AIPAC

Jewish officials rebuke Rep. Randy Fine over post allegedly comparing Muslims to dogs

Fine claimed he was responding to a social media post by Nerdeen Kiswani, co-founder of the radical pro-Palestinian activist group Within Our Lifetime.

|ByANDREW LAPIN/JTA
Rep. Randy Fine, R-Fla., leaves a meeting of the House Republican Conference in the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, November 18, 2025.
Foreign Affairs Minister Gideon Sa'ar attends a Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem December 2, 2025.

FM Sa'ar to represent Israel at Trump's Washington Board of Peace summit

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu initially accepted the US president's invitation to join the Board of Peace in January.

|ByAMICHAI STEIN, SAM HALPERN
Demonstrators hold US and Israeli flags during a rally in Central Park marking 150 days since hostages were taken in attack on Israel on March 10, 2024 in New York City.

We backed Birthright. Now it’s time for more big ideas for a post-Oct. 7 world - opinion

Not long ago, it felt as if we were in a Jewish golden age. Now, we must face the realities of our time and take action to ensure the continued vitality of the Jewish people.

|ByCHARLES BRONFMAN/JTA, JEFFREY R. SOLOMON/JTA
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

“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 the United Democracy Project, said.

|ByJOSEPH STRAUSS/JTA

Donna Edwards loses Maryland primary following $6M pro-Israel spending bonanza

The candidate backed by AIPAC and its super PAC, former state attorney Glenn Ivey, beat Edwards to win the primary for Maryland’s 4th Congressional district.

JULY 21, 2022ByANDREW LAPIN/JTA
Donna Edwards greets a voter at Breath of Life Seventh-day Adventist Church in Fort Washington, Md., July 19, 2022.

Israel Latin America Network (ILAN) expands to US, Costa Rica, Chile, Guatemala and other countries

Awards were given to key groundbreaking figures with a global reputation who have promoted relations between Israel and Latin America in the areas of health, quality of environment, economy and tech.

JUNE 17, 2022ByZVIKA KLEIN
Award recipients

AIPAC funds help Henry Cuellar, one of Congress’ most conservative Dems

Cuellar was seen as especially vulnerable because of an FBI investigation into influence-peddling by Azerbaijan. The FBI earlier this year raided Cuellar’s home and office.

MAY 25, 2022ByRON KAMPEAS/JTA
Rep. Henry Cuellar questions U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas as he testifies before a House Appropriations Subcommittee

Candidates backed by AIPAC and J Street face off for first time

AIPAC-backed Don Davis beats J Street-backed Erica Smith in NC • The tables turn in PA

MAY 18, 2022ByOMRI NAHMIAS
A man fills out a ballot at a voting booth in Mt. Gilead, North Carolina, May 17, 2022.

AIPAC-PAC, J Street, going head-to-head in five democratic primary races

AIPAC opened its Political Action Committee (PAC) in December, and for the first time the two pro-Israel lobbies are going head to head in five different states.

MAY 2, 2022ByOMRI NAHMIAS
Rep. Andy Levin of Michigan.

AIPAC PAC to back Liz Cheney despite her criticism of endorsements

Cheney has been a prominent pro-Israel figure since her days during the George W. Bush administration.

APRIL 30, 2022ByRON KAMPEAS/JTA
US Representative Liz Cheney (R-WY) is seen before a vote on a report recommending the US House of Representatives cite Steve Bannon for criminal contempt of Congress during a meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, US, October 19, 2021.

Jewish organizations are gearing up as midterm elections nears

Jewish organizations' political action committees are announcing their endorsements for the midterm elections.

APRIL 23, 2022ByOMRI NAHMIAS
The backdrop of the stage at last year’s AIPAC conference in Washington, DC

AIPAC’s new PAC now America’s largest pro-Israel committee

AIPAC PAC drew sharp criticism last month when it announced its first 120 endorses, among them 37 Republicans who voted against certifying Biden.

APRIL 22, 2022ByRON KAMPEAS/JTA
THEN-PRIME minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the AIPAC Conference in Washington in 2018.

AIPAC’s pro-democracy ‘super PAC’ does not mention Israel in its mission

AIPAC's new PAC's brief mission statement does not mention Israel nor the powerhouse pro-Israel lobby behind its founding. Instead, it emphasizes the promotion of democracy.

MARCH 22, 2022ByRON KAMPEAS/JTA
A screenshot of the web page of AIPAC's new super PAC. It does not mention AIPAC or Israel. Taken March 21, 2022.

Letters to the Editor March 21, 2022: Harmful to Israel

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

MARCH 20, 2022ByLETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters