Democratic Primaries Are Embroiled in Debate Over Support for Israel

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Marshall Wittmann, AIPAC’s longtime spokesman, said the super PAC was a response to the soaring cost of campaigns, high congressional turnover and “hyper-partisanship.”

Unmentioned in Mr. Wittmann’s lengthy statement was the rising volume on the Democratic left of voices calling for a fundamental re-evaluation of the United States’ reflexive backing of successive Israeli governments, as the occupation of the West Bank stretches into its second half-century and the prospects for a two-state solution grow more remote.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/15/us/politics/aipac-israel-democrats.html

 

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For Ms. Edwards, who in 2008 became the first Black woman to represent Maryland in Congress, Middle East politics should be beside the point. She spent nearly a decade in the House before a failed bid for the Senate in 2016. Her intended return is backed by much of the Democratic leadership, including Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

And, she said, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is the furthest thing from the mind of suburban Maryland voters: “Never, ever, ever” has it come up.

But to hawkish Israel groups, Ms. Edwards has emerged as an enemy.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/15/us/politics/aipac-israel-democrats.html

Good move, AIPAC. Attack a Black woman.