Pete Buttigieg

Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders poses with IfNotNow activists in New Hampshire, including University of Michigan student Becca Lubow on the far left, and holds a sign that reads "Jews Against Occupation." (Courtesy/IfNotNow)

July 30, 2019, 5:04 am

How IfNotNow is getting 2020 Democrats to talk occupation

The progressive US Jewish group is hitting the campaign trail, pressing presidential hopefuls to take a stance on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict — and getting answers

By Eric Cortellessa

The US embassy in Jerusalem sits on a traffic circle recently named for US President Donald Trump. The compound is in the middle of Arnona, a quiet residential neighborhood in the city’s south. (Ben Sales/JTA)

July 15, 2019, 11:36 pm

Which Democratic 2020 contenders would move embassy back to Tel Aviv?

Front-runners say they aren’t happy with the relocation, but that doesn’t mean they would reverse Trump’s decision

By JTA

Joe Biden, the leading Democratic 2020 presidential candidate, holds a speech about his foreign policy vision for America at the Graduate Center at the City University of New York in New York City, July 11, 2019. (Johannes Eisele/AFP/Getty Images)

July 15, 2019, 3:58 am

Calling for two-state solution, Biden says ‘the occupation is a real problem’

Democratic front-runner tells IfNotNow activists that, alongside Israeli actions, ‘the Palestinians have to step up too and be prepared to stop the hate’

By JTA and TOI staff

Democratic presidential candidate and South Bend, Indiana mayor Pete Buttigieg (3rd from L) attends a community building event hosted by Christ Temple Apostolic Church on June 29, 2019 in South Bend, Indiana.(Scott Olson/Getty Images/AFP)

July 7, 2019, 9:02 am

A matter of faith: Democrats embrace religion in campaign

In shift, presidential candidates increasingly invoking God in bid to win over religious voters disillusioned by Trump

By ELANA SCHOR

Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Ind., speaks during a fundraiser at the Wynwood Walls, Monday, May 20, 2019, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

July 6, 2019, 10:34 pm

2020 Democrats work to strengthen knowledge, communication on foreign policy

Candidates in contest highlight their overseas experience, plan trips; Warren’s aides say most questions she’s asked on international policy are about Israel

By Steve Peoples

Democratic presidential candidates former US vice president Joe Biden, Independent Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, California Senator Kamala Harris, New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, former Colorado senator Michael Bennet, and California Representative Eric Swalwell, attend during the Democratic primary debate hosted by NBC News at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, June 27, 2019, in Miami. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

June 28, 2019, 8:56 am

Rivals target Biden as Democrats’ rifts emerge on race, age

At Democratic debate, presidential hopefuls square off on healthcare, how far to move left in 2020 race against Trump

By JUANA SUMMERS and Steve Peoples

The New York Times solicited views on Israel from almost all of the Democratic presidential candidates. (Screenshot from New York Times via JTA)

June 20, 2019, 12:58 am

Queried on Israel and human rights, Democratic hopefuls offer guarded criticism

New York Times says it’s testing Democrats’ ‘willingness to criticize Israel,’ claims ‘few candidates’ would do so

By TOI staff

Democratic US presidential candidate and South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg speaks at the Iowa Democratic Party's Hall of Fame Dinner, on June 9, 2019, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (Scott Olson/Getty Images/AFP)

June 17, 2019, 11:06 pm

Pete Buttigieg says he won’t move US embassy back to Tel Aviv if elected

Democratic presidential candidate says nothing to gain by reversing Trump’s decision to move mission to Jerusalem

By JTA and TOI staff

June 11, 2019, 10:01 pm

Democrat Buttigieg warns he would cut Israel aid over West Bank annexation

In first major foreign policy address, presidential candidate condemns ‘increasingly disturbing signs that the Netanyahu government is turning away from peace’

By TOI staff

From left to right, Democratic presidential contenders Elizabeth Warren, Tim Ryan, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris and Bernie Sanders. All five, along with several others, delivered video messages at the American Jewish Committee’s 2019 Global Forum. (Getty Images/JTA Montage/via JTA)

June 5, 2019, 7:45 am

US Democratic candidates’ diverse videos at Jewish confab hint at what’s to come

13 spots submitted to AJC conference in Washington show field united on combating right-wing extremism, but divided in interpretations of US-Israel alliance

By Ron Kampeas

May 24, 2019, 6:59 am

US should ‘guide’ Israel like a wayward friend, Buttigieg tells Jewish leaders

Democratic presidential hopeful says Palestinians don’t have necessary leadership for peace, but Washington should not endorse wholesale everything Netanyahu government wants

By Eric Cortellessa

Democratic 2020 presidential hopefuls Joe Biden, Kamala Harris and Bernie Sanders (All images AP)

May 16, 2019, 7:13 pm

Where do top 2020 Democratic hopefuls stand on Israel?

Each of the presidential contenders promises a radically different Israel policy to Trump’s. But some are more radical than others

By Eric Cortellessa

Democratic Presidential Candidate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., speaks at the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority South Central Regional Conference in New Orleans, Friday, April 19, 2019. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

April 23, 2019, 7:44 am

Democrat Kamala Harris joins call for Trump’s impeachment

At town hall event, California senator says US president must be ousted over Mueller report; other presidential candidates hope voters will remove him from office

By Steve Peoples and Hunter Woodall

South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg announces that he will seek the Democratic presidential nomination during a rally, Sunday, April 14, 2019, in South Bend, Ind. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

April 17, 2019, 9:53 pm

Pete Buttigieg will no longer use the word ‘Pharisee’

Jewish scholars had taken offense to usage of term by Democrat presidential hopeful to denote hypocrisy

By Ben Sales

Pete Buttigieg announces that he will seek the Democratic presidential nomination during a rally in South Bend, Ind., Sunday, April 14, 2019. Buttigieg, 37, is serving his second term as the mayor of South Bend. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

April 15, 2019, 3:52 am

‘Mayor Pete’ officially joins 2020 race as face of new generation

Buttigieg would be the first openly gay nominee of a major presidential party, first mayor to go directly to White House and youngest person to become US president

By Sara Burnett