This is the cycle where we are seeing a confrontation with AIPAC – the American Israel Public Affairs Committee — happen head on for the first time.
For so long the fear of standing up for Palestinian human rights and actually fighting for a lasting peace has been the third rail in American politics.
This is the cycle where we've decided, between the absolute indiscriminate attacks and an unfolding genocide in Gaza, that we are standing up and saying: Enough.
From Day 1 we have called for a ceasefire in the region. Since Day 1, we have advocated for the human rights of Palestinians. And from Day 1, they have put a target on our back.
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I want to be very clear that AIPAC is not representative or in alignment with the views of the vast majority of Americans, of Democrats, and especially generationally, many in the Jewish community.
They seek to artificially conflate some of the most conservative and war-hawk stances with bad faith accusations that criticism of the Netanyahu Administration or how Gazans are treated is somehow anti-semitic.
We must stand up undeterred.
They're raising significant resources from, and are financed by, Republicans. They endorse Republicans who supported the January 6th attacks.
It's so important to understand that the threat to democracy — both that Netanyahu represents in Israel and that Trump represents in the United States — are being supported by many of the individuals that support AIPAC as well.
This is a question of democracy. This is a question of making sure that we are not torn up by the racist attacks that AIPAC engages in.
For the first time in modern American politics, conditioning aid to Israel is becoming a mainstream conversation in D.C. That has never happened before.
And it's happening because of the support, activism, and organizing of people like you.
Thank you,
Alexandria
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