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Pro-Israel America Announces Eight New Congressional Endorsements for the 2022 Election Cycle
MARCH 7, 2021, WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Pro-Israel America (PIA) and Pro-Israel America PAC announced new endorsements for eight pro-Israel candidates – five Democrats and three Republicans. Pro-Israel America endorsed Detroit City Clerk Janice Winfrey, who will be running against Rep. Rashida Tlaib, one of the most anti-Israel voices in Congress, in Michigan’s newly drawn…Read More

Amnesty Report Is Latest in Deliberate Effort to Slander the Only Jewish State
By: Jeff Mendelsohn February 28, 2022, The Times of Israel Israel is home to a vibrant free press, a diversity of human rights organizations, a robust judicial system, and the only thriving multi-party democratic government in the Middle East that offers all its citizens full political and civil rights. Arab citizens in Israel sit in…Read More

Calling for an end to the Jewish state has everything to do with Israel
By: Jeff Mendelsohn January 17, 2022, The Times of Israel Peter Beinart’s latest missive in Jewish Currents – arguing that pro-Israel Americans show no interest in what is going on in Israel and instead talk only about antisemitism – misses the mark and once again seeks to undermine the vision of Israel as a safe, secure homeland…Read More

To 2022 Candidates: Pro-Israel Stances are Good Policy and Good Politics
By: Jeff Mendelsohn December 15, 2021, The Times of Israel We are less than three months away from the first primary elections for the 2022 cycle, including races for some of the strongest supporters of the U.S.-Israel relationship who are facing anti-Israel primary opponents. That’s why Pro-Israel America has already endorsed over 70 candidates for 2022 –…Read More

Pro-Israel America announces new slate of House endorsements
November 29, 2021 | Matt Kassel, Jewish Insider Pro-Israel America, the bipartisan advocacy group, will release its latest round of congressional endorsements on Monday as next year’s midterm elections come into view. “With the first midterm primaries right around corner, Pro-Israel America is working hard to ensure that the 118th Congress reflects broad, bipartisan support…Read More

Grateful for a Strong U.S.-Israel Partnership
By: Jeff Mendelsohn November 24, 2021, The Times of Israel With Thanksgiving just a few days away, I, like many Americans, am reflecting upon all that I am thankful for this year. Beyond family, friends and the blessings of the United States, I am thankful for the continued vibrancy of the U.S.-Israel relationship that produces…Read More

Is Young Kim the future of the GOP?
November 12, 2021 | Matt Kassel, Jewish Insider Rep. Young Kim (R-CA) arrived in Washington last year under somewhat auspicious circumstances. The freshman lawmaker, 59, was among a group of Southern California Republicans who beat back the so-called “blue wave” of the 2018 midterms, reclaiming four of the seven seats in California that Democrats had…Read More

Pro-Israel America United Launches New Ads Against Sen. Paul & Reps. Bush, Newman, Pressley
November 10, 2021, Jewish Insider’s Daily Kickoff Pro-Israel America United launched ads against some of the legislators who did not support the $1 billion supplemental funding legislation for Israel’s Iron Dome missile-defense system. The organization recently posted videos targeting Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) and Reps. Marie Newman (D-IL), Cori Bush (D-MO) and Ayanna Pressley (D-MA).Read More

What Does it Mean to Be “Pro-Israel” in 2021?
By: Jeff Mendelsohn November 4, 2021, The Times of Israel The threats that Israel faces daily have grown in 2021. Terrorist groups like Hamas continue to fire rockets into Israel, targeting innocent Arab and Jewish Israelis. The Taliban – who aim to radicalize the Middle East region in their own image – has taken over…Read More

Anti-Israel “Progressives” Continue to Embolden Terrorists
By: Jeff Mendelsohn October 5, 2021, The Times of Israel The recent call to strip Iron Dome funding from the continuing resolution was another outrageous political stunt by the same vocal chorus of anti-Israel members of Congress who continue to seize any moment to vilify the Jewish state. Instead of leveraging this moment to help…Read More