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Jonathan Salant

Jonathan D. Salant

Jonathan D. Salant has been a Washington correspondent for more than 35 years and has worked for such outlets as Newhouse News Service, the Associated Press, Bloomberg News, NJ Advance Media and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. A former president of the National Press Club, he was inducted into the Society of Professional Journalists D.C. chapter’s Journalism Hall of Fame in 2023.

Ted Cruz
U.S. News
At Republican Jewish event in Vegas, Cruz denounces Carlson after Heritage president defends him
“If you sit there with someone who says Adolf Hitler was very, very cool,” Cruz said, “and you say nothing, then you are a coward and you are complicit.”
Oct. 31, 2025
Jonathan D. Salant
US Capitol Congress
Israel News
Even in divided DC, bipartisan support for Trump’s peace plan
“People are ready for some kind of promise of an agreement to feel hopeful and even jubilant,” Ross Baker, a distinguished professor emeritus at Rutgers, told JNS.
Oct. 12, 2025
Jonathan D. Salant
Josh Gottheimer
Israel News
Gottheimer unveils three bills related to Oct. 7
“It’s hard to believe that it’s been two years,” the Jewish Democrat said outside the U.S. Capitol.
Oct. 9, 2025
Jonathan D. Salant
Josh Gottheimer, Edan Alexander
Israel News
‘Never would have imagined,’ freed hostage says of NJ street named in his honor
“Every time I see this road, I will remember not just the struggle but the love and unity that brought me back home,” Edan Alexander said.
Sept. 30, 2025
Jonathan D. Salant
Israeli US flags
U.S. News
War against Hamas has ‘ground down’ US popular support for Israel, poll suggests
Some 47% of respondents to a new Quinnipiac University poll said that supporting Israel is in the U.S. national interest, down significantly from the 69% who said that in December 2023.
Sept. 26, 2025
Jonathan D. Salant
Israeli US flags
U.S. News
Survey suggests 37% of Americans think US too supportive of Israel
“Polls fluctuate but the reality is that Israel is fighting a just and moral war against a barbaric enemy,” an AIPAC spokesman told JNS.
Sept. 19, 2025
Jonathan D. Salant
Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) speaks during a protest at Upper Senate Park near the U.S. Capitol on in Washington, D.C., April 8, 2025. Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images.
Israel News
House Dems push to investigate deaths of Palestinian Americans by IDF, settlers
They say that requests for such probes have been ignored by previous administrations, and that the policy is continuing under U.S. President Donald Trump.
Sept. 17, 2025
Jonathan D. Salant
Cruz
U.S. News
Tucker Carlson ‘turning into Ilhan Omar,’ Cruz says in Heritage talk
The Texas Republican talked about his efforts to have the Muslim Brotherhood recognized as a foreign terror organization.
Sept. 11, 2025
Jonathan D. Salant
Food in Gaza
Israel News
Half of US voters think Israel is committing ‘genocide’ in Gaza, per Quinnipiac poll
Support for the Jewish state largely broke along party lines, with 75% of Democrats accusing Israel of “genocide” and 64% of Republicans opposing that claim.
Aug. 27, 2025
Jonathan D. Salant
Healey Clark
Israel News
No. 2 House Democrat clarifies comment about Gaza ‘genocide’
“I want to be clear that I am not accusing Israel of genocide,” House Minority Whip Katherine Clark told JNS.
Aug. 18, 2025
Jonathan D. Salant
Massachusetts State House
U.S. News
New Massachusetts educational guidance takes ‘guesswork’ out of fighting Jew-hatred
“This is something that needs to be addressed head-on,” Simon Cataldo, a state representative, told JNS. “It’s not going to get better on its own.”
Aug. 13, 2025
Jonathan D. Salant
US-Israeli Flag
U.S. News
Push and pull of American Jewish voters and Israel tells part of political story
“We would characterize the presidential vote preferences of Jewish voters in the last few elections as largely consistent,” Hannah Hartig, a senior researcher at the Pew center, told JNS.
Aug. 12, 2025
Jonathan D. Salant
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