Ben Sales

When progressive Abdul El-Sayed declared victory on Wednesday against his moderate opponent, US Representative Haley Stevens, he was celebrating a win in a hard-fought Democratic Senate primary battle in Michigan.

At the time, the catastrophe was unimaginable. The numbers themselves told a horror story: 16 killed, 130 injured. Eight children among the dead.

Heavy defeats of Dan Bilzerian and James Fishback show voters are turned off by classical antisemitic rhetoric, yet they may ‘have the wind at their back’ as young Americans increasingly turn against Jews and Israel

Jerusalem is being embraced by right-wing Latino leaders eager to follow the White House’s example, cater to evangelical voters and benefit from Israeli technology. The challenge is to ensure the new warmth is sustained

JD Vance and Abdul El-Sayed, it's safe to say, do not like each other.

JD Vance and Abdul El-Sayed, it's safe to say, do not like each other.

Last week, as 38 parties officially registered for next month's election, the country got a piece of grim news: Last year, Israeli students received their worst scores ever on international tests in math, science and English.

The cancellation of the pro-Palestinian rapper from Ed Sheeran’s tour is still playing out. But advocates for Israel are still struggling to figure out how to quash anti-Israel invective without drawing even more attention to their opponents

Gambling on Israeli politics is usually a risky proposition. But it's a safe bet that on October 27, voters will be able to cast ballots for the Joint List and Ra'am, the two main parties representing Israel's Arab citizens.

It's an irony of Israeli politics that, in perhaps the most hotly contested, most vicious and most consequential election in the country's