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Pro-Israel Democrat Cait Conley to take on vulnerable Republican Rep. Mike Lawler

Both candidates support the US-Israel alliance while opposing Netanyahu's policies, though Cait Conley is leading in the polls in the primarily Jewish congressional district.

Rep. Mike Lawler participates in the annual Israel Day Parade on 5th Avenue, May 31, 2026.
Democratic Congressional candidate Claire Valdez speaks during an election eve rally at Silo on June 22, 2026 in the East Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn.

Newsrooms are not courtrooms: New Yorkers must reject media presumption of Israel's guilt - opinion

ETHIOPIAN ISRAELIS gather in Jerusalem earlier this week, calling for immediate government action to expedite the aliyah of family members still stranded in Ethiopia.

The West cannot save Ethiopia by misunderstanding it - opinion

Supreme Court President Isaac Amit arrives for a hearing on a petition concerning the continuation of the criminal investigation into alleged leaks in the “Sde Teiman” affair at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, May 31, 2026.

High Court presses state over judicial selection overhaul, warns of political incentives


Israel won't be democratic without equality for all citizens, including Palestinians - opinion

Most Palestinian citizens of Israel accept Israel being the democratic nation-state of the Jewish people but demand it should also be the state of all its citizens.

VIEW OF Independence Hall, the site of the signing of Israel’s Declaration of Independence. The document promises that democratic Israel would uphold full social and political equality of all its citizens, the writer says.

Antisemitism is an enduring conspiracy theory, and October 7 proved it's not going away - opinion

After five decades working in the Jewish world, former AJC CEO David Harris describes his journey documenting antisemitism in his new book.

David Harris is executive vice chair of the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP).

The real war is Islamism's infiltration of Western democracies - opinion

Born in Jerusalem and raised in Malmö, Sweden, I watched firsthand the quiet surrender of a liberal Western city to Islamist intimidation.

Muslim worshippers in Utrecht, Netherlands in 2024. The ambition of the Muslim Brotherhood is the imposition of Sharia on the free societies of the West.

US democracy's decline is a warning to Israel - opinion

America is being tested as to whether it can keep its republic, just as we are being tested as to whether we can retain our democracy. Let us all hope that both of us can pass the test.

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump delivers a speech to a joint session of Congress in March 2025.

Israel is not a democracy, US envoy to Syria Tom Barrack suggests at Doha Forum

"In this region, what's worked the best, whether you like it or you do not like it, is a benevolent monarchy," Barrack said.

Amb. Tom Barrack, US Ambassador to the Republic of Turkey and Special Envoy to Syria, US Department of State, speaks during the 2025 Concordia Annual Summit on September 24, 2025 in New York City.

Netanyahu's pardon request a 'direct attempt to bypass courts,' scholars warn

Legal experts argue that using presidential clemency before a verdict would overturn long-standing norms that reserve pardons for those who have accepted responsibility.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives to the courtroom at the Distrcit court in Tel Aviv, before the start of his testimony in the trial against him, October 28, 2025.

Israel needs moral giants, not more politicians - opinion

It is time for moral Zionists, not just political tacticians, to rise. We must call upon - men and women of deep faith, courage, and integrity to join Israel’s political life once again.

Natan Sharansky attends a meeting of the Knesset plenum in 2000. Imagine if Sharansky was not just a name in textbooks but again a living presence in our parliament, says the writer.

Challenges of a parliamentary system: How Knesset emasculated Israel - opinion

Seventy percent of Israelis want a new prime minister - yet voters have no mechanism to make it happen.

CHAIRMAN OF the Knesset Constitution, Law, and Justice Committee Simcha Rothman leans over to speak to Justice Minister Yariv Levin. The writer asks: How do we convince the Knesset to change the rules when that would result in many of them no longer serving?

Israel must restore equality under the law or risk collapse of its liberal democracy - opinion

A danger that Israel's liberal democracy might collapse does exist, unless a change takes place in the foreseeable future in the way the state is being run.

Israeli security forces clash with Jewish settlers during the evacuation of Illegal structures in Tzur Misgavi, an outpost in Gush Etzion, in the West Bank, November 17, 2025

Demonizing Netanyahu won’t save democracy, only listening to the voters will - opinion

The public continues to support him because they believe he is strong, experienced, and capable of navigating the country.

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu walks outside his office in the Knesset.