AIPAC

These pro-Palestine PACs seek to challenge AIPAC influence in US politics

Multiple anti-Israel lobbying PACs are trying to counterweigh AIPAC and elect pro-Palestinian candidates as Americans’ sympathy toward Israel wanes.

Pro-Palestinian  demonstrators rally outside AIPAC headquarters and the offices of Sens. Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, who've both been endorsed by the group, in New York City, February 22, 2024.
Daniel Biss speaks to supporters after winning the Democratic primary for Illinois' 9th congressional district, March 17, 2026.

Jewish progressive prevails in closely watched Illinois primary, blasting AIPAC in victory speech

Evanston mayor and congressional candidate Daniel Biss, right, confronts U.S. Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino in Evanston, Illinois,  Dec. 17, 2025.

What to know about AIPAC’s boosting of a candidate who accused Israel of genocide

A VISITOR holds an AIPAC folder in an elevator in Rayburn House Office Building on March 12, 2024 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.

Zionism gave Jews the courage to be consequential - opinion


New US Congress to be sworn in – what’s on Jewish orgs’ agenda?

For US Jewish organizations, the new Congress will mean seeking consensus between Republicans and Democrats to promote bills on issues important for the community.

The sun rises on the US Capitol dome before Joe Biden's presidential inauguration in Washington, US, January 20, 2021.

New gov't brings challenges for pro-Israel lobbies - opinion

I don’t see American Jews turning against Israel, just turning indifferent. And in the long term, that could be just as bad – or worse.

PRIME Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a video address to AIPAC in 2019.

AIPAC, AJC, congratulate incoming Israeli government

The two groups issued statements congratulating prime minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu after his call with President Herzog.

 A MEMBER of the audience, wearing  a US-Israel themed suit and kippah looks on at the AIPAC policy conference in Washington in 2020

Jewish American organizations endorsing antisemitism must be denounced

The IHRA working definition of antisemitism was widely adopted - the pro-Israel community should use it to target obvious antisemites.

 US HOUSE Speaker Nancy Pelosi greets Rep. Ilhan Omar on Capitol Hill. Even the Democratic House leadership, led by Pelosi, said that Omar had ‘engaged in deeply offensive antisemitic tropes.’

Will a right-wing government in Israel further alienate US Jewry?

US-ISRAELI AFFAIRS: Leaders of US Jewish organizations have different opinions about the future of relations with the Jewish state.

 Then-Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu takes the stage to speak at the AIPAC Policy Conference in Washington, in 2018.

Int'l Jewish organizations, leaders: Don't give the Diaspora Ministry to Shas

It was reported by Israeli media that Shas is expected to receive the Diaspora Affairs Ministry in the coalition negotiations.

 Shas party head Aryeh Deri speaks to supporters as the results of the Israeli elections are announced, in Jerusalem. November 1, 2022.

Are election deniers good for Israel? - opinion

Democrats increasingly see the pro-Israel cause as inseparable from the Right fringe, particularly when AIPAC is trying to elect people who undermine American democracy.

 A MEMBER of the audience, wearing  a US-Israel themed suit and kippah looks on at the AIPAC policy conference in Washington in 2020

Fake AIPAC Twitter account tweet shocks Jewish Twitter users

"We love apartheid," was tweeted on an account with the handle AIPAC, that also had the same red-and-blue Jewish star as the profile picture.

Twitter app logo is seen in this illustration taken, August 22, 2022.

US midterm elections: How Jewish candidates did in key midterm races

Who are the winners and losers of the US midterm elections? From the Jewish candidates to the Republicans and Democrats backed by AIPAC and J Street.

COLORADO RESIDENTS vote in the US midterm elections

Summer Lee, progressive opposed by AIPAC funding, appears to win Penn. House seat

AIPAC has said progressive Democrat Summer Lee held “dangerous views of the US-Israel alliance.”

 Democratic U.S. Rep. Summer Lee of Pennsylvania, running for election to the U.S. House of Representatives in the 2022 U.S. midterm elections, appears in an undated handout photo provided October 11, 2022.