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Fast Forward Joe Biden, Amy Klobuchar to address AIPAC by video
(JTA) — Two more Democratic presidential candidates are now on the speakers’ list at this year’s AIPAC conference, after the Israel lobby group allowed Joe Biden and Amy Klobuchar to deliver video messages. Four years ago, the group rejected an offer from Bernie Sanders to deliver a message by video during his first campaign for…
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Fast Forward Pete Buttigieg, Amy Klobuchar will not attend AIPAC
(JTA) — Democratic presidential candidates Amy Klobuchar and Pete Buttigieg said they will not attend AIPAC’s annual conference because it overlaps with Super Tuesday. Their absence leaves former New York mayor Mike Bloomberg as the only Democratic candidate to confirm that he will speak at the prominent Israel lobby’s confab March 1-3 in Washington, D.C….
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Fast Forward 347 rabbis sign letter to Bernie Sanders in support of AIPAC
(JTA) — In the wake of Bernie Sanders’s decision to not attend the AIPAC Israel lobby’s annual conference for what he called the organization’s support of “bigotry,” a group of 347 rabbis signed an open letter to Sanders supporting AIPAC’s role in advancing the U.S.-Israel relationship. Sanders, now the frontrunner in the race for the…
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Fast Forward Dueling hashtags urge people to #skipaipac – or say they’re #aipacproud
Sen. Bernie Sanders last week became the highest-profile figure to say that he would be boycotting the American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s annual Policy Conference — spurring many on social media to celebrate the success of a #SkipAIPAC publicity campaign, while allies of the lobby group pushed back with their own hashtag, #AIPACproud. Even before…
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Fast Forward Michael Bloomberg will speak at AIPAC
(JTA) — Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg will speak at the annual American Israel Public Affairs Committee conference, the first U.S. presidential candidate to be confirmed as a speaker. Bloomberg’s participation in the conference, being held March 1-3 in Washington, D.C., was announced by AIPAC on Tuesday evening, just hours before he appeared on stage…
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Opinion Bravo, Bernie, for skipping AIPAC. It’s a platform for anti-Muslim bigotry
There was a very Jewish moment at last night’s Democratic debate in South Carolina. Moderator Major Garrett asked Senator Bernie Sanders to defend his decision not to attend the AIPAC 2020 conference, and to reassure American Jews who might feel nervous or insulted. In response, Sanders reminded the audience of his Jewish identity and of…
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Fast Forward Mike Pence will address AIPAC’s annual conference for 4th straight year
(JTA) — Mike Pence will again appear as a speaker at the Israel lobby AIPAC’s annual conference, as he has every year since he became vice president in 2017. Pence’s appearance was announced on Monday, hours after the American Israel Public Affairs Committee announced the participation of multiple Democratic leaders who had not previously been…
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Opinion Editorial | Bernie Sanders is making a mistake. He should speak at AIPAC.
I’m going to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee Policy Conference in Washington next week, and Senator Bernie Sanders should too. I’m not going because I agree with everything AIPAC says or does — of course not. I’m going because it’s the largest annual gathering of American Jews, a group that Sanders says he is…
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