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Anti-AIPAC, anti-Israel platforms take center stage as progressive wins Oklahoma Democratic primary

Like many progressives in the current election cycle, N'kyila Thomas repeatedly vowed during her campaign to reject funds from the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, the pro-Israel lobby.

N'Kiyla Jasmine Thomas, a progressive who won the Democratic Senate primary in Oklahoma this week.
Hasan Piker looks on as U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed delivers a stump speech in Ann Arbor, Michigan, April 7, 2026.

El-Sayed distances himself from Hasan Piker as Jewish Democrats question his Israel stance

Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Mike Rogers.

GOP's Mike Rogers weighs AIPAC liability vs. support in high-stakes Michigan Senate race

Demonstrators march against US President Donald Trump on June 20, 2020 in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Oklahoma Senate candidate with ad tossing AIPAC 'trash' faces off against centrist in primary


What a snub in Vienna taught me about Israel’s power - opinion

Everyone in Washington knew that Israel possessed a rare ability to achieve results. Quite a few countries sought closer ties with Israel because of its standing.

Prime Minister Benjamin convenes a government cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, October 26, 2025.

California Democrat backed by pro-Israel group loses runoff spot to Israel critic

During the campaign, Democratic Majority for Israel president Brian Romick told Jewish Insider that Villegas "consistently has an anti-Israel record."

Randy Villegas, running for California’s 22nd Congressional District, poses in Bakersfield, California, on May 23, 2026.

Platner's primary victory shows just how deep the Democrats' fracture goes - editorial

His campaign seems to be obsessed with Israel. Platner’s first online ad, released in August, promised that he would never seek or receive the endorsement of the AIPAC lobby group.

U.S. senatorial candidate from Maine Graham Platner speaks at a town hall at the Leavitt Theater on Oct. 22, 2025 in Ogunquit, Maine. Platner, a veteran of the U.S. Marines and an oyster farmer, is running for the seat held by Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME).

Israel looms large as Maine heads to the polls in Graham Platner’s Senate primary

In a viral video from a rally over the weekend, a Platner supporter dismissed concerns about his tattoo of the Totenkopf symbol, a skull-and-crossbones image worn by Nazi concentration camp guards.

U.S. senatorial candidate from Maine Graham Platner speaks at a town hall at the Leavitt Theater on Oct. 22, 2025 in Ogunquit, Maine. Platner, a veteran of the U.S. Marines and an oyster farmer, is running for the seat held by Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME).

Netanyahu backs GOP plan to phase out US military aid to Israel, Rep. Marlin Stutzman tells 'Post'

The congressman stressed that ending direct military assistance would not weaken the alliance but instead redefine it around shared strategic interests.

U.S. Representative Marlin Stutzman speaks during a press conference on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's abortion drug policies on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., January 14, 2026.

Can AIPAC and J Street coexist? The shrinking middle ground in US-Israel support - opinion

Israel is either an apartheid genocidal state, or it can do no wrong. The result is that the political currency of being a bridge-builder has depreciated.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the AIPAC policy conference in Washington, DC, U.S., March 6, 2018

Israel at a crossroads: War, elections, and the future of the US-Israel alliance

Is Israel's government burning bridges with Diaspora Jews while fighting a war? A former Bennett advisor sounds the alarm.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Gal Hirsch, Coordinator for the Hostages and the Missing in the Prime Minister"s Office hold a press conferene at the Prime Minister's office in Jerursalem, January 27, 2026.

The panicked Israeli ambassador’s outburst against J Street - opinion

Netanyahu and his coalition partners have decisively chosen a path that goes against the mostly liberal US Jews.

ISRAELI AMBASSADOR to the US Yechiel Leiter in the Oval Office seen at the White House in April 2026.

Leiter says J Street is 'cancer of the Jewish community' over org's Israel arms stance

J Street recently changed its position on American security assistance to Israel and called for phasing out direct US military aid, including funding connected to systems such as Iron Dome.

Israel's Ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter the President residence in Jerusalem, February 16, 2025.

Jewish Republican Paul Singer tarred with rainbow Star of David in anti-LGBTQ Kentucky ad

“This ad is totally insane! As if homophobia wasn’t enough, you had to make it antisemitic, too, using a Star of David to label the Jew.”

In a new ad for the reelection of Republican Congressman Thomas Massie, a rainbow star of David is prominently featured behind Republican activist investor Paul Singer, who is Jewish.