AIPAC

California Democrat backed by pro-Israel group loses runoff spot to Israel critic

During the campaign, Democratic Majority for Israel president Brian Romick told Jewish Insider that Villegas "consistently has an anti-Israel record."

Randy Villegas, running for California’s 22nd Congressional District, poses in Bakersfield, California, on May 23, 2026.
U.S. senatorial candidate from Maine Graham Platner speaks at a town hall at the Leavitt Theater on Oct. 22, 2025 in Ogunquit, Maine. Platner, a veteran of the U.S. Marines and an oyster farmer, is running for the seat held by Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME).

Platner's primary victory shows just how deep the Democrats' fracture goes - editorial

U.S. senatorial candidate from Maine Graham Platner speaks at a town hall at the Leavitt Theater on Oct. 22, 2025 in Ogunquit, Maine. Platner, a veteran of the U.S. Marines and an oyster farmer, is running for the seat held by Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME).

Israel looms large as Maine heads to the polls in Graham Platner’s Senate primary

U.S. Representative Marlin Stutzman speaks during a press conference on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's abortion drug policies on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., January 14, 2026.

Netanyahu backs GOP plan to phase out US military aid to Israel, Rep. Marlin Stutzman tells 'Post'


Howard Kohr, longtime AIPAC director, announces retirement

Under Kohr’s leadership, AIPAC has traversed five presidencies and more than 10 Israeli elections.

Howard Kohr

Netanyahu: Wrong to hold Israel to standard no one else held to

“For Israel, every civilian death is a tragedy. For Hamas, every civilian death is a strategy,” he said. 

PRIME Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a video address to AIPAC in 2019.

Pressure rises on Biden, Democrats to reject AIPAC funds

The campaign accompanies an increasingly organized movement within the Democratic Party protesting Biden's support of Israel. 

 THEN-PRIME minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the AIPAC Conference in Washington in 2018.

Adam Schiff, advances to Senate runoff in California to replace Dianne Feinstein

The representative, Adam Schiff, a Jewish Democrat with AIPAC backing, wins elections and advances to the runoff for the US Senate.

 Democratic Senate candidate U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff and his wife Eve Schiff greet supporters during his California primary election night gathering at The Avalon in Los Angeles, March 05, 2024.

Police detain 20 anti-Zionist protesters at rallies against AIPAC, pro-Israel lawmakers

The protesters carried banners that said “Jews to Schumer: Stop funding genocide” as they linked arms outside Schumer’s office.

New York Stock Exchange surrounded by pro-Palestine, anti-Israel protests

US Jewish orgs lobby Congress to adopt IHRA definition of antisemitism in new letter

The IHRA definition notes that “criticism of Israel similar to that leveled against any other country cannot be regarded as antisemitic.”

 DEMONSTRATORS RALLY in solidarity with Israel and against antisemitism, in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, in May.

In an unusual twist, AIPAC praises Bernie Sanders over his Israel-Hamas ceasefire stance

Later on Sunday, Sanders made clear that the affection wasn’t mutual.

 US Rep Rashida Tlaib and Democratic 2020 US presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders exit the stage following a campaign rally for Sanders in Detroit, Michigan, US October 27, 2019

AIPAC is stifling debate on Israel, Barak charges in pro-democracy event

Barak urged American Jews to oppose the judicial reform plan, explaining that “you have a moral commitment to stand behind the protests.”

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the AIPAC Policy Conference in Washington, in 2018.

What's pro-Israel activism's future amid Netanyahu's war on democracy? - opinion

Growing numbers of Jews and Americans fear Israel is moving toward a theocratic/nationalist/apartheid autocracy. Will J Street absorb pro-Israel supporters from AIPAC?

 US SECRETARY of State Antony Blinken addresses the AIPAC Policy Summit in Washington in June.

Blinken’s AIPAC speech puts US-Israel ties into perspective - analysis

A Biden invitation means the ties are good; no invitation means they are bad.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken waves after delivering remarks at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) policy Summit in Washington, US, June 5, 2023.