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State Rep. Angie Nixon, speaks loudly on the Florida House floor during a redistricting bill on April 29, 2026, in Tallahassee, Fla. (AP/Mike Stewart)
August 19, 2026, 12:57 pm
Anti-Israel Democrat wins upset in Florida Senate primary, in latest victory for DSA
Elsewhere in the state, several Jewish, pro-Israel candidates win nominations, including incumbents Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Jared Moskowitz, and far-right firebrand Randy Fine
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Florida) takes the stage alongside some of the city's commissioners at a Fourth of July celebration on July 4, 2026 in Sunrise, Fla. (Teo Armus/TWP via Getty Images via JTA)
August 18, 2026, 10:09 pm
Florida’s primaries have many pain points for Jews. Here are 5 races to watch
The conservative state is home to a large Jewish community and features several marquee matchups Tuesday on both sides of the aisle
By Andrew Lapin
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, bottom right, talks with a pair of constituents who approached her to request help with a problem, at a National Night Out community event where she was campaigning for Florida’s 20th congressional district, August 4, 2026, in Plantation, Florida. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell).
August 18, 2026, 10:09 pm
GOP redistricting tests the strength of Florida’s pro-Israel Democrats
Incumbents Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Lois Frankel seek support from new voters in Tuesday’s Democratic primaries, as issues related to the Jewish state again loom large
By Sharon Udasin
News editor Ben Sales appears on the Daily Briefing with host Jessica Steinberg on August 13, 2026 (Flash 90)
August 13, 2026, 12:27 pm
Daily Briefing Aug. 13: As election nears, can voters see extremism in their own camps?
News editor Ben Sales reviews Israelis’ concerns about political violence; he also marks 25 years since the Sbarro bombing and reports on the latest in the US political primaries
By Jessica Steinberg and Ben Sales
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the Entebbe hostage rescue, at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem, July 12, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/ Flash90)
July 13, 2026, 9:56 pm
Six of top 20: Likud okays plan to give Netanyahu more power over party’s electoral slate
In compromise with Likud Constitution Committee, PM to handpick candidates for slots 3, 5, 9, 11, 15, 18, 26, and 31; party expected to win some 20-25 seats in October elections
By Charlie Summers
News editor Ben Sales appears on the Daily Briefing podcast with host Jessica Steinberg (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
June 30, 2026, 2:41 pm
Daily Briefing June 30: Why Netanyahu won’t publicly take on Trump over Iran
News editor Ben Sales reviews PM’s status during 2015 Iran deal and now, Israel-opposition as a unifying factor in NYC primaries, and new details about the 1976 raid on Entebbe
By Jessica Steinberg and Ben Sales
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
Candidates running in the upcoming Hadash party primaries, May 14, 2026. (Hadash)
May 14, 2026, 8:17 pm
Arab party Hadash to pick new leaders, hopes to energize efforts for Joint List revival
Former MK Yousef Jabareen expected to win race to replace Ayman Odeh as party head in internal Saturday vote, with faction shifting focus toward crime-plagued Triangle region and eyeing foray into Negev
By Ariela Karmel
L: MK Gadi Eisenkot attends a National Unity faction meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on May 26, 2025. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90); R: National Unity Party Leader MK Benny Gantz leads a faction meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on May 5, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 8, 2025, 7:20 pm
Gantz’s National Unity to hold primaries in coming months, as support down in polls
Announcement comes days ahead of possible preliminary vote to dissolve the Knesset, and as surveys show support for Gantz’s number two, Gadi Eisenkot, to take party helm
By Sam Sokol
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant (left) greets US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin at Ben Gurion Airport, March 2023. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)
October 4, 2023, 2:19 pm
Daily Briefing Oct. 4: Does Israel need a defense treaty with the United States?
Senior analyst Haviv Rettig Gur and Zman Israel editor Biranit Goren discuss pros, cons, and likelihood of the Israel-US Mutual Defense treaty, as well as Yesh Atid’s new primaries
By ToI Staff
Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid introduces Ram Ben Barak (L) as a new party member during a faction meeting at the Knesset on January 15, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 2, 2023, 6:30 pm
In first, Yesh Atid to hold leadership election; MK Ram Ben Barak to challenge Lapid
Primaries during party convention in December will require candidates to have not been charged with crimes carrying moral turpitude, in reference to PM
By ToI Staff
Meretz MKs celebrate the party's primary results at an event in Tel Aviv on August 23, 2022. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
August 24, 2022, 1:59 pm
Daily Briefing Aug. 24: Speed round of political inside baseball; managing monkeypox
Following the primaries, senior analyst Haviv Rettig Gur gives us the current lay of the political landscape; health reporter Nathan Jeffay on innovative back surgery and imaging
By ToI Staff
Zehava Galon seen in Tel Aviv after winning the Meretz party leadership race, August 23, 2022. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
August 23, 2022, 11:44 pm
Galon wins Meretz leadership race, returning to head left-wing party after 3 years
Stepping out of retirement to run, Zehava Galon easily defeats Yair Golan, while outgoing party chief Nitzan Horowitz slips to unrealistic spot on Knesset list
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
Religious Zionism party head MK Bezalel Smotrich casts his primary vote at a polling station in Jerusalem, August 23, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 23, 2022, 10:44 pm
Religious Zionism primary keeps sitting MKs at top of Knesset slate
Current Knesset members grab the four realistic spots behind Smotrich, who is reportedly negotiating to unify with rebel former Yamina MK Amichai Chikli
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
Inca Jew Iosef Sánchez and his family, Los Olivos, Lima, Peru, 2004 (Courtesy of Graciela Mochkofsky)
August 22, 2022, 1:46 pm
Daily Briefing Aug. 22: ‘Prophet’ who brought Inca Jews to Israel; primaries preview
Political correspondent Tal Schneider on Shas rabbi Shalom Cohen and Tuesday’s hot races; feature writer Renee Ghert-Zand brings tale of lost Holocaust cabaret, ‘The Last Cyclist’
By ToI Staff
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