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Comment: Future projections are useless. You might as well say "a bajillion." Who's leading the coalition? I mean that in terms of groups within it, as well as people within (or perhaps separate from) those groups.Please also clean up the author lists in the citations. If Mary Smith and John Brown write an article, it would be best to do something like {{cite news ... |last1=Smith |first1=Mary |last2=Brown |first2=John ...}} Snowman304|talk 05:05, 22 October 2024 (UTC)
Reject AIPAC is an American progressive coalition opposed to AIPAC. The coalition calls on candidates for federal office to not take endorsements or contributions from AIPAC and/or similar[which?] political action committees.[1]
| Founded | March 11, 2024 |
|---|---|
| Website | www |
History
[edit]'AIPAC', or the 'American Israel Public Affairs Committee', is an American pro-Israel lobby group. The group vowed to spent $100 million USD during the 2024 US election cycle to support pro-Israel candidates, including removing progressives, in part for their support for Palestinians.[2]
After the outbreak of the Israel–Hamas war and subsequent criticisms of Israel and its tactics, a split formed in the Democratic Party between pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel members. The aggressiveness of the Israeli counteroffensive had sparked international condemnation, including the charge that Israel is committing genocide.[3] The Squad, a progressive group of the party in Congress, and other pro-Palestinian members[who?] were threatened with pro-Israel primary challengers by AIPAC.[4][5] Ultimately, two members of the group, Jamaal Bowman and Cori Bush, lost their respective primary elections; they had faced outside spending in their races.[6]
The coalition was formed[by whom?] in March 2024.[7] The coalition's campaign accompanied the increasingly organized movement within the Party protesting Joe Biden's support of Israel.[8] Biden has been a top recipient of the pro-Israel lobby, receiving $5.2 million over the last 34 years, the most of any Congressional recipient, according to campaign finance watchdog, OpenSecrets.[8]
Participants
[edit]More than 20 progressive groups formed the coalition to counter pro-Israel groups before the 2024 US election.[9]
Groups participating in the coalition include Jewish peace organizations, Arab-American organizations, big tent groups, and other progressive organizations such as :
- Justice Democrats[citation needed]
- US Campaign for Palestinian Rights[citation needed]
- Jewish Voice for Peace[citation needed]
- IfNotNow[citation needed]
- Working Families Party[citation needed]
- Sunrise Movement[citation needed]
- Showing Up for Racial Justice[citation needed]
- MPower Change[citation needed]
- Democratic Socialists of America[citation needed]
- CommonDefense.us[citation needed]
- Jews for Racial and Economic Justice[citation needed]
- Center for Popular Democracy[citation needed]
- Our Revolution[citation needed]
- Dream Defenders[citation needed]
- Progressive Democrats of America[citation needed]
- RootsAction[citation needed]
- Grassroot Global Justice[citation needed]
- Justice is Global[citation needed]
- Future Coalition[citation needed]
- Peace Action[citation needed]
- National Iranian American Council[citation needed]
- Gen-Z for Change[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ "REJECT AIPAC". REJECT AIPAC. Retrieved 2024-10-17.
- ^ Nicholas Wu and Madison Fernandez (April 17, 2024). "Progressives seek to neutralize AIPAC's spending threats". POLITICO.
- ^ Stanage, Niall (2024-03-11). "Progressive groups launch new coalition to counter AIPAC". The Hill. Retrieved 2024-10-17.
- ^ Ramirez, Andrew Perez,Nikki McCann (2024-03-11). "Progressives Launch Campaign to Counter Pro-Israel Election Spending". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2024-10-17.
{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "A pro-Israel super PAC helped defeat one Squad member. Now it's going after another, Cori Bush". AP News. 2024-08-01. Retrieved 2024-10-17.
- ^ Inskeep, Steve (August 14, 2024). "A pro-Israel group is challenging 'The Squad.' Why did it sit out Ilhan Omar's primary election?". NPR.
- ^ Kornbluh, Jacob (2024-03-11). "'Reject AIPAC' launches to counter pro-Israel spending in 2024". The Forward. Retrieved 2024-10-17.
- ^ a b Kelly, Stephanie (March 12, 2024). "Pressure rises on Biden, Democrats to reject AIPAC funds". Reuters.
- ^ "More than 20 progressive groups form a coalition to counter pro-Israel groups before the election". AP News. 2024-03-11. Retrieved 2024-10-17.
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