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Fast Forward Sanders, Trump skip AIPAC, but take center stage anyway
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Joe Biden made an appearance via video and Mike Bloomberg turned up in person. So did Mike Pence. Even the coronavirus got a shoutout. Despite threats of a boycott by Democrats and anxieties about communicable diseases, this year’s annual policy conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee was a busy, bustling…
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Fast Forward Mike Pence calls for 4 more years of Trump at AIPAC
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Vice President Mike Pence called for the re-election of President Donald Trump, earning cheers from a crowd of 18,000 Israel activists on hand Monday at AIPAC’s annual policy conference. “The most pro-Israel president in history must not be replaced by one who would be the most anti-Israel president in the history of…
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Fast Forward Bernie Sanders says pro-Israel lobby has ‘a lot of money,’ ‘a lot of power’
(JTA) — Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders said the pro-Israel lobby has “a lot of money; they have a lot of power” in a television interview. Sanders was responding to a question on the CBS News program “Face the Nation” from moderator Margaret Brennan, who asked the Vermont senator if he sees a “a political…
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Fast Forward Bloomberg at AIPAC attacks Sanders for boycotting conference
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Mike Bloomberg, the only Democratic presidential candidate to attend the AIPAC policy conference this year in person, attacked Bernie Sanders for boycotting the event, drawing loud applause on Monday. “Senator Sanders has spent 30 years boycotting this event,” Bloomberg, the former New York mayor, said of his rival in the race for…
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Fast Forward AIPAC conference opens with appeals for bipartisanship, broadsides against Bernie Sanders
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The American Israel Public Affairs Committee launched its annual conference with an appeal for bipartisanship and potshots aimed at the Democratic front-runner in the presidential stakes, Bernie Sanders. The jarring contrast reflected how polarized support for Israel has become in the current political climate. Amy Friedkin, past AIPAC president who is close…
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News Five big questions about this year’s AIPAC Policy Conference
This year’s AIPAC Policy Conference in Washington, D.C. is shaping up to be one of its most memorable yet — though probably not for the reasons the nation’s most powerful pro-Israel lobby hoped for. Sen. Elizabeth Warren announced two weeks ago that she would be boycotting the conference, and Sen. Bernie Sanders followed suit a…
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Fast Forward Joe Biden, Amy Klobuchar to address AIPAC by video
(JTA) — Two more Democratic presidential candidates are now on the speakers’ list at this year’s AIPAC conference, after the Israel lobby group allowed Joe Biden and Amy Klobuchar to deliver video messages. Four years ago, the group rejected an offer from Bernie Sanders to deliver a message by video during his first campaign for…
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Fast Forward Pete Buttigieg, Amy Klobuchar will not attend AIPAC
(JTA) — Democratic presidential candidates Amy Klobuchar and Pete Buttigieg said they will not attend AIPAC’s annual conference because it overlaps with Super Tuesday. Their absence leaves former New York mayor Mike Bloomberg as the only Democratic candidate to confirm that he will speak at the prominent Israel lobby’s confab March 1-3 in Washington, D.C….
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