The IL Coalition for Human Rights writes to Illinois legislature members visiting Israel on an Israel lobby junket: “Whether or not it is your intention, your official visit is providing political cover for the right-wing Israeli government officials and their settler proxies.”

The Illinois Investment Policy Board was created in 2015 under the guidance of pro-Israel ideologues to prevent the state pension from investing in companies that boycott Israel. However newly obtained emails show that board members see themselves having an even broader mission — “protecting Israeli sovereignty” in the West Bank.