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AIPAC
AIPAC’s plans to ‘come together’ undone by Trump
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AIPAC apologizes for Trump’s cheering Obama’s departure
In an emotional apology, the AIPAC leadership expressed regret to President Barack Obama for an attack on him from its stage by Donald Trump, and for the loud applause it earned.
Trump to AIPAC: ‘I love the people in this room. I love Israel.’
Some people sat silently. A small group walked out silently. And most stood and applauded as Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump took the stage on the evening of March 21 at a packed Verizon Center in Washington, D.C., one of two venues for this year’s American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s Policy Conference.
Joe Biden to AIPAC: Israeli, Palestinian apathy ‘incredibly disappointing’
Israelis and Palestinians must revive their will for peace, Vice President Joe Biden told AIPAC in a speech that earned thunderous applause for emotional expressions of affection for Israel and scattered boos for criticism of settlements.
Hillary Clinton to AIPAC: Donald Trump’s foreign policy ‘dangerously wrong’
Hillary Clinton derided Donald Trump as a feckless negotiator and told AIPAC that “walking away” from the Middle East was not an option for the United States, a broadside against the Republican front-runner that signaled her general election strategy.
AIPAC’s Howard Kohr: Refocus Congress on Iran
AIPAC director Howard Kohr called on activists to refocus lawmakers on Iran.
AIPAC likes Obama’s clarification on ‘67 lines [VIDEO]
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee said it \”appreciated\” President Obama\’s clarification that he did not expect Israel to return to its 1967 lines. \”In particular, we appreciate his statement that the U.S. does not expect Israel to withdraw to the boundaries that existed between Israel and Jordan in 1967 before the Six-Day War,\” the pro-Israel lobby said in a statement released after Obama delivered a speech Sunday to its annual policy conference.