Anti-Israel progressive Abdul El-Sayed projected to win Michigan Democratic Senate primary. The Muslim former health official narrowly leads pro-Israel Rep. Haley Stevens despite a vast spending disadvantage, setting up a November showdown with Republican Mike Rogers and a major test of the Democratic Party’s leftward shift

Southern Israelis endure daylong blackout after masked gunmen shoot transformer, threaten crews. Repair crews fled after armed men approached with rifles, while residents of Neighborhood 1 in Tel Sheva say children, elderly people and the sick remain without power in the August heat

Netanyahu’s diplomatic victories during his Washington visit come with expiration dates – analysis. Netanyahu needs to show the Israeli voters that his claimed superpower, influencing Americans to support the Jewish state, is still potent.

Feeling excluded in the literary world, US Jews launch their own publishing houses. Backlash against Jewish authors post-Oct. 7 inspires new initiatives, as many in the industry believe the situation is so dire that Jews need their own distribution pathways

‘Last Chance?’ Latest Iran Talks Already at Impasse as Trump and Regime Sharply Differ on Opening Strait of Hormuz. Iranian regime leaders are still denying they are holding talks with the United States over the Strait of Hormuz. And then Tehran launched an overnight attack on a U.S. military base in Kuwait.

Iran deploys ground forces against Kurds in Iraq. Units from the Iranian Army’s 23rd Airborne Special Forces Brigade took part in a series of raids against Kurdish opposition groups while Tehran was holding talks with the US. During Operation Roaring Lion, Kurdish forces were considered for a possible campaign to topple the regime in Tehran.

Antisemitic hate crimes surge in Mamdani’s New York. Police data show antisemitic incidents rose by more than 53% in July compared with last year, with at least 205 anti-Jewish hate crimes recorded since the start of 2026.

Trump slams Iran’s ‘duplicitous’ denial of diplomatic talks. The U.S. president insists that American naval forces are maintaining a strict blockade until Tehran agrees to a deal or total surrender.

Israel-Lebanon talks resume in Rome while Hezbollah chief slams Aoun as ‘biased, divisive.’ Qassem said that the talks would bring “nothing but shame, humiliation, and successive compromises” for Lebanon.