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US will focus counterterrorism efforts on left-wing groups, Rubio says

A Thursday conference on political violence has sparked Democratic concerns that the Trump administration is politicizing counterterrorism by focusing on "far-left terror."

JULY 17, 2026|ByREUTERS

Event organizer Thomas Sidle holds an Antifa flag as demonstrators behind him hold a banner, during the March4Democracy march, in Washington DC, US, February 28, 2026.

A haredi (ultra-Orthodox) protester argues with a police officer outside the Jerusalem IDF recruitment center, April 12, 2026.

Almost half of Israelis support tougher sanctions, pressure to promote haredi conscription - poll

Approximately 31% support conscription only in agreement with Haredi leadership, and 11% believe that efforts to draft Haredi men are futile and should stop.

JULY 13, 2026|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Brad Lander, candidate for New York’s 10th Congressional District, Congressional candidate Claire Valdez and Congressional candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier attend the Get Out the Vote rally in Brooklyn, New York, U.S., June 18, 2026.

Moderate Dems. brace for internal war after Mamdani-backed candiates win NYC primaries

One moderate House Democrat told Axios that "there's going to be a war," and went so far as to call the rising number of leftist party members "bomb-throwers, not problem solvers."

JUNE 28, 2026|ByCORINNE BAUM

DC MAYORAL candidate Janeese Lewis George prepares for an interview with members of the news media next to a voting site at the Chevy Chase Community Center during DC’s primary voting day in Washington, DC, US, June 16, 2026.

Democratic socialist whose Israel criticism ignited Jewish concern leads DC mayoral primary vote

Janeese Lewis George, a DC Council member, had received just over half of the 65% of votes that had been counted by Wednesday morning.

JUNE 17, 2026|BySHIRA LI BARTOV/JTA

Left-wing New Popular Front coalition leads second round of French parliamentary elections –polls

An Opinionway poll for C News TV said the New Popular Front would win 180-210 seats while an Elabe poll for BFM TV projected a range of 175-205 seats for them.

JULY 7, 2024ByREUTERS

Demonstrators hold French flags and "Popular Union" flags in support of the "Nouveau Front Populaire" (New Popular Front - NFP) as they gather to protest against the French far-right Rassemblement National (National Rally - RN) party. Paris, France, June 30, 2024.

Reconstructionist Judaism decides to support Palestinian statehood and Israel

The group said they support “Ending Israel’s military occupation of the West Bank and Gaza.”

JULY 3, 2024ByJACKIE HAJDENBERG/JTA

Exterior view of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College campus in Pennsylvania.

This far-left French politician said the Oct. 7 massacre was 'legitimate'

Rima Hassan's comments on the October 7 massacre placed her and La France Insoumise in a precarious position.

JULY 1, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Rima Hassan, the then candidate for the European elections on the list of La France Insoumise (LFI), attends a pro-Palestinian protest in central Paris, France, May 29, 2024.

Have anti-Israel activists gone too far for US progressive politicians? – analysis

The Progressive Caucus condemned recent protests, saying that they had crossed a line.

JUNE 18, 2024ByMICHAEL STARR

Demonstrators chant slogans outside the White House during a pro-Palestinian protest, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, in Washington, U.S., June 8, 2024.

Gaza war rattles European politics from the left - analysis

More EU members recognizing Palestinian state.

JUNE 4, 2024ByREUTERS

PALESTINIAN, EU, Ukrainian, and Irish flags flutter, after Ireland has announced it will recognize a Palestinian state, outside Leinster House in Dublin, on May 28.

What stands in the way of Israel's national unity? - opinion

The question is whether we can somehow remain united despite our real differences in positions on many pertinent issues.

MAY 20, 2024BySUSAN HATTIS ROLEF

A woman waves an Israeli flag as people gather during the event "100 days 100 voices" to mark 100 days since the October 7 Hamas attack, calling for the release of Israeli hostages in Gaza, in front of the Opera Bastille in Paris, France, January 14, 2024

Sorry, neo-Nazis: The antisemitic progressive Left is the real threat to US Jews - opinion

In recent months, we have witnessed the equivalent of dozens of Charlottesville neo-Nazi marches, only this time the participants are from the extreme Left.

MAY 3, 2024ByMICHAEL FREUND

AOC decries lack of genocide ruling on Gaza, urges halt of weapons trade with Israel

The New York Representative does not mention Hamas in her commentary on the events currently in the Gaza Strip.

MARCH 23, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Labor MKs Kariv, Lazimi endorse Yair Golan to lead party

Golan previously served as a member of the Knesset within Meretz. He ran for leadership of Meretz ahead of the November 2022 election and lost to Zehava Galon.

MARCH 17, 2024ByELIAV BREUER

Yair Golan attends a conference at the Reichman University in Herzliya, on February 6, 2024.

Yair Golan launches campaign to lead Labor, Left

Other than Golan, the only other person to announce her candidacy is current Labor MK Efrat Rayten.

MARCH 7, 2024ByELIAV BREUER