US elections

Hundreds gather in Tel Aviv to protest Israel's Operation Protective Edge, despite a police decision to revoke the demonstration's permit, Rabin Square, Tel Aviv, July 9, 2014 (photo: Activestills)

Lessons from Israel on how to build resistance in the U.S.

American liberals in despair over the presidential election would do well to look at Israel, where setbacks at the ballot box brought left-wingers together and drove them to think bigger. By Matt Duss and Dahlia Scheindlin As the initial shock of the presidential election fades, American progressives are left struggling with disturbing implications beyond the mere…

By Dahlia Scheindlin December 7, 2016

Donald Trump poses for a photo with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in New York, September 25, 2016. (Kobi Gideon / GPO)

Trump is reaching into Netanyahu’s election playbook

From race baiting to fear mongering to warning of liberal media conspiracies against him, the Republican presidential candidate is doing exactly what Netanyahu did to get re-elected. But the Israeli prime minister had something Trump doesn’t. There is a lot about Donald Trump’s presidential campaign that is worryingly reminiscent of Benjamin Netanyahu’s electoral antics, particularly his…

By Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man October 19, 2016

Why did Ron Dermer decide to leave PM Netanyahu’s office?

Maariv daily paper reported last week that Ron Dermer, Netanyahu’s American aid, is leaving the Prime Minister’s Office. The story cited family reasons – a standard in such cases – and Netanyahu has refused to comment on the issue to follow-up pieces in the Jerusalem Post and Times of Israel. Personal changes between governments are…

By Noam Sheizaf February 9, 2013

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‘Pro-Israel’ figures who rebuked Obama now endorse him for president

While happy to harp on U.S. President Obama at every opportunity if he veers from their demand for unconditional support for Israel, when it comes to U.S. elections, prominent “pro-Israel” American Jews prefer him to Romney because when it comes to everything else, Obama is more in line with their liberal ideals. With the U.S. election…

By Mairav Zonszein November 3, 2012

Exit poll: 80,000 Americans in Israel voted, 85% for Romney, 14% for Obama

According to an iVoteIsrael exit poll, half of the 160,000 eligible U.S. voters living in Israel voted absentee, of which an overwhelming majority selected Republican candidate Mitt Romney. That reportedly includes 7,500 registered in the swing state of Florida. iVoteIsrael – the campaign that has worked hard to get American citizens living in Israel to vote absentee…

By Mairav Zonszein November 1, 2012

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‘Non-partisan’ campaign urging Americans in Israel to vote linked to the right

Last week, I published an in-depth report in the Daily Beast exposing the pro-Republican partisanship of a non-profit initiative urging American citizens in Israel to vote in the upcoming U.S. elections. The “iVoteIsrael” campaign – which I have been following and reporting on here since June – persistently maintains it is a get-out-the-vote drive with no bent…

By Mairav Zonszein October 18, 2012

Jewish Democrats use rightist tactics to attack Romney on Israel

Missing some facts and leaving all shame behind it, the NJDC takes issue with former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice for her alleged support of Palestinians’ civil rights, and with President George W. Bush for brokering a cease fire between Israel and Hezbollah. U.S. Presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s visit to Israel next week marks the…

By Noam Sheizaf July 26, 2012

Ad urging Americans in Israel to vote: ‘Want a Palestinian state?’

Last week I posted an article about a new campaign launched to get American citizens in Israel to vote in the upcoming 2012 presidential election. While the “iVoteIsrael” campaign claims to be non-partisan, its rhetoric and indication by its campaign manager that its donors are Sheldon Adelson types made me suspicious of a certain slant. Then…

By Mairav Zonszein June 17, 2012

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Campaign urges Americans in Israel to vote in U.S. election

A new initiative to get Americans citizens living in Israel to vote in the upcoming presidential election claims it is not advocating a specific candidate. However, its strategic campaign manager admitted it is funded by the “Adelsons” of the philanthropic world. I recently came across an ad online seeking volunteers for something called the “iVoteIsrael…

By Mairav Zonszein June 10, 2012