AIPAC
Supporters cheer during a midterm election night watch party for Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed at the Department at Hudson's on November 04, 2026 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Salwan Georges/Getty Images)
November 5, 2026, 8:16 am
After an evening of frothy celebrations, Jewish Democrats wrestle with what’s next
Moderate, conservative voices warn of the normalization of ‘untethered’ attacks on Israel
By Sharon Udasin
People enter as the installation "Reclining Liberty" rests outside of the Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington on Nov. 03, 2026, in Arlington, VA. (Finn Gomez/Getty Images)
November 3, 2026, 5:38 pm
Americans head to the polls in races with massive implications for US-Israel policy
Control of Congress is up for grabs Tuesday following campaigns in which antisemitism, AIPAC and the Jewish state played starring roles.
By Tovah Lazaroff and JTA Staff
"I Voted" stickers are seen on a table on the last day of early voting at the Cuyahoga Board of Elections on November 01, 2026 in Cleveland, Ohio. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
November 2, 2026, 7:57 am
Ohio Senate race between Israel supporters becomes proxy battle for AIPAC versus J Street
Republican Husted and Democrat Brown challenge each other on Epstein-related campaign financing and extremist social media posts.
By Sharon Udasin
A view of the stage at the 2019 AIPAC conference in Washington, D.C. (Cheriss May/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
October 21, 2026, 9:50 pm
AIPAC to halt direct campaign contributions and candidate endorsements
The pro-Israel lobby announces it will continue to operate its Super PAC, while focusing on mobilizing individual donors.
By Sharon Udasin
September 23, 2026, 3:39 pm
Chronicle poll results: AIPAC or J Street?
We asked our readers which lobbying group — AIPAC or J Street — they support or mostly agree with. Here's what they said.
By Toby Tabachnick
September 15, 2026, 3:55 pm
Chronicle poll question
Which of these two lobbying groups — AIPAC and J Street — do you support or mostly agree with?
Jeremy Ben-Ami, president of J Street, speaking at the J Street National Conference in 2018. (Michael Brochstein/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
September 14, 2026, 3:49 pm
J Street goes on the offensive against AIPAC-backed candidates
“It’s a new era for us,” says J Street president Jeremy Ben-Ami.
By Joseph Strauss
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mike Rogers, at left, looks on as Rabbi Asher Lopatin, the former director of Community Relations at the Jewish Federation of Greater Ann Arbor, speaks in support of his campaign in Detroit, Michigan, Aug. 20, 2026. (Screenshot via YouTube)
August 25, 2026, 1:31 pm
In the Michigan Senate race, will anyone take AIPAC’s money?
Reports say the GOP candidate would like the pro-Israel lobby to refrain from direct spending on his campaign against the progressive Democrat.
By Andrew Lapin
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) campaigns for Abdul El-Sayed at The People V. The Powerful rally at the Detroit Opera House in Detroit, Michigan, July 18, 2026. (Sarah Rice/Getty Images)
August 10, 2026, 7:49 pm
Bernie Sanders urges Democrats to ban ‘corrupt’ AIPAC spending in primaries
AIPAC responded that Sanders wanted to “blacklist Americans who disagree with him.”
By Shira Li Bartov
Former U.S. Rep. Cori Bush prepares to deliver her concession speech on August 6, 2024, in St Louis. (Michael B. Thomas/Getty Images)
August 6, 2026, 8:02 pm
Did Cori Bush’s focus on AIPAC doom her Missouri Democratic primary bid?
The former congresswoman pledged to tear down the pro-Israel lobby’s “kingdom.” Now, they’re the ones still standing.
By Sharon Udasin
Early results are broadcast at a primary night watch party for U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens at the Hotel Saint Regis Detroit on August 4, 2026 in Detroit, Michigan. (Finn Gomez/Getty Images)
August 5, 2026, 7:33 pm
El-Sayed’s narrow Michigan win sets up a reckoning among Jewish Democrats
Jews who backed Rep. Haley Stevens are weighing whether they can support an avowed critic of Israel, though some find solace in his razor-thin victory.
By Grace Gilson
Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed speaks in Detroit after a radio appearance on Dr. Horace Sheffield's GOTV Community Rally on August 01, 2026. (Finn Gomez/Getty Images)
August 5, 2026, 7:23 pm
El-Sayed decried AIPAC. Now he hopes to win over pro-Israel Democrats.
El-Sayed devoted a chunk of his primary victory speech to promising Michigan’s Jews that he cared about their safety.
By Ron Kampeas
Michigan Democratic Senate primary candidates Abdul El-Sayed (L) and Haley Stevens (R). (Finn Gomez/Getty Images/JEFF KOWALSKY / AFP via Getty Images)
August 5, 2026, 7:13 pm
Staunch Israel critic El-Sayed wins Michigan Senate primary
The closely watched Democratic race tested the party’s divisions over the Jewish state.
By Grace Gilson and Andrew Lapin
Wesley Bell and Cori Bush faced off in 2024, and are doing so again in 2026 (L: Michael B. Thomas for The Washington Post via Getty Images/R: Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images)
August 5, 2026, 7:02 pm
AIPAC-backed Wesley Bell defeats Cori Bush in Missouri Democratic primary
The race for Bell’s congressional seat was a rematch between candidates who take sharply different stances on Israel.
By Sharon Udasin
Wesley Bell and Cori Bush faced off in 2024, and are doing so again in 2026 (L: Michael B. Thomas for The Washington Post via Getty Images/R: Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images)
August 4, 2026, 8:58 am
Cori Bush promised to bury AIPAC; rematch with Wesley Bell in Missouri tests that.
The pro-Israel lobby is once again working to boost Bell, whose support for the Jewish state has remained strong heading into Tuesday’s Democratic congressional primary.
By Sharon Udasin
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