Posts Tagged: AIPAC
At AIPAC, Both Pence and Bloomberg Take Aim at Sanders Over Israel Views
In remarks at the annual American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) conference in Washington, DC, on Monday, US Vice President Mike Pence slammed Democratic presidential...
Biden to AIPAC: Support for Israel Among Young People Is in Danger
Former US vice president and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden told the pro-Israel lobby AIPAC on Sunday that Israel’s annexation and settlement policies are undermining...
Netanyahu at AIPAC: Sanders Criticism ‘Outrageous’; Pledges to Annex Parts of West Bank With American Support
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday gave a pointed response to statements made by Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders attacking the American pro-Israel lobby...
What AIPAC Needs Is an Effective Democratic Champion
JNS.org - Michael Bloomberg had his chance. During the Democratic presidential debate in South Carolina this week, he had the perfect opportunity to directly answer...
US Jewish Groups React With Outrage to Bernie Sanders’ ‘Offensive’ Attack on AIPAC
Mainstream US Jewish groups reacted with outrage on Monday to what they saw as 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders' “offensive” attack on the American...
AIPAC Apology Sparks Broader Debate About Strategy
JNS.org - Pro-Israel lobby group AIPAC issued an apology this weekend for an advertisement and petition that they recently published. While a small portion of...
US Jewish, Pro-Israel Groups Mourn Sudden Death of Civil Rights Icon Elijah Cummings
Many American Jewish and pro-Israel groups expressed condolences on Thursday over the sudden death of US Congressman Elijah Cummings. In a statement, Arthur Stark, chairman, and...
Israeli UN Envoy on Abbas General Assembly Speech: ‘Recycled Speeches in New York Will Not Lead to Solutions in Ramallah’
Israel’s envoy to the UN slammed Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday following his General Assembly address. "The Palestinian Authority chairman refuses to understand that recycled...
AIPAC Needs to Live Up to Being the ‘Pro-Israel Lobby’
JNS.org - The American Israel Public Affairs Committee, commonly known as AIPAC, recently made headlines in almost every major media outlet when it wrongly and...
Right-Wing MKs to Congress: Palestinian Statehood Far More Dangerous Than BDS
JNS.org - Nearly two-dozen right-wing members of the Knesset are urging the US Congress to reconsider their position on Palestinian statehood, arguing that a two-state...
Democrat Cory Booker to Anti-Israel Activist: ‘I Would Understand if You Want to Support Somebody Else’
Democratic presidential candidate Cory Booker told an anti-Israel activist who confronted him at a campaign event over the weekend, “I would understand if you want...
Leading Jewish, Pro-Israel Groups Praise Trump’s Designation of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards as Terrorist Organization
Leading Jewish and pro-Israel advocacy groups praised the Trump administration on Monday for it's decision to designate Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a...
After AIPAC, Balancing Bipartisanship and Being Thankful
King Solomon provides an important lesson about the Jewish concept of gratitude, hakarat hatov, in the Book of Proverbs. “Evil will never depart from the home...
The Truth About Those Pro-Israel ‘Benjamins’
When Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (D-MN) tweeted, “It’s all about the Benjamins baby,” suggesting that US politicians support Israel because they are bribed to do so,...
