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Jewish Illinois rep. withdraws endorsement for congressional candidate over AIPAC ties

Schakowsky endorsed Donna Miller, the Cook County commissioner, in the 2nd Congressional District last month. Now, she said, she cannot let her endorsement stand.

A BANNER that reads "Dump AIPAC" is displayed by demonstrators as they take part in a protest against the US backing of the Israeli military operation in Gaza, outside the Washington office of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) in Washington, DC, US, September 22, 2025.
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

 Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey speaks at an Election Night party in Minneapolis, Minnesota, November 4, 2025.

Jacob Frey, Jewish mayor of Minneapolis, defeats challenger who drew Mamdani comparisons

J STREET FOUNDER Jeremy Ben-Ami is flanked by Jill Jacobs of T’ruah (left) and Margo Hughes-Robinson of Partners for Progressive Israel. Ben-Ami used his platform to push divisive political resolutions, the writer charges.

WZC supposed to be about unity; J Street made it about division - opinion


81 members of Congress say US must stop Israeli eviction of Hebron Hills' Palestinians

The court said that the Palestinians had failed to make their case that they had lived there prior to its declaration as a firing zone.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Vice President Mike Pence take part in a joint session of Congress to certify the 2020 election results on Capitol Hill in Washington, US, January 6, 2021.

The Israeli government must cooperate with J Street - opinion

On the issue of the Iranian nuclear threat, J Street may prove to be a particularly effective partner for Israel.

American and Israeli Jews [Illustrative]

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.

Rep. Andy Levin of Michigan.

AIPAC defend recent round of endorsements: 'Imperative to build the broadest possible coalition'

The progressive group J Street sharply criticized the PAC for its endorsement, noting that some 35 of the Republicans AIPAC’s list voted not to certify the 2020 presidential elections.

 THEN-PRIME minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the AIPAC Conference in Washington in 2018.

Congresswoman accused of pro-Palestinian bribery dropped by J Street

Newman is under investigation for allegedly promising Lymen Chehade, a Palestinian-American academic, a job on her congressional staff if he agreed not to run against her in a primary.

 Marie Newman, then-candidate for Congress in IL-03, speaks to reporters after receiving the endorsement of Reps. Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., and Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill., in Washington DC, Jan. 17, 2018.

Reporting Palestinian violence undermines anti-Israel agenda - opinion

Everything about these attacks undermines everything that J Street and the slam-Israel media and the State Department crowd are trying to promote.

 A CONFRONTATION takes place between Palestinian protesters and police in Sheikh Jarrah on Monday.

Pro-Palestinian influence at center of congressional bribery allegations

Because of redistricting, Newman will likely face another Democratic incumbent, Sean Casten, in a primary this year.

Joint session of Congress to certify Joe Biden as the next US president in the US Capitol in Washington

Democratic Socialists of America not expelling Rep. Bowman for Israel trip

The Democratic Socialists of America — which endorses BDS — opted not to expel Rep. Jamaal Bowman for a trip he took to Israel last month with the liberal Israel lobby J Street.

Jamaal Bowman speaks at a watch party as he takes an early lead in the democratic primary for New York's 16th Congressional District in Yonkers, New York, US, June 23, 2020.

Squad member Jamaal Bowman meets Israeli FM Yair Lapid

One of the six-member “Squad," Jamaal Bowman, is currently on a tour of the country with a liberal pro-Israel group and met with its foreign minister, Yair Lapid.

REP. JAMAAL BOWMAN (D-New York) speaks at a watch party in Yonkers, New York, last year.

Lapid denies shift in policy after J Street meeting

J Street brought a delegation of Members of the US Congress to the Knesset on Monday, where they met with Yair Lapid and other politicians.

Foreign Minister Yair Lapid (R). October 18, 2021.