Chuck Schumer

Van Hollen challenges Schumer for Senate, raising concerns over future US military aid to Israel

Hollen announced his challenge just days after Democrats won control of Congress. His candidacy could signal a shift in the party’s approach to Israel.

NOVEMBER 13, 2026|ByIDAN KWELLER

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) speaks during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on U.S. President Donald Trump's supplemental funding request for the Department of Defense, in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 21, 2026.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D- NY, speaks during a news conference on March 24, 2025, at the US Capitol in Washington, DC.

Next likely US House speaker Hakeem Jeffries to face challenges amid support for Israel

As House speaker, Jeffries would play a key role in setting the House’s legislative agenda at a time when many Democrats have taken more critical stances on Israel and AIPAC.

NOVEMBER 9, 2026|ByJOSEPH STRAUSS/JTA

US President Donald Trump delivers remarks ahead of the midterm elections at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, after being reopened following months of repairs, on the National Mall in Washington, DC, US, November 2, 2026.

What can Jews take away from the sweeping Democrat victory in the US midterm elections? - analysis

The sheer size and geographic scope of the Republican wipeout Tuesday makes it hard to read anything definitive into the results beyond a nationwide repudiation of US President Donald Trump.

NOVEMBER 4, 2026|ByAMI EDEN/JTA

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) holds a press conference after the Senate passed a continuing resolution to avoid a shutdown of the federal government, in Washington, U.S., November 15, 2023.

Chuck Schumer’s guardian act was never about Israel. It was about power - opinion

Both halves of that promise are now broken. Schumer was not guarding Israel, and he was not guarding American Jews. He was guarding his caucus and his own gavel.

AUGUST 16, 2026|ByMICHA DANZIG

Letters to the Editor, March 20, 2024: Do their part

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

MARCH 20, 2024ByLETTERS TO THE EDITOR

The US must display unwavering support for Israel - opinion

My recommendation to members of the Knesset and the Israeli people is to call out Schumer’s remarks as meshugas (Yiddish for “nonsense”).

MARCH 20, 2024ByDAVID WELDON

MEMBERS OF Palestinian Islamic Jihad walk through the ruins in the Netzarim synagogue, September 2005. Israel agreed to forcibly remove some 8,500 Jews from Gaza and turn it over to the Palestinians for self-rule.

Major American Jewish org meets with Schumer, remains 'distressed' over speech

Now is not the time for public criticisms that empower detractors of Israel, Schleifer and Daroff said, arguing that such criticisms foster divisiveness.

MARCH 20, 2024ByHANNAH SARISOHN

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) looks at his notes during a press conference following weekly Senate caucus luncheons at the US Capitol in Washington, US, January 17, 2024.

Labor MK Kariv to Senator Schumer: 'We thank you for your leadership, courage'

Kariv also said that Schumer's words "introduced us to a different type of Jewish and Zionist leadership."

MARCH 19, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

MK Gilad Kariv speaks during a discussion in the Knesset, on July 23, 2023

Senator Schumer: You are no guardian of Israel - opinion

It is both audacious and insulting for the majority leader of the US Senate to say what he did about a fellow democracy and ally of the US.

MARCH 19, 2024BySHERWIN POMERANTZ

US SENATE Majority Leader Chuck Schumer speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill, last week.

Donald Trump claims Jews voting for Democrats hate 'their religion,' 'should be ashamed'

Trump said that under his leadership, Iran had been left too broke to fund terror groups like Hamas and Hezbollah.

MARCH 18, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Donald Trump at a Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) annual meeting in National Harbor

Time for Israel to climb down the tree - comment

Israel has already won the war on the battlefield. Hamas is a shell of what it was. But it is suffering a terrible loss on the battlefield of diplomacy.

MARCH 18, 2024ByDAVID BRINN