Jewish lobby

California special election becomes battleground over AIPAC's influence in Democratic Party

Bold America, another group that has received funding from the United Democracy Project, has spent roughly $1.8 million, according to The Hill.

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Aisha Wahab speaks during the Bay Area Abortion Rights Coalition commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade at City Hall in San Francisco, California, on Jan. 25, 2023.
US Representative Cori Bush (D-MO) speaks during a press conference alongside lawmakers and university union members following pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses, Capitol Hill, Washington.

Cori Bush vows to deliver 'knockout' punch to AIPAC in upcoming congressional primary rematch

Now, as AIPAC has rapidly transformed into a radioactive bogeyman among Democrats and Bush’s fellow progressives have mounted an ascent across the party, Bush is out for revenge.

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DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE for New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks outside the Islamic Cultural Center of the Bronx on Friday. The writer asks: Does Mamdani still not understand that anti-Israel rhetoric has generated a sharp spike in antisemitic violence?

Mamdani calls AIPAC ‘monsters’ in rally ahead of NY primaries

He described the major pro-Israel lobby as an organization “for whom the only thing more frightening than democracy being allowed to run its course is an end to genocide and Netanyahu’s wars.”

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(L-R): Josh Gottheimer, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Norman Brownstein

No. 24: Norman Brownstein, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Josh Gottheimer: Lobbying for Israel in DC

Norman Brownstein, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, and Josh Gottheimer all provide extensive pro-Israel voices on Capitol Hill.

|ByCORINNE BAUM, LEO FEIERBERG BETTER

Reconsidering ‘The Israel Lobby’

The United States has, for decades, refused to take concrete steps to influence the Israeli government down a path that reflects America’s official positions on occupation and settlement building.

NOVEMBER 9, 2017ByMATT SIENKIEWICZ
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-WI) speaks at the AIPAC policy conference in Washington in March

Que s’est-il passé à l’Unesco ?

L’élection de la directrice générale revisitée par Al-Ahram Hebdo

OCTOBER 29, 2017ByMICHELE MAZEL
Mohammed Salmawy, fondateur d'Al-Ahram Hebdo

Kurds hope Israel can nudge US to support independence

“They say that Israel has a strong lobby, and the ear of [US President Donald] Trump, and that they would be very happy if we could help,” she said.

AUGUST 16, 2017ByHERB KEINON
KURDISTAN REGIONAL Government President Masoud Barzani gestures during a news conference in Erbil, Iraq, in April.

Israeliness is the answer

How Israeli-Americans can solve the ‘Pew Problem’

MAY 5, 2016ByADAM MILSTEIN
Independence Day Festival in Los Angeles.

No holds barred: Why AIPAC must migrate from private influence to public agitation

AIPAC must regain its stature as the most powerful foreign policy lobby.

NOVEMBER 12, 2015BySHMULEY BOTEACH
A man waits for the start of the evening's speeches at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) policy conference in Washington

Le B'nai B'rit: action et réflexion

Après les terribles attentats de Paris et à l’heure où la menace islamiste est de plus en plus forte, la loge Robert Gamzon du B’nai B’rit tiendra son 8e colloque sur le thème de la liberté d’expression

JUNE 3, 2015ByJOHANNA AFRIAT
Rassemblement après l'attentat de Charlie Hebdo