The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) is a powerful pro-Israel lobby in the US.
AIPAC labels itself bipartisan but has also come under criticism by many who feel it is too closely aligned with the Republican Party in the US and the Likud Party in Israel.
It is also often contrasted with J Street, another pro-Israel organization in the US often seen as being more closely aligned with the American and Israeli Left.
In late 2021, AIPAC announced it would begin fundraising efforts and endorsements for certain political candidates in the US.
The IHRA working definition of antisemitism was widely adopted - the pro-Israel community should use it to target obvious antisemites.
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It was reported by Israeli media that Shas is expected to receive the Diaspora Affairs Ministry in the coalition negotiations.
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.
"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.
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.
AIPAC has said progressive Democrat Summer Lee held “dangerous views of the US-Israel alliance.”
A political action committee affiliated with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee is spending upwards of $1 million in a second bid to oppose Summer Lee.
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Abbas’ endorsement of engagement with AIPAC is significant as calls from the left and pro-Palestinians to boycott the group grow louder.