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2019 AIPAC Policy Conference

Jeremy Slevin, center, standing next to Ilhan Omar, left, at a protest in Washington on March 15, 2019. (Tom Brenner/Getty Images)
April 2, 2019, 4:38 am
Building bridges, Jewish Ilhan Omar aide brings nuance to anti-Semitism brawl
Soft-spoken communications director Jeremy Slevin praised for attempts to temper anger directed at freshman lawmaker accused of stoking anti-Jewish sentiment
By Ron Kampeas
Visitors seen at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial museum in Jerusalem on January 24, 2018 (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
March 28, 2019, 12:40 pm
Yad Vashem urges US politicians to end ‘divisive anti-Semitic language’
Israel’s Holocaust memorial museum runs ads in New York Times and Washington Post during AIPAC conference
By JTA and ToI Staff
Democratic Senator Kamala Harris of California meets with AIPAC activists in her office on March 25, 2019. (Kamala Harris/Twitter via JTA)
March 27, 2019, 11:34 pm
AIPAC refutes idea that Democratic candidates boycotted its conference
Members of pro-Israel lobby meet with four senators seeking 2020 nomination following progressive group’s boycott call
By Ron Kampeas
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks from Israel via video link at the annual AIPAC conference in Washington, on March 26, 2019. (Jim Watson/AFP/File)
March 27, 2019, 6:14 pm
Stuck in the middle… with Trump and Netanyahu
AIPAC is desperately trying to maintain its bipartisan identity. Events inside and outside its annual policy conference this week underlined the near-impossibility of the mission
By Eric Cortellessa
Rep. Ilhan Omar, Democrat-Minnesota, in the House Budget Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 12, 2019. (Susan Walsh/AP)
March 27, 2019, 3:46 am
Ilhan Omar knocks Netanyahu, AIPAC speakers for obsessing over her
Under fire for use of anti-Semitic tropes, freshman Dem. says PM devoted more time to her than Pittsburgh massacre, far-right violence, and is ‘in an alliance’ with ‘KKK of Israel’
By ToI Staff and Raphael Ahren
Illustrative: Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, Democrat of New York, speaks at the 2019 American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) policy conference, at Washington Convention Center, in Washington, March 25, 2019. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
March 27, 2019, 2:35 am
At AIPAC, Republicans and Democrats spar on what defines anti-Semitism
Coming five months after the worst attack on Jews in US history, the emphasis on offensive statements by a Democratic freshman seemed jarring to some
By Ron Kampeas
US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman at the annual AIPAC conference in Washington on March 26, 2019. (Jim Watson/AFP)
March 26, 2019, 6:58 pm
US envoy says Trump understands why Israel needs to hold West Bank
David Friedman tells AIPAC a future administration won’t cotton to the risks for Israel of giving up security control of the territory
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks from Israel via video link at the annual AIPAC conference in Washington on March 26, 2019. ( Jim Watson/AFP)
March 26, 2019, 5:47 pm
At AIPAC, Netanyahu joins chorus against Omar: It’s not about the Benjamins
Prime minister says Americans have a bond with Israel over shared values, not money; ‘This from a man facing indictments,’ Minnesota lawmaker scoffs in response
By Raphael Ahren
A picture taken on March 26, 2019, shows Palestinians gathering next to the rubble of a building in Gaza City, after Israeli air strikes hit dozens of sites across the Strip overnight in response to rocket fire from the Palestinian enclave. (Mahmud Hams/AFP)
March 26, 2019, 4:16 pm
Israel prepared to do ‘a lot more’ after Gaza bombardment, Netanyahu says
PM addresses AIPAC conference via satellite from Defense Ministry as he huddles with IDF chief, other security brass amid unofficial ceasefire
By Raphael Ahren
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi speaks during the AIPAC annual meeting in Washington, DC, March 26, 2019. (Jim Watson/AFP)
March 26, 2019, 3:38 pm
Without mentioning Omar, Pelosi at AIPAC decries ‘myth of dual loyalty’
Support for Israel remains ‘relentlessly bipartisan,’ says House speaker, a day after Pence tells confab Democratic Party ‘co-opted’ by anti-Semites
By Eric Cortellessa
Benjamin Netanyahu at the AIPAC policy conference in Washington, DC, on March 6, 2018. (Screen capture: AIPAC)
March 26, 2019, 1:49 pm
Netanyahu, Friedman address AIPAC Conference plenary session
Speakers on last day of policy confab also include senators Pelosi, McConnell and Menendez
Then-US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at the 2019 American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) policy conference, at Washington Convention Center, in Washington, March 25, 2019. (Jose Luis Magana/AP)
March 26, 2019, 12:34 pm
AIPAC stands up to critics, but what it stands for is more elusive
Democrats and Republicans in supposedly bipartisan lobby group are divided on key issues relating to US-Israel relationship
By Ron Kampeas
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo waves as he speaks at the 2019 American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) policy conference, at Washington Convention Center, in Washington, Monday, March 25, 2019 (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
March 26, 2019, 1:44 am
Pompeo at AIPAC says ‘Anti-Zionism is anti-Semitism’
Top US diplomat castigates Democratic members of Congress who support boycotting Israel
By ToI Staff
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks to the press at the State Department in Washington, DC, on December 13, 2018. (Nicholas Kamm/AFP)
March 25, 2019, 11:44 pm
Mike Pompeo, Chuck Schumer addressing AIPAC confab evening session
Both Republican and Democratic lawmakers giving keynote speeches at policy conference following earlier appearances by Pence and Gantz; watch the live-stream
By ToI Staff
US Vice President Mike Pence addresses AIPAC's policy conference in Washington DC, March 25, 2019. (Jim Watson/AFP)
March 25, 2019, 6:51 pm
Pence to AIPAC: Democratic Party ‘co-opted’ by purveyors of anti-Semitism
US vice president suggests Israel no longer has bipartisan support in Washington, excoriates Ilhan Omar and Democrats who didn’t show for confab
By ToI Staff
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