JEWISH JOURNAL
Hatred Opened the Door. A Missed Victory Held It Open.
Micah Danzig
November 4, 2026

Tuesday’s midterm results should alarm anyone who knows Jewish history, understands antisemitism or recognizes why Israel is central to the identity of the overwhelming majority of the world’s Jews. For me, the disaster isn’t that Democrats won or Republicans lost. It’s that politicians who demonize Israel, deny Jewish self-determination and explain away antisemitism are finding an increasingly receptive electorate in the world’s most important democracy. Whatever the Democratic Socialists of America and their growing roster of allies insist, Zionism is not “colonialism.” It is the national liberation movement of an indigenous people who reclaimed sovereignty in their ancestral homeland after nearly two thousand years of actual colonialism in that land. Israel is the one country where Jews don’t depend on others’ goodwill for their collective survival. The last few centuries have taught us, at the cost of millions of lives, what that dependence means. READ MORE