In Private Fundraiser, Ellison Blasted Israeli Influence Over U.S. Policy

By Steven Emerson, InvestigativeProject— U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison’s announcement earlier this month that he wants to be the Democratic National Committee’s next chairman drew quick support from several key lawmakers, including Jewish senators Chuck Schumer and Bernie Sanders. Ellison backers also have defended him against claims he may hold anti-Semitic views in addition to being…

The GOP and Israel

By David Rubin, Israel National News— Growing up in “progressive” New York City, I always believed that the Democrats were the only party in town. Republicans (otherwise known as the GOP, or Grand Old Party) were stereotyped as those “rednecks and hicks who live in the sticks” and no Jew in his right mind could…

Israel losing democrats

By Times of Israel— Three quarters of highly educated, high income, publicly active US Democrats — the so-called “opinion elites” — believe Israel has too much influence on US foreign policy, almost half of them consider Israel to be a racist country, and fewer than half of them believe that Israel wants peace with its…