AIPAC Cuts Off Fundraising for Democrats Who Backed Israel Aid Cuts
The pro-Israel lobbying group suspended donation tools for more than a dozen House members after this week's vote on military assistance.
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee has suspended fundraising support for more than a dozen House Democrats who voted this week to cut billions of dollars in U.S. military aid to Israel, according to The Hill and the Washington Examiner.
The vote came on an amendment to the fiscal 2027 funding bill for the State Department, which more than 100 House Democrats supported, The Hill reported. In response, AIPAC's campaign finance arm removed donation buttons for more than a dozen of those lawmakers from its online fundraising portal by Friday afternoon, even though the members still appeared on AIPAC's list of endorsed candidates, according to the Washington Examiner.
The move underscores AIPAC's continued influence over Democratic primary financing and signals a potential rift with members of the party's base who have grown more critical of U.S. support for Israel amid the war in Gaza.
The episode has also drawn attention to how news organizations describe the group. Fox News reported that critics accused The New York Times of bias after it referred to AIPAC as a "hard-right pro-Israel lobbying group" in its coverage of the House vote, a characterization that prompted backlash from the group's supporters.
— Compiled from reporting by The Hill, the Washington Examiner and Fox News.