AIPAC sees support for Israel as bipartisan, and its donors come from both parties. But its practice of sending money from GOP donors into Democratic races has enraged progressives.
AIPAC has raised more money for George Latimer than any other candidate as he challenges progressive Rep. Jamaal Bowman . | News 12The American Israel Public Affairs Committee has become a fundraising juggernaut in recent years, raising more money for candidates than any similar organization this cycle as part of its mission to back candidates who support Israel.
Criticism from the left has intensified as the partisan politics around U.S. support for Israel have shifted in the aftermath of the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attack on Israel. Israel’s subsequent invasion of Gaza, and its mounting civilian casualties, have led even Democrats who have long favored Israel to question whether the U.S. can continue its level of support.
“We are proud to engage in the democratic process in a bipartisan way to help elect candidates who support the US-Israel relationship,” Marshall Wittmann, an AIPAC spokesperson, said in a statement. “Candidates from both parties should welcome the engagement of pro-Israel activists because Americans overwhelmingly stand with the Jewish state. In fact, those who object to our participation only represent a small, extremist fringe.
For Republican donors, giving to Democratic candidates in primaries helps ensure more moderate, pro-Israel candidates win in deep-blue seats where the general election is all but certain to be uncompetitive, and financial support for GOP candidates would be a waste. “AIPAC and its Republican megadonors are targeting me because I stand up for our community’s democratic values — from a ceasefire to abortion rights and gun violence prevention — against Donald Trump’s MAGA extremism,” Bowman said in a statement.
Even many establishment Democrats now say the U.S. should put some conditions on its support for Israel amid rising civilian casualties. A, which backs Bowman, found in March that a majority of voters in New York’s 16th Congressional District said they were more likely to support a candidate who favored a cease-fire in Gaza.
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