Israel lobby

President Donald Trump speaking at the annual AIPAC policy conference in, Washington, D.C. on March 21, 2016. (Lorie Shaull/CC BY-SA 2.0)

AIPAC’s insurrectionists for Israel

By endorsing candidates who tried to sabotage the elections, AIPAC has demonstrated how far it will prioritize Israel's interests over U.S. democracy.

By Mitchell Plitnick March 28, 2022

(L to R): The directors of five Palestinian rights groups declared 'terrorist organizations' by Israel: Shawan Jabarin of Al-Haq, Ubai Al-Aboudi of Bisan Center, Fuad Abu Saif of UAWC, Sahar Francis of Addameer, and Khaled Quzmar of DCI-Palestine, in Ramalah, West Bank. Oct. 28, 2021. (Oren Ziv)

The real terror of Palestinian civil society

Israel’s brazen assault on Palestinian NGOs exposes the true goal of its ‘shrinking the conflict' doctrine: to eliminate opposition to apartheid.

By Amjad Iraqi October 28, 2021

Delegates react to then-Vice President Joe Biden's speech during the closing night of the 2012 Democratic National Convention held at the Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte, N.C., on September 6, 2012. (Jared Soares/PBS NewsHour/CC BY-NC 2.0)

This ‘progressive’ Israel lobby group has a racism problem

Democratic Majority for Israel has come under fire over a series of offensive social media posts, highlighting the group's aggressive and racist tactics.

By Alex Kane May 5, 2021

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Palestinians harvest strawberries in a field in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip, Dec. 30, 2015. (Emad Nassar/Flash90)

How an Israeli smear campaign is ripping away funds from Palestinian farmers

Israel lobby groups are targeting the funding sources of a major Palestinian agricultural union — by dubiously claiming it has ties to 'terrorists.' Other Palestinian organizations are facing the same attacks.

By Alex Kane and Mariam Barghouti January 25, 2021

American business magnate Sheldon Adelson attends an American Independence Day celebration at Avenue in Airport City, near Tel Aviv, July 3, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Sheldon Adelson’s far right alliance will serve Israel long after his death

The Evangelical-Jewish union that the late billionaire bankrolled for years will continue to empower right-wing agendas in Israel and the U.S.

By Alex Kane January 13, 2021

Abdul-Ghani and Fadwa Awawdeh are seen among the debris of an Israeli demolition in the Palestinian community of Humsa al-Fuqa, in the occupied West Bank, November 4, 2020. (Ahmad al-Bazz/Activestills)

Democratic lobby group defends Israel’s demolition of Palestinian hamlet

Blaming Palestinians for their own displacement, Democratic Majority for Israel is pushing back against its party's criticism of the largest West Bank demolition in a decade, memo reveals.

By Alex Kane December 16, 2020

President Donald Trump speaking at the annual AIPAC policy conference in, Washington, D.C. on March 21, 2016. (Lorie Shaull/CC BY-SA 2.0)

An unholy alliance

Two documentaries reveal how the U.S.'s pro-Israel coalition swung to the far right — endangering American Jews in the process.

By Natasha Roth-Rowland November 5, 2020

U.S. Congresswoman Ilhan Omar speaking with supporters of U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders at a campaign office in Las Vegas, Nevada. February 9, 2020. (Gage Skidmore/Flickr)

Israel lobby faces off with Palestinian rights movement in Ilhan Omar primary

The Democratic race for Minnesota's Fifth Congressional District has become the latest proxy war over the future of U.S. policy toward Israel.

By Alex Kane August 10, 2020

Jamaal Bowman, the new Democratic candidate for New York's 16th Congressional District, at a protest demanding safer maternity care for Black women. (Courtesy of Bowman for Congress)

What Jamaal Bowman’s victory means for America’s progressive movements

Bowman's unseating of Eliot Engel shows that neither the power of incumbency nor the backing of the Israel lobby is enough to win an election.

By Alex Kane June 28, 2020

Democratic primary challenger Jamaal Bowman speaks to supporters at his campaign launch in the Bronx, New York, June 18, 2019. (Corey Torpie)

New York primary puts Democratic divide over Israel in the spotlight

Congressman Eliot Engel, a pro-Israel hawk, is being challenged by Jamaal Bowman, a Black educator whose victory would mark a heavy setback for the Israel lobby.

By Alex Kane June 22, 2020

View of the Separation Wall as seen from the Palestinian town of Abu Dis. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)

Congress won’t allow Palestinians their day in court

The PLO faces punishment—the closure of its diplomatic office in the U.S.—for seeking justice in the International Criminal Court. By James J. Zogby Imagine that you are a victim of a violent crime or theft but are forbidden from reporting it because Congress has passed a law that not only prohibits you from reporting the…

By +972 Magazine November 27, 2017

Activist from IfNotNow march outside the Washington Convention Center to protest the annual AIPAC Policy Conference, Washington D.C., March 26, 2017. (Gili Getz)

The AIPAC protests from a Palestinian perspective

My mother’s generation might have internalized the notion that AIPAC was all-powerful. But if the protests this week were a sign of anything, it is that America’s Israel lobby is not omnipotent. Watching the scenes from this week’s AIPAC protests, I was reminded of another, more amiable stand-off — this one with my Palestinian mother.…

By Samer Badawi March 29, 2017

U.S. President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu at their joint press conference in Jerusalem (photo: Koby Gidon / Government Press Office)

America’s choice on Iran: Obama’s peace or Netanyahu’s war

If Bibi, the Israel lobby and the GOP stymie this historic nuclear deal, it will be very bad for Israel, America and America’s Jews. Anybody who thinks Obama has won, that Israel and the Israel lobby and the Republicans are just going to concede the Iran nuclear deal without a fight, could not be more…

By Larry Derfner April 5, 2015