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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with then-U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, Davos, January 21, 2016. (Haim Zach / GPO)

Can the U.S.-Israel relationship survive a far-right government?

Israel’s new coalition and growing hostility toward AIPAC are straining the countries’ ‘unbreakable’ bond. But don't expect major U.S. policy change.

By Mitchell Plitnick November 30, 2022

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WATCH: Why don’t Israelis ever hear about Republican antisemitism?

A Republican lawmaker can call for teaching 'both sides' of the Holocaust, yet Israeli anchors will still direct their rage at Democrats critical of Israel.

By Noam Shuster July 24, 2022

President Donald Trump speaking at the annual AIPAC policy conference in, Washington, D.C. on March 21, 2016. (Lorie Shaull/CC BY-SA 2.0)

AIPAC’s insurrectionists for Israel

By endorsing candidates who tried to sabotage the elections, AIPAC has demonstrated how far it will prioritize Israel's interests over U.S. democracy.

By Mitchell Plitnick March 28, 2022

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President Donald Trump addresses the crowd at Target Center in Minneapolis, MN, for his 2020 presidential campaign rally on October 10, 2019. (Nikolas Liepins/Flickr)

In the US and Israel, voter suppression is the ruling parties’ game plan

Trump's attempts to intimidate voters speaks volumes about the anti-democratic strategies shared by right-wing forces around the world.

By Mitchell Plitnick October 26, 2020

President Donald Trump arrives in the House chamber prior to delivering his State of the Union address at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., February 4, 2020. (Official White House Photo / Andrea Hanks)

GOP twists debate over civil rights law to smear Democrats as antisemitic

A parliamentary maneuver centered on antisemitism is part of a Republican effort to peel away Democratic Jewish voters ahead of the election.

By Alex Kane October 12, 2020

President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump visit a memorial outside the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh Tuesday, October 30, 2018, following the mass shooting that left 11 worshippers dead. (Andrea Hanks/White House)

How the GOP brought antisemitism from the margins to the White House

A new website tracking incidents of right-wing antisemitism finds that rarely a week goes by without the Republican Party boosting white nationalism.

By Natasha Roth-Rowland June 15, 2020

President Trump displays the controversial Executive Order on Combating Anti-Semitism during an afternoon Hanukkah reception alongside members of his administration, including son-in-law Jared Kushner, in the White House, December 11, 2019. (Joyce N. Boghosian/White House Photo)

A failing campaign for the Jewish vote can’t hide GOP’s anti-Semitism

A new poll shows that no amount of right-wing smear campaigns can convince American Jews that Trump and the GOP have their best interests at heart.

By Dove Kent February 18, 2020

Author and activist Abby Stein speaks at a protest outside Fox News HQ held to commemorate the first anniversary of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting, New York, October 25, 2019. (Gili Getz)

‘White nationalism is killing us’: Jews protest Trump, Fox ahead of Pittsburgh anniversary

In the week leading up to the first anniversary of the white nationalist terror attack that killed 11 worshipers in a Pittsburgh synagogue, progressive Jewish groups take to the streets to send an unequivocal message to Donald Trump and Fox News. On the eve of the first anniversary of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting, progressive Jews and…

By Natasha Roth-Rowland October 25, 2019

Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.) speaking at the Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana, June 17, 2011. (Gage Skidmore/CC BY-SA 2.0)

When white nationalists ask Jews to condemn anti-Semitism

Two American-Jewish activists went to a Republican congressman's town hall and asked him if he would condemn his party's white nationalism and anti-Semitism. Instead, he pointed his finger at progressive women of color and touted his support for Israel.

By Ezra Oliff-Lieberman October 18, 2019

A mural depicting President Donald Trump kissing an Israeli army watchtower is seen on the separation barrier in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, August 4, 2017. (Flash90)

Israel’s one-state reality is sowing chaos in American politics

Until U.S. lawmakers and major Jewish organizations adjust to the current one-state reality, the acrimony that has marked the last several years under Netanyahu and Trump will only intensify. For decades, the two-state solution has been the central pillar of the bipartisan pro-Israel consensus in Washington. Since the signing of the Oslo Accords, every single U.S. administration has been…

By Joshua Leifer August 26, 2019

The capitol building of the United States of America located in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Wikipedia Commons)

PODCAST: How BDS became such a big deal in American politics

Republicans are trying to criminalize boycotts of Israel, part of a broad push to delegitimize any criticism or pressure on Israel. By not unconditionally defending the right to boycott anything or anyone, Democrats are falling into a dangerous trap, Lara Friedman says on The +972 Podcast. Listen here: iTunes/Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Spotify The United States’ approach to…

By +972 Magazine August 2, 2019

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (Photo: Kobi Gideon / GPO)

Netanyahu’s Israel is a cauldron waiting for the next explosion

While Israel proceeds along its merry way, each day building more settlements and demolishing more Palestinian homes, it is far from being the secure and stable dream Netanyahu envisioned. By James J. Zogby For half of the past two decades Benjamin Netanyahu has served as prime minister of Israel. Whatever his ultimate fate (given the…

By +972 Magazine September 18, 2017

People watch the election results in Times Square, New York City, November 9, 2016. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)

Cheer up! Trump’s victory gives us reasons to be optimistic

The election of Donald Trump is a reminder that when the American people want change, they go out and make it. When will the same thing apply to Israelis? The grief that overcame my Facebook feed Wednesday morning is understandable. The thought that a violent, racist, anti-Semitic man such as Donald Trump will now hold run…

By Orly Noy November 9, 2016