AIPAC is the biggest source of Republican money in Democratic elections, and now they are making clear they will spend even more to defeat Democrats in November. They advocate for policies the vast majority of Democrats viscerally disagree with. No Democrat should be taking money from AIPAC.

Americans across the political spectrum, including clear majorities of independents and Democrats, don’t just want to end weapons giveaways to Israel, but want to end our ruinous alliance with Israel itself. Read more from IMEU Policy Project’s policy director Josh Ruebner:

Israel Is Losing Support But Ending Taxpayer-Funded Weapons Isn’t Enough

From enjoying a once seemingly unassailable position of broad bipartisan support in the United States, the American people have decisively soured on Israel, horrified and repelled by the reality that ...

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“Why is Israel so central to US politics?” There is a clear answer: Because for nearly three years, millions of Americans have watched Israel commit a livestreamed genocide against Palestinians that was only made possible by our tax dollars.

Now we know why Netanyahu flew to DC this week: to ask for tens of billions of our tax dollars.

Haley Stevens’ biggest donor? AIPAC. Maybe that’s why Stevens was just one of 12 Democrats to vote with Republicans to send over $14 billion of our tax dollars for weapons for Israel to commit genocide. Michigan, reject Haley Stevens next Tuesday.

American voters increasingly know what a candidate taking money from AIPAC means: more of their tax dollars and weapons for Israel to kill civilians, and destroy schools and hospitals, instead of funding their own neighborhoods and families.

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NEW: Do Democrats funded by AIPAC pay an electoral penalty in a general election? We find that a Democrat funded by AIPAC performs significantly worse against a Republican than a Democrat who “rejects all outside financial support from industry groups and PACs.”

By an overwhelming margin, including 68% of Democrats and 55% of Independents, the American people say the US should enforce the arrest warrant for Netanyahu.

Prem Thakker ツ@premthakker.bsky.social · last wk.

New poll: Americans believe the U.S. should arrest Benjamin Netanyahu by a +22 margin Total: 49-27 Black: 53-13 Hispanic: 52-15 Ages 18-29: 58-17 Harris voters: 74-10 Independents: 55-20 23% of Trump voters agree as well Economist/YouGov:

No organization in US history has ever spent more in a single year’s congressional elections than the $45 million AIPAC and its super PAC, United Democracy Project, spent in 2024. Joining them were millions in donations from Democratic Majority For Israel.

The last time Netanyahu was here, he lobbied Trump to start a disastrous war that has cost the American people over $100 billion. He is still overseeing the ongoing genocide in Gaza and refuses to end his illegal invasion of Lebanon.

Prem Thakker ツ@premthakker.bsky.social · last wk.

"I am heading out now to a meeting with our friend, President Donald Trump—this is our eighth meeting since he was elected to his second term, more than with any other international leader."

Palestinian-American student Sama Safi is now being wrongfully detained in Damon Israeli military prison and has been enduring horrific conditions and abuse after a temporary release for medical treatment.

Message Your Senator: Bring American-Palestinian Student Sama Safi Home Now — IMEU Policy Project

Sama was abducted and now her life is in danger. The U.S. government must act now for her immediate and safe release.

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The United States is a signatory to both the 1948 Genocide Convention and 1949 Geneva Conventions, which require the US to take all means available to prevent genocide and violations of international law, and to hold perpetrators accountable.

Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani@mayor.nyc.gov · 2w ago

Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal.

Thank you to Representative Jennifer McClellan for cosponsoring the Block The Bombs Act! Instead of continuing to be complicit in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza, Congress ought to stand with the American public which overwhelmingly wants to see Israel held accountable for its crimes.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani in his address at the Nelson Mandela Global Leadership Forum: “Why must we wait until a thousand more parents bury in their children? Until even more lose their limbs, their homes, their futures, to come together and insist on Palestinian freedom?“

Palestinian-American student Sama Safi is now being wrongfully detained in Damon Israeli military prison and has been enduring horrific conditions and abuse after a temporary release for medical treatment.

Call Your Senator: Bring American-Palestinian Student Sama Safi Home Now — IMEU Policy Project

Sama was abducted and now her life is in danger. The U.S. government must act now for her immediate and safe release.

