ when Israel called a democracy
By Eric Cortellessa
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