This is the Forward’s coverage of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, a pro-Israel lobby group.
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Fast Forward AIPAC Still Insists on Iran Sanctions — Claims Mullahs Flout ‘Spirit’ of Nuclear Deal
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee opposes further sanctions relief for Iran, citing its ballistic missile tests and its continued backing for sides fighting in the region. “If Iran wants additional sanctions relief, it must first change its behavior,” the pro-Israel lobby said in an April 7 statement, accompanied by statements from members of Congress…
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Fast Forward New York Observer Seeks To Calm Firestorm Over Editor’s Work for Trump Campaign
The recent revelation that New York Observer editor Ken Kurson helped Donald Trump with his AIPAC speech has led to a new policy at the paper on covering the presidential election. Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner owns The Observer, which has presented a conflict of interest for the staff when writing about him. The Observer’s Senior…
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Opinion Why Jews of Color Like Me Feel Unsafe After AIPAC’s Applause for Trump
When I heard that Donald Trump would be speaking at the AIPAC conference, I hoped that all Jews would recognize him for the racist demagogue that he is and reject him. Instead he gave his speech, delivered his red meat talking points on Israel, and by and large the crowd applauded him. Kippot with Trump’s…
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Opinion AIPAC Now Creepily Resembles the NRA
As the members of the National Rifle Association gathered in Cincinnati for their annual convention in May 1977, the group superficially resembled the same bunch of hobbyists it had been for most of its century-long history. Two Civil War veterans had founded the NRA in 1871 out of a concern about how few Union soldiers…
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Opinion After Protesting Trump at AIPAC, Will Rabbis Go Public With Their Politics?
When the American Israel Public Affairs Committee invited Republican front-runner Donald Trump to address its annual policy conference, it unintentionally achieved something remarkable: The lobby spurred rabbis from across the denominational spectrum to express their political views in public — even if it meant catching hell from their congregants. This is the first time I…
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Opinion A Humbled AIPAC Is Paying a Price for Growth
“Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold …” As jarring as it was to see the adulation Donald Trump received from the crowd at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee policy conference, that wasn’t the most startling moment in the lobby’s encounter with the billionaire Republican front-runner. No, the real shockeroo came the next morning,…
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Fast Forward Trump Says He Loves Israel, but Does Israel Love Him?
JERUSALEM – “I love the people in this room. I love Israel. I love Israel,” Donald Trump told a convention of pro-Israel lobbyists in Washington this week. But the feeling still isn’t quite mutual. At least not yet. In Israel, where distrust of Democratic President Barack Obama runs deep and conservative Benjamin Netanyahu is in…
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Fast Forward AIPAC Apologizes for Donald Trump’s Attack on President Obama
WASHINGTON — In an emotional apology, the AIPAC leadership expressed regret to President Barack Obama for an attack on him from its stage by Donald Trump, and for the loud applause it earned. “While we may have policy differences, we deeply respect the office of the President of the United States and our President Barack…
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