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Tuesday, October 16, 2018

AIPAC's Struggle to Remain Bipartisan

AIPAC has been struggling to remain a bipartisan group. It has become harder for them to not to be considered a conservative group as younger American Jews see the issue of Israel differently than the older generation and as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has developed a close alignment with President Trump. AIPAC wants to avoid becoming a partisan group like the NRA because they can only succeed when working with whoever is in power. AIPAC also faces the risk of the group splitting into two groups due to polarization. 

From The Atlantic
"Thus they are more likely to inherit their parents’ progressivism than their parents’ Zionism. The same concern for human rights and equality that informs their general political outlook makes them unsympathetic to Israel’s policy of holding millions of Palestinians under military occupation, without basic rights, in the West Bank. Which puts them at odds with AIPAC. They are also generally more assimilated than their parents, which means that—irrespective of their politics—they care about Israel less. Which means they’re less likely to join AIPAC."
 

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