Alexander Griffing is a senior editor and the manager of social media at Haaretz English edition. He has a master's degree from Tel Aviv University in political science.
The battle inside the Republican Party is taking place both in the halls of Congress and on the state level - where more and more local officials are spreading the antisemitic QAnon conspiracy theory
From Iran to Israel, Damascus to Dubai, from exiting nuclear deals and withdrawing troops to brokering normalization and assassinations, Trump's four years have left deep scars. How will Biden engage with the region, and with Trump's legacy?
The president’s election defeat has boosted right-wing TV channels willing to amplify his accusations of voter fraud, while ‘free speech’ app Parler is drawing extremists in large numbers
From Alaska to South Carolina, these electoral fights will have a specific bearing on Israel, Middle East policy and the Jewish community
Dan Shapiro tells Haaretz a withdrawal from the influential alliance would 'embolden an aggressive Russia, and its appetite would not be limited to European targets, but would also extend deeper into the Middle East'
Taunting Trump on COVID, autocracy and white supremacy, the unrelenting campaigns of Never Trumpers from the Lincoln Project to Bill Kristol have got under the president's skin, fracturing the conservative vote – and could push Biden over the line
Republicans are under pressure in 11 Senate races, and five Democratic victories would be enough to flip the chamber for the first time since 2014. These are the key races to follow
Race between Richard Neal and progressive Alex Morse reflected divide between centrist and left-wing Democrats, including on Israel policy
Alex Morse is hoping to unseat Rep. Richard Neal Tuesday and emulate recent progressive triumphs over long-standing Democratic lawmakers Eliot Engel and William Lacy Clay Jr.
Far-right Jewish millennial Laura Loomer’s primary win sets up an all female, Jewish showdown with veteran Rep. Lois Frankel
The Stop Hate for Profit campaign targets the company's $70 billion in annual ad revenues to urge Facebook to commit to reforms for curbing hate speech
Will Breitbart's Aaron Klein use his Trumpworld experience to accelerate the deterioration of Israel's political discourse?
They are heavily armed, wear Hawaiian shirts and want a race war: Meet the U.S. far-right extremists known as the boogaloo bois
Michelle Malkin was dropped by mainstream conservative outlets earlier this year after supporting Nick Fuentes, one of the leading figures in the so-called groyper army
Think tank backed by George Soros and Charles Koch among signatories calling on Biden to leverage aid and ‘end Israel’s military occupation’
Matt Duss says calling Bernie Sanders an 'isolationist' is a 'slur' – and explains what the difference between Benjamin Netanyahu and rival Benny Gantz is for the Democratic presidential contender
The political and ideological divide between the Republican ‘establishment’ and Trump’s ‘America First’ approach has taken center stage on Fox News
From the Arab Spring to Trump’s Twitter feed: The decade social media went from a tool of freedom to one of oppression
Allies, officials and now the Congress have sounded the alarm about the U.S. president's foreign policy. From Syria to Iran, Haaretz takes a deep dive into the impact of three years of Trumpism in the Mideast. Click on 'hotspots' and 'administration' for the complete breakdown
Members of the ‘groyper army’ ask speakers at events leading questions about Israel, gay rights and immigration in order to force them to defend universal rights
Mayor Bloomberg may not end up winning many votes in the Democratic primary, but he is already slated to be biggest political spender in the 2020 race and will undoubtedly change the debate
As Trump defends his Syria withdrawal with increasingly outlandish statements, one blatantly false justification stands out
Fox News' Carlson celebrates the Trump isolationist worldview while blaming the former national security adviser for adoring 'the elite force of government'
Sanders' plan to save the planet — and journalism — and his new Trump-beating credentials give him some ammunition
The Gulf state is recalibrating its alliances with powerhouses like the U.S. and Saudi Arabia, and these moves are shaking up the region. Israel should take note
On Iran, Trump is boxed in between 'Bomber' Bolton and his own anti-war base. He has the power to wage war - but it may be political suicide to use it
The American right is embracing neo-nationalism with a new think tank aimed at fostering a support network and 'intellectual base' for the movement
Drinks at bars in Tel Aviv are expensive - on par with New York City or London - and Israelis aren’t big drinkers themselves, but the bar culture is still thriving
On Israel and the Mideast, will Biden 2020 be a repeat of Clinton vs. Trump in 2016?
Netanyahu enlisted John McLaughlin to help get right-wingers to vote, using some of the very tactics that helped the prime minister in 2015 and may help Trump in 2020