Progressive coalition teams up to take on pro-Israel lobbying group Aipac in US

A coalition of more than 20 progressive groups has teamed up to protect pro-Palestinian lawmakers from the powerful Israel American Israel Public Affairs Committee, better known as Aipac.

The group, calling itself Reject AIPAC, is made up of several progressive and pro-Palestinian organisations including the Working Families Party; Sunrise Movement; Jewish Voice for Peace; IfNotNow; Peace Action; Democratic Socialists of America; and others.

“For decades, AIPAC has been a hawkish, warmongering, and bullying force in US politics,” the coalition said in a statement that calls on lawmakers not to accept endorsements from Aipac or other political action committees aligned with it.

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