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Jewish Insider @jewishinsider.com · 8h
“There is no justification for a terrorist attack." Sara Bennett, a Mike Rogers-supporting Democrat whose son attended the Temple Israel preschool, talks about her “Hurt People Help People” lawn sign to counter Abdul El-Sayed’s rhetoric about the terrorist attack.
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Jewish Insider @jewishinsider.com · 10h
"I know that Oct. 7 was the deadliest day for the Jewish people since the Holocaust," Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico told a rabbi at a CNN town hall last night in Texas, "but I don't believe Benjamin Netanyahu has a right to wage war against civilians or use collective punishment.”
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Jewish Insider @jewishinsider.com · 14/10/2026
Former President Biden should have done more to stop Israel’s "horrific conduct" in Gaza, former Vice President Kamala Harris said. Read more: ji.news/5neni
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Jewish Insider @jewishinsider.com · 14/10/2026
“It's not even a dog whistle," Mayor Mamdani said. "It's just directly racist [for GOP gubernatorial nominee Bruce Blakeman] to say that I would not respond to Jewish New Yorkers being killed and raped.” Read more: ji.news/5neew
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Jewish Insider @jewishinsider.com · 14/10/2026
Asked about Sen. Jon Ossoff’s comments accusing him of hiring “half of the Third Reich," Rep. Mike Collins condemned “any sort of hate speech, antisemitism, hate of any kind" and said, "I fire people when things happen.” Read Marc Rod's full coverage: ji.news/5nds8
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Jewish Insider @jewishinsider.com · 14/10/2026
Bruce Blakeman blasted Mamdani as an "antisemite," and defended his comments that the mayor would not intervene "if there is rioting here, if they’re burning down the yeshivas and your shuls, and burning down your house and raping your women." Read more: ji.news/5ndb7
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Jewish Insider @jewishinsider.com · 13/10/2026
Amid calls from his socialist allies to fire NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch, Mayor Mamdani told reporters he has "no plans" to do so, citing Tisch's success in combating violent crime and corruption. Read Will Bredderman's full story: ji.news/5n9st
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Jewish Insider @jewishinsider.com · 13/10/2026
Mike Rogers doubled down on his attacks against Abdul El-Sayed for refusing to answer whether Iran or Israel is a greater threat to the U.S., and accused him of supporting the Muslim Brotherhood as well as the late Iranian Supreme Leader and believing Iran and the IRGC “are OK.”
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Jewish Insider @jewishinsider.com · 13/10/2026
Could these two small parties be Israel’s kingmakers? As Benjamin Netanyahu and Gadi Eisenkot's blocs are neck and neck in the polls, JI's Lahav Harkov breaks down how two new parties could decide the country's next prime minister. Read more: ji.news/5n7ys
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Jewish Insider @jewishinsider.com · 13/10/2026
Speaking about Palestinian armed resistance during a conversation with NYU students, Hasan Piker said it’s reasonable if you had been “born into the world’s largest open-air prison” to “join the people that are up in arms” because “to be human is to also resist.”
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Jewish Insider @jewishinsider.com · 12/10/2026
"Saudi normalization with Israel is inevitable," former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said at the TRENDS 6th Annual Conference, adding that a concrete timeline is hard to estimate.
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Jewish Insider @jewishinsider.com · 12/10/2026
Abdul El-Sayed is "tragically bad for the United States of America," former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said at the TRENDS 6th Annual Conference, calling him an example of how the Democratic Party is "in total shambles."
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Jewish Insider @jewishinsider.com · 12/10/2026
"I think the large Islamic nations ... will come to see that something akin to the Abraham Accords makes sense for their countries as well." Mike Pompeo spoke at the TRENDS 6th Annual Conference about how Iranian hegemony in the Middle East could push Muslim countries to seek alliances with Israel.
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Jewish Insider @jewishinsider.com · 11/10/2026
On NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Abdul El-Sayed denied that he or any of his family members has ties to the Muslim Brotherhood—accusations his opponent Mike Rogers made during the first Michigan Senate debate last week. Read Marc Rod's full coverage: ji.news/5mwwq
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Jewish Insider @jewishinsider.com · 09/10/2026
Sen. Jon Ossoff said during last night's debate that whether the IDF committed genocide in Gaza "is a question for the International Criminal Court," but he has "no doubt" that Israel violated international law in the course of the war.
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Jewish Insider @jewishinsider.com · 09/10/2026
Abdul El-Sayed would not vote to provide defensive military weapons to Israel if it were under attack, the Michigan Democratic Senate nominee said during last night's debate. Read more: ji.news/5mpwr
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Jewish Insider @jewishinsider.com · 08/10/2026
Abdul El-Sayed ignored a reporter’s question about why he had not issued a statement marking the third anniversary of the Oct. 7 attacks. Read more: ji.news/5mmah
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Jewish Insider @jewishinsider.com · 08/10/2026
Mamdani shrugged off protests — featuring jeers of “traitor” and chants of “long live Hamas” — that sought to drown out an event he attended last night memorializing the victims of Oct. 7. Read more: ji.news/5mjym
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Jewish Insider @jewishinsider.com · 08/10/2026
Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed refused to say whether he views Israel or Iran as a bigger threat to the United States, dismissing the question from a NewsNation reporter as “dumb.”
