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AIPAC targeting US congressional candidates who want to condition aid to Israel

“We are going to have a focus on stopping candidates who are detractors of Israel or who want to put conditions on aid,” Patrick Dorton, a spokesperson for AIPAC’s super PAC, said in an interview.

A VISITOR holds an AIPAC folder in an elevator in Rayburn House Office Building on March 12, 2024 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.
AS THE Trump administration pushes back against claims that Israel ‘dragged’ the United States into war with Iran, officials have worked to frame the conflict as driven by American strategic interests. Here, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks to reporters at the US Capitol in Washington

Israel’s war? Trump faces narrative battle shaping American support against Iran

DEMOCRATIC INCUMBENT Representative Tom Malinowski participates in a get out the vote event ahead of next month’s midterm elections on October 29, 2022 in Rahway, New Jersey.

AIPAC ads against pro-Israel New Jersey candidate open to conditions for US aid backfires

 US SENATOR Bernie Sanders speaks at a May Day rally in Philadelphia earlier this month. In a Senate committee meeting, Sanders said: ‘We can agree that antisemitism is unacceptable in all forms, but some of us happen to believe that the response of the Netanyahu government to the Hamas attack is al

Holocaust Memorial Museum board looks to oust Bernie Sanders after years of absence - report


3 Jewish fashion statements from the inauguration (that were easy to miss)

Ella Emhoff, Jewish daughter of the historic Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff, wore a dress designed by the celebrated Jewish fashion designer Batsheva Hay.

Senator Bernie Sanders (D-VT) arrives before the inauguration of Joe Biden as the 46th President of the United States

Bernie Sanders calls Israel 'authoritarian' at Pittsburgh memorial

"All over the world... in Israel... We see intolerant authoritarian political leaders attacking the very foundations of democratic societies," said Sanders.

U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders speaks during a rally in St Louis, Missouri, U.S., March 9, 2020.

Sanders won’t be the first Jewish president. Here are 10 who might be

Sanders' withdrawal from the Democratic primaries means America won't be electing a Jewish President this year. But there are other hopefuls on the horizon.

US White House senior adviser Ivanka Trump delivers the keynote address during the Global Women's Forum in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, February 16, 2020.

American Jewish Congress hires former Sanders Jewish outreach director

Joel Rubin will be the advocacy group’s first Washington-based director in a decade.

DEMOCRATIC US presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders rallies with supporters in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, earlier this week.

Bernie Sanders endorses Ilhan Omar's reelection bid

Omar has made waves as one of the faces of the progressive wing of the Democratic Party, and was an outspoken supporter of Sanders in his presidential bid.

Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidate and US Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) is joined by US Representative Ilhan Omar (D-MN) at a campaign event in Manchester, New Hampshire, US, December 13, 2019.

AOC annexation letter: Full letter on Israel's West Bank annexation

Below is the full text of the letter.

U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), answers questions from journalists after voting early in the Democratic congressional primary election at the Justice Sonia Sotomayor Community Center in the Bronx borough of New York City, U.S., June 20, 2020

The Sanders forces and Israel

Once it had become clear Sen. Bernie Sanders had lost out for the Democratic Party presidential nomination, many in the pro-Israel establishment breathed a huge sigh of relief. But they shouldn't.

Democratic U.S. presidential candidates Senator Bernie Sanders and former Vice President Joe Biden at the 11th Democratic candidates debate of the 2020 U.S. presidential campaign in Washington, March 15, 2020

Bernie Sanders joins AOC's anti-annexation letter

"We cannot allow US tax dollars to be used to violate Palestinians' human rights," the Senator tweeted

Benjamin Netanyahu; BERNIE SANDERS, one of several US Democratic candidates who spoke at J Street

Sanders slams PAC that ran ugly ad against Engel’s progressive opponent

The PAC’s ad targets Jamaal Bowman, whom Sanders has endorsed, for not paying taxes.

U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders speaks during a rally in St Louis, Missouri, U.S., March 9, 2020.

Bernie Sanders endorses Eliot Engel’s opponent Jamaal Bowman for Congress

Engel is a moderate Democrat and a leading pro-Israel voice in Congress who voted against the Iran nuclear deal in 2015.

Jamaal Bowman is running against Eliot Engel for Congress