This is the Forward’s coverage of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, a pro-Israel lobby group.
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Fast Forward Former AIPAC President Endorses Pete Buttigieg
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The dark horse Democratic presidential campaign of Pete Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, got a pro-Israel boost with the endorsement of Steve Grossman, the former president of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. Grossman, who in the 1990s was chairman of the Democratic National Committee as well as AIPAC president,…
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Fast Forward Ilhan Omar Targeted By Bomb Threat At Muslim-American Civil Rights Banquet
Representative Ilhan Omar was targeted by a bomb threat at event in Los Angeles, where she was speaking on Muslim-American civil rights, celebrity news site The Blast reported. The Minnesota congresswoman was scheduled to be the featured speaker at a banquet for the Council of American-Islamic Relations on March 23. Days earlier, on March 19,…
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Fast Forward Ilhan Omar Spokesman: Anti-Semitism Is A ‘Right-Wing Force’
A spokesman for Representative Ilhan Omar tweeted that anti-Semitism is a “right-wing force,” in response to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s comments at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee this week. Jeremy Slevin, a spokesman for the Minnesota congresswoman, was criticized Wednesday after he wrote “Anti-semitism is a right-wing force” eight times on Twitter. Anti-semitism…
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Fast Forward FACT CHECK: Did Democratic Presidential Candidates Really Boycott AIPAC?
The grassroots liberal advocacy organization MoveOn called last week on Democratic presidential candidates to boycott the AIPAC Policy Conference in Washington because, a group leader told Politico, “AIPAC has worked to hinder diplomatic efforts like the Iran deal, is undermining Palestinian self-determination, and inviting figures actively involved in human rights violations to its stage.” Speaking…
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Fast Forward Note Attacking Omar For ‘Jew Hatred’ Left On Tlaib’s Office Door
A visitor leaving an anti-Muslim note at the U.S. Capitol got a bit confused on Tuesday. Rep. Rashida Tlaib, a freshman Democrat from Michigan, tweeted a picture Tuesday evening of a sticky note left on her office door addressed to Rep. Ilhan Omar, a freshman Democrat from Minnesota. “Rep. Omar, Stop your disgusting Jew hatred,”…
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Fast Forward Omar Lashes Out At Pelosi, Netanyahu For Their AIPAC Jabs At Her
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Rep. Ilhan Omar hit back at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after they called out the first-year congresswoman at the AIPAC policy conference for her attacks on the lobby and support for the Israel boycott movement. Pelosi, D-Calif., told the American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s annual confab…
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Life AIPAC, After Hours: What Really Happens When 18K Israel Supporters Gather?
In the basement of Penn Social, a sports bar just off the mall in Washington, DC., one Reform, one Orthodox, and two Conservative rabbinical students are playing Dance Dance Revolution. Between the chirp-y Japanese pop music coming from the arcade game and the din of the bar, it’s hard to hear that the two dancers…
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Fast Forward Mike Pence: Democrats Have Been ‘Coopted’ By Anti-Semites
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Vice President Mike Pence said that Democrats had been “co-opted” by anti-Semites during an unusually partisan speech to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. “How things have changed,” Pence said Monday at the lobby’s annual conference. “It’s astonishing to think that the party of Harry Truman, which did so much to create…
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