Hakeem Jeffries

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries to back Zohran Mamdani

The report comes only a day before early voting opens and one source said Jeffries would formally announce his backing on Friday afternoon.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
New York State Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani, now a NYC mayoral candidate, speaks during a news conference outside the White House to announce a hunger strike to demand that President Joe Biden "call for a permanent ceasefire and no military aid to Israel, on Nov. 27, 2023.
Fellow House Democratic members applaud as U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) speaks on the steps of the U.S. Capitol ahead of a vote in House of Representatives on final passage of President Donald Trump’s sweeping spending and tax bill, in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 2, 2025.

Pardoned Jan. 6 rioter accused of threatening US Democratic leader Jeffries

Christopher Moynihan allegedly wrote: "Hakeem Jeffries makes a speech in a few days in NYC I cannot allow this terrorist to live. ... Even if I am hated he must be eliminated. ... I will kill him..."

|ByREUTERS
The Iron Dome air defense missile systems is seen during operational trials conducted following the conclusion Operation Shield and Arrow on May 14, 2023

The US should not condition or end military aid to Israel - opinion

US support of Israel’s military isn’t a charitable donation; it supports vital American interests – strategic, defense, cyber, intelligence, R&D, and much more.

|ByERIC R MANDEL
US REPS. (from left) Ayanna Pressley, Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, four members of ‘the Squad,’ have made a name for themselves in their bashing of Israel over the last few years.

Despite anti-Israel rumblings, US Democrats signal business as usual - analysis

The narrative that Israel is losing the Democrats is one that many people with wildly different agendas are interested in promoting.

|ByHERB KEINON