Collins Pledges His Support for Israel

Three years after Oct. 7, Jewish families across Georgia are still paying for security guards at their schools, checking the locks on their synagogue doors, and watching antisemitism spread from college campuses to city streets. Our Jewish neighbors deserve to know where their U.S. senator stands. More than that, they deserve a senator whose actions match his words.

I support Israel because my faith tells me to and because it is the right policy for America. Israel is our strongest ally in the Middle East, a democracy surrounded by Islamic regimes that want it wiped off the map, and a frontline partner against Iran and their partners in terror. When Hamas murdered 1,200 people on Oct. 7, I stood behind Israel’s right to defend itself, voted to choke off Iran’s money for Hamas and Hezbollah, and voted to send Israel the weapons it needed to win and finish the job.

That is my record, and I’ll put it up against anyone’s.

Now, look at my opponent’s.

Jon Ossoff backed Bernie Sanders’ resolutions to cut off Israel’s weapons in 2024, he did it again in 2025, and this April he went further than ever by voting to block every sale on the floor. He had three chances to stand with Israel, and each time he caved to the radicals in his party.

Then he comes home and tells Georgians his support for Israel is “ironclad.”

Don’t take my word for it. The publisher of this very newspaper wrote an open letter to Ossoff in August demanding he stop telling Georgians one thing while voting another way in Washington. He was right: Ossoff is with Israel on the votes that cost him nothing and against Israel on the votes that matter.

Look at who wants Ossoff in the White House. Hasan Piker, the far-left streamer who said, “America deserved 9/11,” and “Hamas is a thousand times better than Israel,” has named Ossoff as his choice for president. Even after months of pressure from the Jewish community and Georgia voters, Ossoff still hasn’t addressed his allies who are pushing the anti-Israel agenda.

Jon Ossoff is caught between the Georgians he is supposed to represent and the antisemitic, anti-American extremists in his party, whose influence is spreading like wildfire.

There’s a bigger fight here, too. Antisemitism is rising among young people, here and around the world. Too many of them feel forgotten. So, they retreat online, fall into conspiracy theories and the darkest corners of the Internet, and lash out in the worst possible ways: making enemies out of our allies and spewing hatred that has no place in this world.

We owe all of our young people better. That means holding universities accountable when Jewish students are harassed on their own campuses. It means making life more affordable, so young Americans have opportunities, good jobs, and a future worth building.

I will continue to condemn antisemitism and hate from every source, left or right, without exception. Jewish Georgians are our neighbors, our colleagues, and our friends. They deserve a senator whose actions match his words. Jon Ossoff isn’t that senator.

On Nov. 3, I’m asking for your vote, and I’m making you a promise: my support for Israel and our Jewish community will not change depending on the room I’m in.