Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, a pro-Israel lobby group.
Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, a pro-Israel lobby group.
Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, a pro-Israel lobby group.
Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, a pro-Israel lobby group.
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Sen. Robert Menendez received a hero’s welcome at AIPAC, where the New Jersey Democrat thanked the lobby for its support during his corruption trial. Menendez, who returned recently to the top Democratic spot on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee after his trial ended in a mistrial, was among the few speakers to…
United States Ambassador to Israel David Friedman took another shot at the liberal pro-Israel lobby J Street, calling its motto “blasphemous” in a speech Tuesday at the policy conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. Friedman has a long history of troubled relations with J Street. He once referred to the organization’s members as…
Avi Gabbay was a newcomer to Israeli politics when he stunned the country by winning the Labor Party’s leadership primary last July. For American Jews, Gabbay is still an unknown — he came from the world of business, where contacts with the world’s largest Jewish diaspora community are not a top priority. Taking the stage…
Attempting to head off signs of weakening Democratic and progressive support for Israel, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee kicked off its annual policy conference with a pledge to welcome liberals to the pro-Israel lobby’s proverbial “big tent.” “We need to embrace and involve many more Jewish Americans,” AIPAC president Mort Fridman said at the…
It was a great year for AIPAC — but it was not AIPAC’s year. President Trump recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and promised to relocate the United States embassy. He also said he would review the Iranian nuclear deal and threatened to have America withdraw unless it’s amended. Those moves checked at least…
WASHINGTON (JTA) — A bipartisan bill timed for AIPAC’s annual conference would codify into law the memorandum of understanding signed in 2016 by Israel and the United States guaranteeing Israel $38 billion in defense assistance over 10 years. The bill introduced Friday is sponsored by two Middle East policy leaders in the U.S. House of…
This weekend, 18,000 Americans from all over the country are coming to Washington to participate in the annual American Israel Public Affairs Committee Policy Conference. AIPAC is one of the leading forces behind the Israel lobby, joined in recent years by the ascending Christians United for Israel. Other Jewish “pro-Israel” organizations are niche affairs, representing…
(JTA) — The American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s annual policy conference is coming up, running Sunday through Tuesday. AIPAC’s byword is bipartisanship and, as we reported this week, that’s a hard sell in the increasingly polarized Trump era. Still, AIPAC remains the preeminent pro-Israel lobby and its conferences have been a reliable weathervane of where…
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