‘Tis the Season to Reach Out to Jewish Voters
The millions of dollars and endless hours of work put in by both sides to convince Jewish voters seem to be doing very little to move the needle.
The millions of dollars and endless hours of work put in by both sides to convince Jewish voters seem to be doing very little to move the needle.
Watching the news from Israel these past days could lead to one clear conclusion: The shame of October 7 has been erased. Israel is once again the greatest military power in the region.
Trump, while still widely unpopular among Jewish-American voters, is no longer a pariah with many on the right. And this process of legitimization could translate into votes.
With the presidential election two months away, Jewish Americans want to hear policies on the Israel-Hamas war and antisemitism.
Days before an official announcement by the Israeli army, rumors spread that the bodies of six hostages were recovered from Gaza. Doing their best to report accurately and ethically, Israeli media sources are bound to adhere to strict military censorship guidelines.
In recent weeks, Trump has homed in on a line he believes could win him Jewish voters, potentially tilting the swing state of Pennsylvania in his favor.
After the assassinations of Ismail Haniyeh and Fouad Shukur, Israelis express a mix anxiety and pride, as well as frustration over foiled travel plans.
Roughly half of the Democratic caucus members in both the House and the Senate boycotted Netanyahu’s speech.
How do you turn a week that began with the attempted assassination of a presidential candidate, and ended with the sitting president dropping out of the race, into five points?
“The Debate and the Collapse,” read the main headline of Yediot Aharonot, Israel’s largest centrist publication. The commentary column alongside the article, written by Nadav Eyal, was simply titled “Catastrophe.”
Plus: AIPAC’s watershed moment in New York.
Left-leaning Democrats and even some centrists in both chambers are busy trying to figure out the best response to a speech given by a world leader who has not only challenged their party’s leadership but has repeatedly ignored pleas from a Democratic president to change course in the way he’s conducting the Gaza war.