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Jewish Insider @jewishinsider.com · 07/10/2026
"Today needs to be about the victims of Oct. 7." Asked by JI's Will Bredderman about Mayor Mamdani's statement on the Hamas attacks — which assailed the "genocide in Gaza" — NYC Comptroller Mark Levine said, "I want everyone to lower the temperature." Read more: ji.news/5mfvq
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Jewish Insider @jewishinsider.com · 07/10/2026
Troy Jackson reiterated he would cut off aid to Israel for offensive weapons at last night’s Maine Senate debate, even as he would increase aid for Ukraine. “I didn’t want any offensive weapons going to murder people in Palestine,” Jackson said.
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Jewish Insider @jewishinsider.com · 07/10/2026
Responding to a JI scoop on his son’s antisemitic social media posts, Maryland GOP gubernatorial nominee Dan Cox called the story a “travesty” and accused Democrats of pushing the issue into the campaign while stating he “absolutely” disagrees with his son’s views. Read more: ji.news/5mdsg
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Jewish Insider @jewishinsider.com · 05/10/2026
Abdul El-Sayed declined to answer directly when asked on Fox News if he supports U.S. terrorist designations for Muslim Brotherhood chapters in Lebanon, Egypt and Jordan.
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Jewish Insider @jewishinsider.com · 05/10/2026
"People want to see a Jewish woman and Muslim man ... move the state forward." Sen. Elissa Slotkin and Abdul El-Sayed spoke to MS NOW about their first joint appearance on the campaign trail, as El-Sayed's race against Mike Rogers appears neck and neck.
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Jewish Insider @jewishinsider.com · 05/10/2026
When Rahm Emanuel was asked on "Meet the Press" if he considers Israel's war in Gaza a genocide, the potential 2028 presidential contender said that exclusively applying the term to Israel "means you are politicizing a term" with "huge" historic and moral implications.
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Jewish Insider @jewishinsider.com · 02/10/2026
"I wouldn't use the word 'genocide.' ... because it stops the conversation." Adam Hamilton, the Democratic Senate candidate in Kansas, spoke to Politico about how even though he thinks what Israel has done in Gaza is both "irresponsible" and "unjust," he thinks genocide is the wrong term to use.
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Jewish Insider @jewishinsider.com · 01/10/2026
"2026 is not ... an easy year to be a progressive Jew running for Congress." Scott Wiener, a congressional candidate in California who was the target of antisemitic harassment, admitted Jewish candidates are routinely "held to a different standard" when running for office.
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Jewish Insider @jewishinsider.com · 01/10/2026
The Omani co-pilot who attacked his captain on a FlyDubai flight yesterday “underwent Islamist radical indoctrination,” Netanyahu revealed on Fox News, based on initial findings from the investigation
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Jewish Insider @jewishinsider.com · 30/09/2026
While Noah Arbit declined to share how he will vote, which could help decide control of the Senate, he strongly suggested he would not be casting a ballot either for El-Sayed or Rogers, calling both candidates “unacceptable options for Michigan” who “threaten” his constituents.
Man in a blue shirt gestures while talking, text references Jewish Democrat and El-Sayed.
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Jewish Insider @jewishinsider.com · 30/09/2026
Asked by JI's Will Bredderman about evidence that increased funding for the city’s hate crimes office has mitigated antisemitism, Mamdani instead spoke of learning about the Holocaust as a teenager and pointed to its declining public awareness. Read more: ji.news/5khss
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Jewish Insider @jewishinsider.com · 30/09/2026
"I was never raised with this poor me thing that all these Jews are suddenly having." Benjamin Moser mocked Jewish fears of antisemitism at a New York Public Library event for his new book lauding anti-Zionism. Read more: ji.news/5kgyj
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Jewish Insider @jewishinsider.com · 30/09/2026
Los Angeles mayoral candidate Nithya Raman received a hostile reception at a mayoral forum — hosted by several leading Jewish organizations — when she defended BDS as "a legitimate form of peaceful protest."
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Jewish Insider @jewishinsider.com · 29/09/2026
Maine Democratic Senate nominee Troy Jackson called it “unfortunate” that Jewish residents of Maine reject the labeling of the war in Gaza as a genocide. Read more: ji.news/5kd5d
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Jewish Insider @jewishinsider.com · 25/09/2026
PayPal co-founder Max Levchin spoke to Axel Springer CEO Mathias Döpfner about the Russia-Ukraine war and the rise of antisemitism around the globe.
