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Should American Jews switch to voting Republican? - opinion

Antisemitism knows no political boundaries. While on the Left more seems directed at Israel with some spillover to the American Jewish community, the targets on the Right tend to be Jews.

|ByDOUGLAS BLOOMFIELD
People fill out ballots as a poll worker makes a phone call on Election Day for the midterm primary on June 9, 2026 at Dreher High School in Columbia, South Carolina.
US President Donald Trump boards Air Force One as he departs Reading Regional Airport in Reading, Pennsylvania, US, June 23, 2026.

Senate rejects motion to limit Trump's war power in Iran day after voting yes on similar resolution

The US Senate rejected a measure aiming to limit US President Donald Trump's war powers, a day after four GOP senators helped pass a resolution that called for the removal of US forces from Iran.

|ByDANYA SAPERSTEIN, RUBY SADIKMAN
Netanyahu speaks with reservists at Kibbutz Migdal Oz, 18 June, 2026.

Israel must build independent armaments network to end US aid dependency, Netanyahu says

"I want armaments independence. I deeply appreciate the support we have received, and which I have also brought over the years, from our American friends," the PM said.

|ByJONAH DAVIDOV
US Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) speaks at a news conference where she introduced a resolution to investigate funding for Ukraine, on Capitol Hill in Washington, US, November 17, 2022.

Following spat with Trump, Marjorie Taylor Greene says she is 'done' with GOP

Both Greene and Carlson have been vocal critics of the Trump administration’s handling of the economy, the Epstein files, and the Iran war since he took office in 2025. 

|ByASHER SMITH

House calls on MIT, Harvard presidents to resign over campus antisemitism

The vote was 303 to 126, with 125 democrats voting against the resolution. Elise Stefanik, the lead initiator of the resolution, condemned those Democrats who did not support the bill.

DECEMBER 15, 2023ByRON KAMPEAS/JTA
U.S. Representative Elise Stefanik (R-NY) speaks during a House Education and The Workforce Committee hearing titled "Holding Campus Leaders Accountable and Confronting Antisemitism" on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., December 5, 2023.

Presidential candidate Chris Christie visits Israel, vows to share atrocities witnessed

Christie urged protestors to “come to Israel and see it for yourself.” • “If you don’t understand the stakes after seeing this, then you’re lost.”

NOVEMBER 13, 2023ByJOANIE MARGULIES
Ruby Chen, the American father of a hostage held by Hamas shows a dog tag with the words "Bring them home" on it to the former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, at Sourasky Medical Center (Ichilov) in Tel Aviv, Israel November 12, 2023

Trump's rivals pledge to back Israel amid swipes at third Republican debate

Nikki Haley, a former UN ambassador who has staked much of her candidacy on her foreign policy credentials, faulted Biden for pressing Israel to consider humanitarian pauses.

NOVEMBER 9, 2023ByREUTERS
Nikki Haley, Vivek Ramaswamy, and Ron DeSantis at the third Republican candidates' U.S. presidential debate of the 2024 U.S. presidential campaign hosted by NBC News at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts in Miami, Florida, U.S., November 8, 2023.

US Republican presidential candidates tout Israel support in speeches to Jewish donors

Support for Israel is a hallmark of American Republican politics.

OCTOBER 28, 2023ByREUTERS
REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL candidate Nikki Haley attends a town hall in South Carolina, this week. She has given millions of Americans good reason to cast their votes for Joe Biden and Democrats up and down the ballot in 2024, the writer maintains.

Nikki Haley to Fox: ‘Kamala Harris failed at everything she’s ever been given’

The GOP presidential candidate defended her statements against an accusation of racism.

AUGUST 31, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL candidate and former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley speaks after announcing her 2024 presidential campaign, in Urbandale, Iowa, last week.

Father, aunt helped indicted US Representative George Santos post bail

George Santos and his lawyer had argued that releasing the names might subject his guarantors to the "media frenzy and hateful attacks."

JUNE 22, 2023ByREUTERS
US REPRESENTATIVE-Elect George Santos appears in an undated still image from a political campaign video.

Anti-Israel Jewish IfNotNow activists disrupt Ron DeSantis speech

Activists went onstage where DeSantis was speaking, yelling: "Jews against DeSantis!" as they were dragged off by security.

APRIL 15, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis speaks during a book tour visit at Adventure Outdoors gun shop in Smyrna, Georgia, US March 30, 2023

Nikki Haley supporters seek new Republican leadership as she launches 2024 bid

Haley faces an uphill climb: a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Tuesday found that just 4% of registered Republicans supported Haley.

FEBRUARY 15, 2023ByREUTERS
Then-US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley addresses the 2017 AIPAC policy conference in Washington.

Michigan GOP candidate who was raised Jewish now says she’s a Messianic Jew

Lena Epstein, who was raised Jewish, made the comments at a candidate forum at a Baptist church in Holland, Michigan.

FEBRUARY 9, 2023ByANDREW LAPIN/JTA
A GROWING series of violent attacks on Jewish facilities began at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, in October 2018.

Kevin McCarthy finally elected Republican US House after historic 15 rounds of voting

On the fourth day of the ardous process, the US House of Representatives finally got a new speaker.

JANUARY 7, 2023ByOMRI NAHMIAS, REUTERS
U.S. House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) celebrates as he is elected to be the next Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives in a late night 15th round of voting on the fourth session of the 118th Congress at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., January 7, 2023.