All You Need to Know About Netanyahu’s Indictment
What happened today?
For the first time in Israel’s history, a sitting prime minister has been indicted on criminal charges. The most serious charge is of...
The New Mechitza
Israel’s publicly funded universities now offer gender-segregated programs to help the ultra-Orthodox earn degrees. But at what price?
Candidate Spotlight: Pete Buttigieg
This is a scenario some are now looking at, as Pete Buttigieg, even younger and less experienced than Obama was at the time, is having his moment. The 37-year-old mayor of South Bend, Indiana is surging in Iowa, the first state to vote in February. He is now polling at 25 percent, leaving Joe Biden, Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders in a tight three-way race for second place.
The Role of Orthodox Jews in Republican Politics
Orthodox Jews are Trump’s strongest—and only—reliable support base within the Jewish community. Polling shows that more than half of those identifying as Orthodox voted for Trump in 2016. The president also enjoys strong approval ratings within the Orthodox community since taking office. This unlikely political alliance, between a segment of the population focused on family values and religious insularity and the flamboyant New York businessman-turned-politician, has many explanations:
Aid to Israel: Has J Street Changed the Game?
J Street, the left-leaning pro-Israel lobby, wrapped up its three-day conference in Washington, DC last week. In an email to supporters summing up the meeting (and making a pitch for donations), the group’s president Jeremy Ben-Ami announced, “We’ve changed the conversation” about Israel, noting that the conference brought the issue of Israel to the Democratic presidential race agenda and that candidates have discussed, among other issues, their plans to “employ U.S. leverage to combat settlement expansion.” Or, in other words, J Street made using American foreign aid to Israel into an issue Democrats are willing to fight for.
Opinion | Murder Rate Rises Among Israel’s Arabs
Only one political faction could look with satisfaction at the indecisive results of the second 2019 Israel election.
Not Your Grandmother’s Democratic Party
Many in the pro-Israel community joined for a collective oy vey moment last week when leading Democratic candidate Elizabeth Warren added her voice to a growing choir of progressives threatening to use America’s aid to Israel as a means of influencing Israel’s policy in the West Bank. Looking at the Democratic field, here’s where we stand: Three of the four frontrunners are threatening to cut U.S. aid to Israel. Biden stands alone in his refusal to join.
All Candidates Pass the Pro-Israel Test. Now What?
As always, Jewish voters will make sure their candidate is pro-Israel, in the broadest meaning of the term, and then they’ll move on to decide based on issues such as health care, the economy, gun control, etc., like any other voter. All candidates in both parties pass the pro-Israel test.
Archives | The Yemenites: A Photo Essay
On September 24, 1950, Israel concluded Operation Magic Carpet, transporting over 45,000 Yemenite Jews to the Jewish state. To commemorate this historic mission, Moment has...
Is Trump Inching Away From Netanyahu?
By now, it’s probably safe to assume that most Americans following the results of last week’s elections in Israel have already figured out the main theme: The winner is the candidate who secures a coalition, not necessarily the head of the party that got the most votes.
Israeli Elections Reveal Netanyahu and Trump’s Love-Hate Relationship
Five things to know this week from the nation's capital.
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1. Trump’s not-so-special pre-election gift
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Netanyahu and Trump’s Striking Similarities
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Donald Trump are using similar tactics to attack the media and question the democratic process.