This is the Forward’s coverage of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, a pro-Israel lobby group.
AIPAC
The Latest
-
The Schmooze George Soros Bets Big on Female Condoms
Jewish billionaire and philanthropist George Soros tends to cast his lot with controversial political causes, like the ongoing AIPAC-JStreet battle royale or, more recently, California’s unsuccessful Proposition 19. But the Hungarian-born hedge-fund manager is still a businessman. Soros Fund Management revealed some new investments last week, including a rather curious 5.1 percent — 1.3 million…
-
News AIPAC Flack Gets Back to Where He Once Belonged
American Israel Public Affairs Committee spokesman Josh Block is stepping down from his post at the pro-Israel lobby and setting up shop as a consultant for Democrats. Block, who has been AIPAC’s spokesman for the past 9 years, will be starting a new Washington media consulting firm with former Clinton White House aide Lanny Davis….
-
News A ‘Personal,’ International Trip in High Campaign Season
As election season shifts into fever pitch, Carly Fiorina returned from Israel last week. And her trip was … personal? That’s what her aide told the L.A. Times before she left. But unless you’re, say, Madonna, personal trips generally don’t involve meetings with VIPs like Tzipi Livni, Shimon Peres, and Benjamin Netanyahu, right? Fiorina, the…
-
News When You Need Israel Advice, Who Ya Gonna Call?
Congressman Joe Sestak’s signature on what is now known as the Gaza-54 letter has been at the center of attacks launched against him by Republicans and right-wing groups as he campaigns now for the Senate in Pennsylvania. The letter, signed by 54 Democratic members of Congress, called for an easing of Israel’s blockade of the…
-
The Schmooze AIPAC Gets Punked
It happens even to a powerful media-savvy organization. The American Israel Public Affairs Committee got punked. Reporters covering the pro-Israel lobby’s Washington policy conference and many other news outlets received an e-mail early Monday morning listed as coming from AIPAC spokesman Josh Block. The surprising news in the emailed press release, with AIPAC’s authoritative letterhead…
-
Opinion It’s the Talk of the Town: Remnick on Israeli Obama-bashing
New Yorker editor David Remnick put his finger on an important aspect of the current U.S.-Israel relationship, overlooked by most observers, that contributes to the current tensions between the two governments. In his Comment piece in the magazine’s current issue, Remnick writes that for all the pride Israeli leaders take in their grasp of American…
-
News AIPAC To Showcase U.S.-Israel Rapprochement
AIPAC’s annual policy conference is set up to be the great show of Israel-U.S. reconciliation after a couple of tense weeks following the announcement of new building plans in East Jerusalem during Vice President Biden’s trip to the region. This goal is expected to be achieved not only by having the two key protagonists of…
-
News AIPAC Sidesteps Flap During Opening Plenary
The pro-Israel lobby AIPAC managed to kick off its annual policy conference without even one mention of the 800-pound gorilla in the room — the latest spat between the U.S. and Israel over building in East Jerusalem. The opening plenary showcased Israel’s quest for peace, spoke of the Jewish state as a world leader in…
Explore
Most Popular
- 1
Culture Mamdani’s first statement on antisemitism as mayor-elect got some weird pushback
- 2
Culture Mamdani quoted Eugene Debs in his victory speech — there’s a long Jewish history there
- 3
Opinion The 3 profound Jewish lessons of Mamdani’s astonishing victory
- 4
Opinion I spoke out against Mamdani. Then he won. Here’s how we walk forward together.
In Case You Missed It
-
Opinion A single arrest has thrown the battle for Israel’s soul into sharp relief
-
Culture A young Muslim woman moved in with a 96-year-old Jewish actress – and it was bashert
-
Film & TV Amy Goodman has been a fearless journalist for more than four decades; she says her Jewish roots made her that way
-
Yiddish גרשון ווײַסעס פּאָעטישע חידושיםGershon Weiss’ poetic surprises
אין זײַן בוך לידער פֿאַרטיפֿט זיך דער דיכטער אין פּסיכאָלאָגיע, רוחניות און צווישן־קולטורעלע פֿאַרבינדונגען.
-
Shop the Forward Store
100% of profits support our journalism
