AIPAC Opens While Tensions Roil Over U.S. Policy Toward Israel
- Partisan gulf widens as Democrats criticize Trump, Netanyahu
- Pro-Israel meeting has become a flashpoint for progressives
People stand on top of old Israeli tank near the Israeli Syrian border in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights on March 23.
Photographer: Jalaa Marey/AFP via Getty Images
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The annual AIPAC summit is usually a bipartisan lovefest for Israel. But this year it’s drawing attention to President Donald Trump’s contentious shift in U.S.-Israeli policy ahead of an election there, and a clash among Democrats over support for the Jewish state.
The pro-Israel lobbying group’s three-day meeting in Washington kicks off Sunday and will feature speeches from Vice President Mike Pence, Secretary of State Michael Pompeo, and the Democratic and Republican leaders of the House and Senate, as well as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israeli officials.