AIPAC
Stevens defeated Rep. Andy Levin, a Jewish progressive targeted by pro-Israel groups.
Pro-Israel groups continue to reshape primaries with multimillion-dollar spending — regardless of how the candidates they support feel about it.
AIPAC and its allies aim to combat rising pro-Palestinian sympathy among Democrats.
In private remarks to the pro-Israel lobby last month, Rep. Michael McCaul (Texas) also spoke of pressuring Saudi Arabia to recognize Israel without an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal, according to a recording obtained by HuffPost.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
WHAT'S HAPPENING
During a panel at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, CNN political analyst Paul Begala predicted that President Donald Trump will name a new vice president by July.
President Donald Trump said that Jewish people who vote for a Democrat show “great disloyalty.”
The latest iteration of AB2844 creates a new crime of perjury for businesses, non-profits, and private incorporated individuals (receiving $100,000 or more in state funding) who swear in writing that they're not discriminating on the basis of race, nationality, etc., yet boycott or even protest Israel "under the pretext of the First Amendment."
To those of you who say Berners will have to vote for Hillary because they'll have nowhere else to go, I say you're wrong -- those Berners could go to a third party or the living room couch, to sit out the Presidential election. Walk it back from AIPAC, Hillary, and never again say Kissinger.
In the Brooklyn debate, Sanders said that in order to achieve peace in the region, the United States must play "an even-handed role," adding, "We cannot continue to be one-sided. There are two sides to the issue."