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CEO of AIPAC to retire at year’s end

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Howard Kohr, whose “mark on the U.S.-Israel relationship will forever be felt,” intends to step down as CEO of AIPAC on Dec. 31, the national pro-Israel lobby announced on Tuesday. Kohr “helped transform AIPAC into...

Why the AIPAC-haters are hypocrites

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A hundred or so American Jews have signed what amounts to a declaration of war against AIPAC. The extremist organization behind the petition is the Progressive Democrats of America, and the media outlet linked to...

‘Anti-Israel hypocrisy, hate,’ says AIPAC, after AOC calls it ‘NRA of foreign policy’

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In the latest Washington alphabet soup, AOC called AIPAC the “NRA of foreign policy.” The progressive “Squad” member, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), who has a long anti-Israel history, responded on social media to a post from the...
Sen. Bernie Sanders speaking at a town meeting at the Phoenix Convention Center in Arizona, 2015. Photo by Gage Skidmore/Flickr.

Senate shoots down Bernie Sanders’ ‘slanderous’ anti-Israel resolution

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The U.S. Senate rejected a resolution threatening to block all American security aid to Israel. The resolution, forced to the floor by Sen. Bernie Sanders, (I-Vt.), was voted down 72-11. The resolution rejected on Tuesday...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hosts U.S. lawmakers in Jerusalem, Aug. 7, 2023. Photo by Haim Tzach/GPO.

Netanyahu meets with 24 Democratic members of Congress

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday welcomed a delegation of 24 Democrats from the U.S. House of Representatives to his Jerusalem office. House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York and previous House Majority...
Publicity photo of singer/actor Ed Ames from the NBC television program “Daniel Boone.” Credit: Wikipedia. | Wikipedia

‘He was an ardent, farbrente Zionist,’ Mort Klein says of Ed Ames

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Some 15 or 20 years ago, Mort Klein, national president of the Zionist Organization of America, saw a man who looked a lot like entertainer Ed Ames at an American Israel Public Affairs Committee...
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks to reporters in Washington, Aug. 2, 2021. Credit: State Department Photo by Freddie Everett.

Blinken tells AIPAC ‘America is more secure when Israel is strong’

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U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken addressed the 2023 American Israel Public Affairs Committee Policy Summit (AIPAC) at the Grand Hyatt in Washington, D.C., saying, “the depth and breadth” of the alliance between the U.S....
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with AIPAC President Betsy Korn and CEO Howard Kohr in Jerusalem, Jan. 17, 2023. Credit: Haim Zach/GPO.

Netanyahu meets with AIPAC leaders, hails strong bond with US

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday stressed the importance of bilateral relations with the United States in a meeting with top officials from the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. Netanyahu met with AIPAC President...
Bernie Sanders in Boston on Feb. 29, 2020. Credit: Lauryn Allen/Shutterstock.

Who’s winning Bernie Sanders’s war on AIPAC?

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Last week, 57 Democratic members of the U.S. House of Representatives signed a letter calling on the U.S. State Department and the FBI to launch an investigation into the death of Shireen Abu Akleh, a Palestinian...
Rep. Haley Stevens. Source: Facebook.

Democratic Rep. Haley Stevens: Can’t be silent when Israel’s being singled out

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Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Mich.) sat last week for an afternoon virtual interview for supporters of AIPAC, where she was able to talk about her pro-Israel beliefs for the organization that endorsed her over her...