Current sectionU.S. NewsAnalysis Rahm Emanuel's warning about U.S. aid, Ro Khanna's West Bank confrontation and Graham Platner's implosion reveal the Democratic Party's new political terrainShare 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 formatSubscribeBen SamuelsWashington 10:02 PM • July 12 2026 IDTWASHINGTON - Even as America heads toward the end of the 2026 midterm primary season – with Michigan's cycle-defining race still to come – the guideposts for the Democratic Party's 2028 presidential primary were set this week in Tel Aviv and the West Bank village of Khirbet Zanuta.Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:Democratic PartyIsrael - U.S.Israel-PalestineCommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Israel NewsU.S.-IranTrumpWest BankGaza ChickenpoxGraham PlatnerIsrael ProtestsHaQuizHaaretz PodcastThe Week the Democrats Defined the Israel-Palestine Debate for 2028Weapons Found Near French Synagogue in Suspected Terrorist Attack AttemptNetanyahu's Son Seeks Anti-harassment Order Over Haaretz Name Change ReportLindsey Graham's Death Leaves Israel Without a Clear Voice in Trump's EarWhat Is Influencer Clavicular, Who Once Sang 'Heil Hitler,' Doing in Tel Aviv?Remembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIThe Original Tradwives of Ancient RomeThe 'Special Relationship' Is Gone, and Israel Isn't Ready for What's ComingAs Israel Lacks Hundreds of Patrol Officers, West Bank Staff DoublesMade in Kurdistan, Smuggled via Jordan: The Mysterious Firearms Flooding IsraelEgypt Lost the World Cup. But Was the Referee Really Jewish?Inside the German pro-Israel Lobby's Campaign to Defund UNRWA