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 formatSubscribeCredit: Howard Weiss, sarah_xie7/ Shutterstock; Dmitryshein, Brian Thorpe/ WikimediaDSA's founder was sympathetic to Labor Zionism, but today, the organization's uncompromising stance against Israel has become one of the defining features of its political ascent.04:54 PM • July 24 2026 IDTJust three years after many observers predicted October 7, 2023 would politically destroy the Democratic Socialists of America, the organization is enjoying the strongest electoral moment in its history. Claire Valdez and Darializa Avila Chevalier won Democratic primaries in New York with the backing of the city's new mayor, Zohran Mamdani. A week later, Melat Kiros unseated an AIPAC-endorsed incumbent in a House primary in Colorado. All three are DSA members whose campaigns featured unapologetic opposition to Israel and its war in Gaza.In the NewsNetanyahu Vows to Turn Israel Into an AI Superpower, but Can He?After October 7, Many Wrote Off the DSA. Then It Started WinningIDF Readies for Sweeping West Bank Operation After Deadly Clashes Near NablusIran Rejects Reported Trump Truce as U.S. Completes 13th Night of StrikesTwo Israelis, Four Palestinians Killed in Shooting After West Bank Clashes EruptRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIThe Most Optimistic Israeli in Jerusalem Is Leaving the CountryAs Ground Invasion Looms, U.S. and Iran Want Wild-card Israel Out of the FightThe Original Ozempic Society of Ancient RomeBetween Messi and Milei: How Argentina Became Israel's Team at the World Cup'Choose Hope': Natalie Portman Backs Arab-Jewish Party Ahead of Israeli ElectionHélène Cixous: 'I Accept Israel's Existence, but I Don't Identify With It'