This is the Forward’s coverage of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, a pro-Israel lobby group.
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Opinion AIPAC Is Playing The Victim, But It’s Palestinians Who Are Being Silenced
So far, the theme of AIPAC’s 2019 Policy Conference has been peril, not just to Israel, but to AIPAC itself. AIPAC’s CEO accused unnamed critics of “trying to silence each of us.” AIPAC President Mort Fridman declared that, “none of us are willing to be silenced.” House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer warned of forces that…
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Fast Forward Yair Netanyahu, Bibi’s Heir Apparent, Scheduled To Speak At Closed AIPAC Event
Yair Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister’s son, who has posted on Facebook that he would prefer if all Muslims left Israel, is scheduled to speak at an unannounced, closed event for “young leaders” at the ongoing AIPAC conference in Washington, Haaretz reported. AIPAC told Haaretz that the event is informal. It is not listed on…
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Fast Forward At AIPAC, Democratic Majority Leader Aims Fire At Ilhan Omar
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Md., the majority leader in the U.S. House of Representatives told AIPAC that Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn. was not representative of the Democrats when it comes to Israel. “When someone accuses American supporters of dual loyalty I say accuse me,” Hoyer said to cheers Sunday at the annual conference…
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Fast Forward Defiant AIPAC Opens Conference Emphasizing Diversity
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The American Israel Public Affairs Committee, under fire from the left in a way it has not been for years, opened its conference with an emphasis on political and identity diversity, but also took a defiant tone. As it has in previous years, the policy conference started Sunday with a diverse array…
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Fast Forward Romania Announces It Will Move Embassy to Jerusalem
Romanian Prime Minister Viorica Dăncilă announced Sunday that her country will move its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem. Speaking at the opening session of the AIPAC Policy Conference in Washington, Dăncilă explained that her government would soon make the move after having undergone a nearly year-long legal and political consultation. Romania would become the first…
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Fast Forward That Boycott Call Worked — Many 2020 Dems Are Skipping AIPAC.
Several top candidates for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination said Thursday that they won’t be attending the AIPAC Policy Conference in Washington next week after the major progressive grassroots organization MoveOn called on candidates to skip it. However, it’s unclear in many cases whether their lack of attendance is due to anti-Israel pressures or more…
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Fast Forward Liberal Group Calls On 2020 Democrats To Boycott AIPAC Conference
A liberal organization is asking Democratic presidential candidates not to attend this year’s AIPAC policy conference, Politico reported. MoveOn, a progressive public policy advocacy group and political action committee, said that AIPAC is too close to the Israeli government, run by Benjamin Netanyahu, and has a history of Islamophobia. “It’s no secret that that AIPAC…
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Fast Forward Former AIPAC Officials Launch Bipartisan Political Action Committee
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Two former top AIPAC staffers are helming a new political action committee that will steer donations to candidates in both parties who adopt a centrist pro-Israel position, at a time when that gold standard for pro-Israel giving is being challenged by the right and the left. Pro-Israel America launched Tuesday endorsing 27…
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