This year, Israel will account for over a quarter of all free travel gifted to Congress members, and AIPAC is overwhelmingly setting the agenda.
The American Jewish community is in open crisis over its support for Israel after two years of genocide in Gaza. A key issue in this crisis is a topic once considered too taboo to criticize: the Israel lobby.
Mondoweiss interviews political consultant Peter Feld about how Zohran Mamdani’s historic win will impact beyond New York and how the Israel lobby will respond.
Mondoweiss interviews Andrew Day, senior editor at American Conservative, about the fierce debate over Israel (and Epstein) happening on the right, neoconservatism’s role within the Trump administration, and what a “post-Israel” GOP might look like.
The ADL is facing more and more backlash from the mainstream establishment, amid increasing attacks from the right.
For years, AIPAC played a key role in U.S. politics as a campaign financing powerhouse, but now aspiring candidates are distancing themselves from the group. What lies ahead for the Lobby as the Gaza genocide has made Israel a political liability?
The Trump administration’s recent efforts to target left-wing groups started with attacks on the Palestine movement, following the strategy established by pro-Israel organizations that worked for decades to pave the way for such repression.
New York City isn’t the only mayoral race where Palestine looks to factor into the results.
As support for Israel plummets among U.S. voters, Democrats are distancing themselves from AIPAC, and the Israel lobby group is on the defensive.
AIPAC generally portrays itself as an omnipotent force able to stomp out any political campaign that dares to stray from the party line, but a new ad shows they are suddenly on the defensive.