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January 12, 2017

AIPAC’s Dilemma and Its Roots

A toothless force.

With support for Israel increasingly becoming a partisan issue, the influence of the pro-Israel lobby AIPAC is correlatively weakening. According to Armin Rosen, the heart of the problem is the organization’s relentlessly bipartisan approach, and the real damage was done during its attempt to rally congressional opposition to the Iran deal. AIPAC’s overall strategy—based on rewarding friends but shying away from punishing enemies, and never threatening consequences for senators and representatives who take positions it opposes—severely curbed its ability to pressure legislators effectively, and ultimately exposed its frailties:

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January 12, 2017

  1. To Facilitate Peace, President Trump Should Shut Down UNRWA

    Palestinian refugees should be resettled, not kept in poverty and nurtured on a diet of hate.

  2. Why Israel Opposes the Upcoming Paris Peace Conference

    Only direct negotiations can succeed.

  3. AIPAC’s Dilemma and Its Roots

    A toothless force.

  4. Thessaloniki Tentatively Acknowledges Its Jewish Past, While Greek Anti-Semitism Persists

    From left and right.

  5. The Case for Keeping Religion in the Public Conversation

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