In November 2023, news came that Mark Cuban, the owner of the Dallas Mavericks, was selling his majority share of the team to the Adelsons, one of Las Vegas’s most powerful casino and real estate families. One month later, at the end of December, the NBA announced that it had approved the deal for $3.5 billion.

Much of the reporting on the sale focused on whether the team would leave Dallas (no), whether Cuban would stay on in some capacity (he did), or whether this was a way for the Adelsons to bring casino gambling to Texas, where there is cross-party opposition to it (a developing story). Some reports mentioned that the Adelsons — the company is led by Miriam Adelson, whose husband, Sheldon, founded the company and died in 2021 — are major Republican donors, especially to former president Donald Trump.

A few added that Miriam Adelson is the publisher of Israel Hayom, a right-wing free daily newspaper distributed in Israel, and is a close supporter of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Others added that she is the main funder of the Israeli American Council. This pro-Zionist organization claims to represent the interests of Israeli immigrants in the United States. Its key campaigns include pushing for anti–Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) state laws and forcing government contractors to refrain from boycotting Israel.