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Thank you Representatives Bill Foster, Sam Liccardo, Nellie Pou, Pat Ryan, and Linda Sanchez for cosponsoring the Block The Bombs Act!

BREAKING: A record 104 Members of Congress - 103 Democrats and one Republican - just voted to cut $3.3 billion in weapons funding to Israel.

Representative Thomas Massie's amendment to strip $3.3 billion in US-funded weapons for Israel is being voted on today in the House of Representatives. It's time for our leaders to stand with the public & cut Israel off. Call your reps right now to tell them to vote YES: imeupolicy.org/blockfunds

Thank you Senator @vanhollen.senate.gov for speaking out against integrating the US and Israeli militaries in the upcoming Pentagon bill - a measure that would reward Israel at a time when they are wrongfully detaining Palestinian American student Sama Safi under abusive conditions.

The ICJ has ruled that Israel is committing the crime of apartheid - a determination also reached by Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and Israeli human rights organization B’Tselem - and that all nations must end military funding to Israel immediately.

Democratic Party leadership lost the 2024 election in large part because they refused to listen to their voters. Now 80%+ of Democratic voters are saying we must end taxpayer-funded weapons to Israel, and Democratic leadership still isn’t listening.

Politico@politico.com · 3w ago

Hakeem Jeffries says he will oppose bid to cut off Israel aid

The fact that Israeli settlers can use American-made rifles to hold Khanna, a US member of Congress, at gunpoint is proof of what decades of US-backed impunity has produced.

After receiving urgent medical treatment, Palestinian-American Sama Safi is being forced back into detention by the Israeli military, despite being wrongfully detained in the first place. Tell your Senators to demand Sama’s immediate, unconditional freedom so she can go home to her family safely.

Call Your Senator: Bring American-Palestinian Student Sama Safi Home Now — IMEU Policy Project

Sama was abducted and now her life is in danger. The U.S. government must act now for her immediate and safe release.

imeupolicyproject.org

In just two years, support for Palestinian rights has skyrocketed from 39% up to 57% with older Democrats. 62% of all Democrats now say the US should be more supportive of Palestinian rights. The direction voters are headed is clear - and our elected officials need to listen.

Since December 2024, the world-renowned Palestinian pediatrician Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya has been illegally held captive without charge by the Israeli army. After months of torture and abuse, his life is in danger. It’s vital that he be released immediately. Tell your rep to demand his release today:

Tell Congress: Act NOW to Save Dr. Abu Safiya's Life — IMEU Policy Project

Dr. Abu Safiya should be free. Doctors should not be tortured for saving lives. Tell Congress to act now and secure Dr. Abu Safiya's freedom and save his life.

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AIPAC is planning to spend 10z of millions of dollars over the next two months, on top of an already record breaking $38 million, on congressional races across the country. But not one cent is being spent on ads that actually mention Israel because being in favor of genocide is a losing issue.

These illegal invasions, ethnic cleansings and occupations are the behavior of a rogue state, and Americans do not want to be complicit in it anymore.

Netanyahu Vows Israel Will Keep Occupying Lebanon, Syria, Gaza

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said last week that among the most important lessons from the 2023 Hamas attack was “having buffer zones inside enemy territory — not inside our territory.”

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Israeli President Herzog is cited in the active genocide case against Israel for justifying the slaughter of Palestinian civilians in Gaza. Anyone “honored” to meet him has no business leading our country.

Thank you Rep McGarvey for becoming the 76th cosponsor of the Block The Bombs Act! After more than 1000 days of Israel's ongoing genocide in Gaza, it is more important than ever to finally enforce US and international law and prevent Israel from using US-made weapons to massacre civilians.

Since March, Israel's illegal invasion and occupation of Lebanon has systematically undermined every chance for peace. Thousands of civilians have been killed and over a million have been forced from their homes, all with US support.

Israel’s genocidal leadership is proudly saying that they want to ethnically cleanse, occupy, and illegally annex Lebanese land. All of this is going on with the US government’s support. Congress can put a stop to it by passing Rashida Tlaib’s Lebanon War Powers Resolution tomorrow.