Current sectionU.S. NewsShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeRahm Emanuel, a potential Democratic presidential candidate and longtime defender of Israel speaks in Tel Aviv University on Wednesday. Credit: Ariel Schalit/AP Rahm Emanuel, making a strong play for being the kishkes U.S. presidential Democratic candidate, came to Israel with some home truths about the disaster that Netanyahu has led the country into. But his mission is for America's sake as much as Israel's07:14 PM • July 09 2026 IDTIt was often said that Joe Biden would be the last U.S. president who felt connected to Israel in his kishkes: That his concern for Israel's well-being, expressed in a familial, folksy manner, was a gut feeling born of his biography and a political era that was passing.In the NewsRahm Emanuel Wants to Save Israel. But Are Israelis Listening?Analysis | If Netanyahu Loses the Election, Will He Go Full Trump?Democrats Ignored Graham Platner's Antisemitism, Now They're Paying the PriceIran Buries Slain Leader Khamenei After Days-long Funeral ProcessionIsraeli Nurses Union Declares Labor Dispute Over Worker Shortages, High BurnoutRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIThe 'Special Relationship' Is Gone, and Israel Isn't Ready for What's ComingDumber Than a 10-year-old: Are Israeli Students Really That Stupid?An Israeli Principal Desegregated a Tel Aviv School. Here's What HappenedAs Israel Lacks Hundreds of Patrol Officers, West Bank Staff DoublesIsraeli Cop Filmed Throwing Stun Grenade Into Car, Trapping Palestinians InsideMade in Kurdistan, Smuggled via Jordan: The Mysterious Firearms Flooding Israel