(via Haaretz and Reuters).Mitt Romney reestablished his frontrunner’s status on Tuesday, shaken after South Carolina loss to Gingrich. Florida voters, said to be the microcosm of America, or “5 states in one”, apparently chose electability over conservative principles. Read More »

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has won a convincing victory in Tuesday’s race for the leadership of the Likud party for the fifth time, with an overwhelming 74 percent of support, according to initial results. Read More »

JTA reports: President Obama’s reelection campaign unveiled a video featuring testimonials from Israeli leaders a day after he raised $500,000 from Jewish donors. Read More »

Speaking at a fundraiser for 100 Jewish donors in New York Thursday evening, President Obama has again told supporters he is committed to strong U.S. military cooperation with Israel. Read More »

Republican presidential candidate, Mitt Romney, is making considerable inroads into Florida’s Jewish community according to a newly released poll conducted by the Florida Coalition of Independent Jewish Congregations (FCIJ). Read More »

Paying the price for governing, and taking a more pragmatic approach during the past 3 years in office, PM Netanyahu is well suited to win the Likud chairmanship primaries set fro Jan. 31. But may face some embarrassment from Moshe Feiglin,emerging as a protest vote candidate from the right. Read More »

After a week of dramatizing the entry of a new political factor that could tilt the next election and prevent Netanyahu from winning a third term. A new poll sees Likud strengthening, Yair Lapid fading and Kadima imploding (via Globes). A new poll by Geocartography Knowledge Ltd. Read More »

Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney criticized President Barack Obama for his stance on Israel on Thursday, telling a Florida crowd that if elected he would “stand with our friends,” Reuters reports. Read More »

The guy that shocked the nation with a stunning victory that was protrayed as a message to president Obama on his Israel policy, Congressman Bob Turner in on a weeklong trip to Israel, meeting with high ranking Israeli officials. Turner told Hamodia that he had already visited years ago for touring, so he wanted to focus on policy this time. Read More »

Jewish Billionaire Sheldon Adelson has become the central of the Republican race. According to Tablet Mag. Read More »

Veteran Israeli journalist Yair Lapid has left his job as a Israel’s Channel 2 Friday evening news anchor to enter politics. It is expected that Lapid, who made the announcement Sunday, will form his own independent party with a liberal bent. Read More »

Washington post reports: Casino mogul Sheldon Adelson has given $5 million to an independent committee supporting GOP presidential aspirant Newt Gingrich, the first of what is expected to be many millions the Las Vegas billionaire plans to spend this election year. Read More »

As confusion in the middle east continues and the Race for the White house kicks off, Senator John Kerry who heads the Senate Foreign relations committee is expected to meet with PM Netanyahu and defense minister Barak in Jerusalem this week. The Associated Press and Israel Hayom reports: Two senior U.S. Read More »

AP reports: No breakthroughs emerged Tuesday from the first meeting between Israeli and Palestinian negotiators in more than a year, the foreign minister of host Jordan said, adding the two sides agreed to keep talking and meet next week. The minister, Nasser Judeh, said the talks were held in a positive atmosphere. Read More »

(Jpost, Jacob Kornbluh).Republican candidates offered strong words on Iran on Monday – the day before Iowa holds the first vote for the GOP presidential nomination. “We need to have our missile systems capable and ready to deliver. We need to send a very strong signal that the United States is on high alert and we will do whatever it takes,” Rep. Read More »

Tomorrow night’s Iowa cauacus that may provide the American public with a much clearer picture of who is to become the 2012 Republican nominee, leave Republican Jews in Iowa make up their mind whom to vote for, Algemeiner reports: “Will Rogers, a 15 Read More »

Congressman Ron Paul’s PR people approached Israeli Social Media, Public relations and Marketing expert Joel Leyden to help secure the Jewish vote for his campaign. This after Paul’s Newsletters were revealed and after a series of debates in which he dismissed the threat of a nuclear Iran and pledged to stop foreign aid to Israel. Read More »

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin appeared on Fox News with Eric Bolling and discussed Ron Paul’s foreign policy as it relates to the state of Israel, Palin defended Dr. Paul on the topic of Israel, saying that he’s pro-Israel, but in his own way. Read More »

Video uploaded by Opposition researcher and reporter for BuzzFeed, Andrew Kaczynski: Newt Gingrich responds to a CSPAN caller’s question about the Israel-Palestinian conflict in 2006. Read More »

(JPost) — The American Jewish Committee and the Anti-Defamation League weighed in last week on the mushrooming anti-Israel scandal surrounding a group of bloggers working for the US think tank Center for American Progress – CAP (run by the co-chair of Obama’s transition team, John Podesta). Read More »