The Myth of AIPAC’s Power

One acronym looms large in the minds of Israel-haters nationwide. AIPAC, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, is a particular target of their odium.

AIPAC-bashing knows no ideological bounds. “AIPAC is the most successful foreign influence operation in U.S. history,” wrote former Democratic National Committee Vice Chairman David Hogg. “NO Democrat should accept money from AIPAC — an organization that also helped deliver the presidency to Donald Trump,” Bernie Sanders fumed. Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene derided the organization as “Israel First.” The anti-Zionist left and isolationist right agree that AIPAC is a malignant force in American politics.

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Daniel J. Samet

Daniel J. Samet is a Jeane Kirkpatrick Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.

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One acronym looms large in the minds of Israel-haters nationwide. AIPAC, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, is a particular target of their odium.

AIPAC-bashing knows no ideological bounds. “AIPAC is the most successful foreign influence operation in U.S. history,” wrote former Democratic National Committee Vice Chairman David Hogg. “NO Democrat should accept money from AIPAC — an organization that also helped deliver the presidency to Donald Trump,” Bernie Sanders fumed. Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene derided the organization as “Israel First.” The anti-Zionist left and isolationist right agree that AIPAC is a malignant force in American politics.