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Jewish Insider @jewishinsider.com · 25/09/2026
In her opening remarks honoring Peter Thiel, Bari Weiss quipped about the Jewish Messiah in listing her differences with the German-American entrepreneur and former CEO of PayPal.
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Jewish Insider @jewishinsider.com · 25/09/2026
Asked by Axel Springer CEO Mathias Döpfner about the rise of Germany's far-right parties, Peter Thiel said the trend "reflects a failure of the centrist parties" and said the AfD is wrong on its pro-Putin, pro-China, and anti-Israel stances.
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Jewish Insider @jewishinsider.com · 24/09/2026
“Israel didn’t commit genocide. Israel prevented genocide,” Netanyahu said. Addressing Mamdani, he added, “You try to silence me. Well, you can’t silence me. You can’t silence the truth.” Read more: ji.news/5jrr9
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Jewish Insider @jewishinsider.com · 24/09/2026
Netanyahu denounced settler violence — characterized as vigilantism by "a handful of young juvenile delinquents" that resulted in "maybe two or three dead" — saying he assigned the Shin Bet to deal with it because Israel is a "country of law." Read more: ji.news/5jrq6
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Jewish Insider @jewishinsider.com · 24/09/2026
Responding to French President Emmanuel Macron's UNGA remarks concerning the West Bank, Netanyahu cited the recent terrorist attacks against a French-Israeli citizen and Neria Leiter, the son of Israeli Amb. Yechiel Leiter. Read more: ji.news/5jrmc
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Jewish Insider @jewishinsider.com · 24/09/2026
In his UNGA address, Netanyahu alleged that "several foreign countries have spent untold billions to spread lies" about Israel, specifically calling out Qatar for "massively funding American universities and toxic media outlets like Al Jazeera ... [to] brainwash young minds to hate Israel."
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Jewish Insider @jewishinsider.com · 24/09/2026
Arabella Kushner, President Trump's 15-year-old Jewish granddaughter, sat among his Cabinet members during President Xi's remarks at the White House. The daughter of Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, Arabella sat between her mother and Secretary Rubio.
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Jewish Insider @jewishinsider.com · 24/09/2026
Asked by a Persian American student at a town hall held at the University of Michigan to "stand unequivocally against the IRGC," Abdul El-Sayed sidestepped the question and criticized the U.S. for trying to be the "world’s policeman." Read more: ji.news/5jr33
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Jewish Insider @jewishinsider.com · 23/09/2026
Responding to JI's Marc Rod, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries suggested the West Bank Violence Prevention Act — which seeks to curb settler violence by imposing sanctions on perpetrators and potentially Israeli officials — could be up for a vote next year should Democrats take back the House.
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Jewish Insider @jewishinsider.com · 23/09/2026
"Is there space for a Jewish Zionist like myself ... in the big tent of the Democratic Party?" Michigan AG Dana Nessel asked. Abdul El-Sayed affirmed he believed in having a “big tent … where we march in lockstep on the 95% of things we agree on." ji.news/5jgkh
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Jewish Insider @jewishinsider.com · 22/09/2026
Michigan AG Dana Nessel said she will vote for Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic Senate nominee in Michigan, after she previously withheld her support amid concerns over his positions on Israel and his response to the attack on Temple Israel.
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Jewish Insider @jewishinsider.com · 22/09/2026
"I have a big decision to make,”  Trump said at the UNGA. “Will a deal be made with Iran that lets them rebuild and create a far greater country than it ever was before? … Or do I annihilate the Islamic Republic?...I believe we’ll make a deal right after the [midterm] election.”
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Jewish Insider @jewishinsider.com · 22/09/2026
Speaking on Fox News about recent Houthi and Iran-backed attacks on Saudi Arabia, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the U.S. has “a defense agreement with Saudi Arabia. We intend to live up to our commitments on it. We will.”
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Jewish Insider @jewishinsider.com · 18/09/2026
Democratic Michigan Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed said he will campaign with former VP Kamala Harris next week because she understands “the challenges of the Biden-era policy on Gaza” and to connect with Black voters after he was “proudly supportive” of the Uncommitted movement.
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Jewish Insider @jewishinsider.com · 18/09/2026
"It is a lie that people use to gain or maintain power." Dara Horn, author of "The Final Solution to the Jewish Question," told The Free Press that antisemitism is a lie, not a bigotry, and she explains how her new curriculum deals with it. Read about her new book: ji.news/5iyc9
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Jewish Insider @jewishinsider.com · 17/09/2026
"Trust me, the Jewish Democrats are going to be with Mike Rogers this November." In an interview on Fox Business, Mike Rogers touted his support among Jewish Democrats over Abdul El-Sayed, whose statements on Israel and terrorism have worried the Jewish community.
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