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Aipac halts candidate endorsements amid US backlash against Israel
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cm0002 lemdro.id cm0002@lemdro.id
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LadyMeow lemmy.blahaj.zone LadyMeow@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2024-01-18
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Fuck Zionism

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Malica lemmy.zip Malica@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2026-08-27
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They'll just rebrand and continue, maybe save the biggest bribes for off the books. Only vote for candidates that explicitly say they take no money from any Israel lobby.

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savvie lemmy.zip savvie@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2026-05-17
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When the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, the most prominent pro-Israel lobby group in the US, announced on Wednesday that it would stop endorsing candidates or make direct contributions to them, its many critics were quick to hail the development as Aipac’s admission of how toxic its brand had become.

The announcement marked a significant reversal that underscored just how profoundly US public opinion of Israel has shifted over the latest war in Gaza, and how political candidates’ once reflexive support for Israel has increasingly become a liability.

But Aipac, which only launched its political action committee and started endorsing candidates three cycles ago, is hardly getting out of US elections. It pledged to maintain the work of its deep-pocketed Super Pac, United Democracy Project, and to continue to funnel millions of dollars to prop up pro-Israel candidates through individual donors and Aipac members. The shift in strategy was a sign it was adapting to a changing political landscape, not that it was giving up its efforts to shape it.

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bitteroldcoot piefed.social bitteroldcoot@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-11-22
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So they are going from openly subversive and sleazy, to covertly subversive and sleazy.

Well that sure is a big improvement.....

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