AIPAC’s shift

ON Wednesday, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) made an unusual announcement . The organisation would no longer endorse or make direct contributions to candidates running in US elections. This marks the end of a practice that AIPAC began in 2021 (its lobbying started in the ‘50s). This does not mean that the Israel lobby will stop trying to influence US elections. AIPAC will continue mobilising individual donors. However, the announcement is an acknowledgement of the growing difficulties associated with overt affiliation with the lobby and the pro-Israel agenda. The…