This is the Forward’s coverage of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, a pro-Israel lobby group.
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Demands Palestinians Recognize Jewish State in AIPAC Speech
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned world powers on Tuesday not to allow Iran to retain the ability to enrich uranium, and urged Palestinians to recognise Israel as a Jewish state if they wanted peace. Addressing the pro-Israel lobby AIPAC in Washington after White House talks on Monday, Netanyahu broke no new ground on Middle…
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Fast Forward John Kerry Defends Peace Push at AIPAC
Secretary of State John Kerry told AIPAC’s annual policy conference that he would always oppose boycotts targeting Israel. “I will continue to staunchly, loudly and unapologetically oppose boycotts of Israel,” Kerry said Monday evening at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s conference, drawing a standing ovation. “That will never change.” Last month, Israeli leaders had…
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Israel News At AIPAC, Two Energy Entrepreneurs Debate How To Power Israel’s Future
Israel faces the prospect of freeing itself from dependence on foreign oil in the near future, with potentially transformative impact on the country’s economic and political future, two experts agreed Sunday during the American Israel Public Affairs Committee conference in Washington. But Yosef Abramowitz and Harold Vinegar, two entrepreneurs seeking to upend Israel’s energy future,…
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Opinion At AIPAC Parley, Even Friends Fault Obama
Getty Images As hard as leaders of AIPAC, the pro-Israel lobby, are trying to maintain a politely bipartisan tone among the 14,000 activists gathered for the lobby’s annual conference, unhappiness with the Obama administration keeps surfacing in small conference rooms and chats in the corridors. Occasionally rancor surfaces in the mass plenary sessions, despite the…
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Israel News AIPAC Touts Bipartisanship as Barack Obama Warns Israel To Seek Peace
The pro-Israel lobby has an important message to the American people and to politicians: We are bipartisan. Shouted out on main stages and whispered in closed-door briefings, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee went to great lengths on the opening day of its conference to combat the perception that it has veered off the bipartisan…
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Fast Forward AIPAC Conference Opens with Appeal for Bipartisanship
The pro-Israel lobby AIPAC opened its annual conference with an appeal for bipartisanship. “Bipartisanship is essential,” Michael Kassen, the board chairman of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, said Sunday in his opening statement to the conference, which drew a record 14,000 activists. “We must affirm bipartisanship in our own ranks if we want support…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Vows To Hold Firm On Israeli Security at Obama Meeting
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he would protect Israel’s “vital interests” during his meeting this week with President Obama. “I am now leaving on an important trip to the US where I will meet with President Barack Obama. We will discuss the Iranian issue and the diplomatic process. I will stand steadfast on the…
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Opinion Ukraine Crisis: Bad for AIPAC, Good for Bibi
Pro-Russian activists rally March 1 in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk / Getty Images The AIPAC conference may be opening at an awkward time for the lobby, as the Forward’s Nathan Guttman writes today. Beyond the fact that it’s still licking its wounds from the Iran sanctions imbroglio and has no clear message to…
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