This is the Forward’s coverage of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, a pro-Israel lobby group.
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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…
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News AIPAC Conference Comes at Crucial Juncture for U.S.-Israel Relations
The best show in town is about to get even better. The American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s annual parley is known for pulling in top names from the administration, Congress and the Israeli government. But this year, the pro-Israel lobby’s policy conference will put many of the key players in the American-Israeli relationship onstage, as…
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Opinion How Not To Win Friends: Hug the Right, Alienate the Left, Snub the Jews
Bibi Netanyahu is due in Washington next week to address the annual AIPAC Policy Conference. Nahum Barnea of Yediot Ahronot, the lead political commentator at Israel’s largest-circulation newspaper and widely considered the dean of Israeli journalism, has some advice for him. If you’re relying on the Jewish right as your main base of support in…
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Life Dispatches From J Street: Where Are All the Israeli Officials?
A Tight Squeeze It’s one of the oldest tricks in the book. When planning an event, always make sure the room is just big enough or, even better, a little too small for the number of people you are expecting. That way, the room will always be full and you can avoid any embarrassing bald…
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Life High Holidays With AIPAC
For those rabbis still working on their High Holiday sermons, AIPAC has some advice. The American Israel Public Affairs Committee put out its High Holiday Resource Guide — a 22-page booklet packed with ideas about how to talk to your congregation about Israel, Iran and about the importance of getting involved in political action. Some…
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Life On the Eve of Bibi’s U.S. Visit, Jewish Groups Fight it Out
There are only a few days left until Benjamin Netanyahu descends on Washington, and preparations within the Jewish community are in high gear. That means, of course, that it’s time for some inter-organizational fighting. The first question is who will get to meet Bibi. The Israeli embassy is putting together a list of 40 communal…
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Life Aipac Forum, Day 3: Your Refrigerators Are No Good Here
Before loading the buses en route to Capitol Hill, Aipac delegates got a dose of reality with Vice President Biden reminding the pro-Israel activists just what it is the administration believes in. Biden, it turns out, doesn’t necessarily buy into the Peres–Netanyahu doctrine of moving forward with the peace process without mentioning the term “Palestinian…
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Life Aipac Forum, Day 2: Rahm Emanuel Touches a Third Rail
Aipac’s big show of the morning was, of course, Israeli president Shimon Peres. The president found himself praising his long rival Benjamin Netanyahu, and vouching for Bibi’s intention to promote peace between Israelis and Palestinian. But some of the more interesting comments were heard behind closed doors, in the sessions that organizers decided to close…
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