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.
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News AIPAC Acts to Manage Trump
AIPAC used its opening plenary session Sunday night and Hillary Clinton’s speech Monday morning to dampen the controversy around Donald Trump. Conference leadership requested a civil reception for all speakers; subtly criticized Trump’s message and made the unusual move of not introducing presidential candidates who are also speaking — enabling them to avoid introducing Trump….
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Breaking News AIPAC To Appoint First Woman President in Over a Decade
Lillian Pinkus, from Dallas, will assume the presidency of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee during its annual policy conference in Washington, D.C., from Sunday through Tuesday. She will be the first woman to lead the lobby since 2006, when Bernice Manocherian ended her presidency. Manocherian was preceded by Amy Friedkin, whose 2002-04 presidency was…
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Breaking News ADL Redirects Trump Donations to Anti-Bias Programs
(JTA) — The Anti-Defamation League has redirected the total amount of funds contributed by GOP front running presidential candidate Donald Trump over the past decade to fund new anti-bias and anti-bullying education programs. The total amount of the donations is $56,000. “These undoubtedly were sincere gifts,” said Jonathan A. Greenblatt, ADL CEO, in a statement…
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Opinion Trump’s AIPAC Speech Is Totally Predictable. What About Our Response?
While Jews ardently dispute whether AIPAC should have invited Donald Trump to speak to their Washington conference, that particular die has been cast. The invitation went out. So Trump — the loudest, most poisonous, nativist, mob-arousing, bigoted public person that America has yet produced in this century — is going to stand at the rostrum of a…
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Breaking News Bernie Sanders Turns Down Invitation To Address AIPAC Confab
WASHINGTON — Citing his campaign schedule, Bernie Sanders said he would not address AIPAC’s conference next week, making him the only presidential candidate that will not attend the large annual pro-Israel gathering this year. “I would very much have enjoyed speaking at the AIPAC conference,” Sanders said in a letter Friday to Robert Cohen, the…
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Breaking News Aiming for Unity, AIPAC Invites Trump, and Controversy
Washington – Recovering from a tough fight over the Iranian nuclear deal, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee was hoping for a policy conference that would mend fences, heal wounds, and bridge the political chasm the Iran debate created within the Jewish community. “Come Together,” reads the slogan for this year’s AIPAC policy conference, opening…
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Opinion Donald Trump Is Actually the Perfect Person To Speak at AIPAC
Many AIPAC supporters are shocked that the policy conference has invited Republican front-runner Donald Trump to be a speaker this year. I’m not. In fact, I think Trump and AIPAC are a great shidduch. Far from being a deviation from AIPAC’s norm, this invitation is perfectly emblematic of their strategy. Anyone who’s been watching AIPAC…
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Opinion Why Anguish Over AIPAC’s Invitation to Donald Trump Is Misplaced
If there were any doubts about the propriety of the invitation extended to Donald Trump to address the annual Washington policy conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, the results of the March 15 presidential primaries should have laid those doubts to rest. The core mission of the powerhouse pro-Israel lobby is to ensure…
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