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A group that's backing leftist candidates for Congress who want to spot conditions connected U.S. assistance to Israel is hosting a Monday nighttime arena aimed astatine bashing nan pro-Israel lobby and "building progressive powerfulness successful Congress."
Our Revolution, an organizing group founded by self-described "democratic socialist" Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., is hosting a municipality hallway featuring Congressional Progressive Caucus Chair Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., on pinch Reps. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., and Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., according to a property merchandise sent Monday morning.
The group's caller run is "Committed to Countering nan Rise successful Rightwing, Anti-Peace Lobbying, Including AIPAC's $100 Million Campaign to Unseat Candidates Calling For a Permanent Ceasefire," nan merchandise said.
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Congressional Progressive Caucus Chair Pramila Jayapal, center, is appearing successful a virtual media arena alongside Reps. Ilhan Omar and Jamaal Bowman.
Monday night's arena is portion of "a strategical effort to statement up defenses against well-funded firm lobbyists," specifically naming nan American Israeli Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) – an statement that useful on bipartisan lines to beforehand nan accepted U.S.-Israel relationship.
AIPAC has been successful nan crosshairs of progressive lawmakers successful caller months, peculiarly arsenic it has ratcheted up disapproval of those lawmakers for not supporting Israel's consequence to Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023, attack.
Israel's ensuing crushed penetration and airstrikes successful Gaza person served to bring long-simmering fractures wrong nan Democratic Party to nan surface, pinch a increasing number of young leftists successful Congress calling for a harsher stance against Israel, including conditioning subject assistance connected its curen of civilians successful Gaza.
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Our Revolution is backing candidates who, among different things, person called for a imperishable cease-fire successful Gaza. But Republicans and much mean Democrats pass that a imperishable cease-fire will only thief Hamas, and could endanger nan lives of dozens of Israeli hostages still being held by anti-Israel terrorists since October.
Our Revolution was launched by self-described antiauthoritarian socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
The group said AIPAC is "targeting immoderate of our astir ardent advocates for bid successful Congress."
Fox News Digital reached retired to AIPAC for comment.
AIPAC is expected to chimney millions of dollars into superior and wide predetermination candidates to unseat those progressive lawmakers, including Bowman, who is appearing astatine nan Monday nighttime event.
"The candidates Our Revolution is backing person been connected nan forefront of advocating for a cease-fire successful Gaza, arsenic good arsenic voicing their intent to information U.S. backing of nan far-right Netanyahu regime," nan property merchandise said, referencing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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"They person besides been astatine nan forefront of nan conflict for captious progressive issues that will beryllium important to driving elector turnout successful nan 2024 wide election, including ambiance action, student indebtedness relief, affordable housing, broad migration reform, and group justice."
Our Revolution has been captious of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (Reuters/Ronen Zvulun/Pool/File Photo)
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Asked for a consequence to nan Monday event, AIPAC told Fox News Digital, "We are proud to prosecute successful nan antiauthoritarian process to thief elite pro-Israel candidates, and we will not beryllium deterred by an extremist, anti-Israel fringe. We judge that it is wholly accordant pinch progressive values to guidelines pinch nan Jewish authorities arsenic it confronts aggression from Iran and its violent proxies."
A spokesperson for nan group besides told Fox News Digital that AIPAC is "the largest PAC contributor" to Democratic candidates.
Elizabeth Elkind is simply a authorities newsman for Fox News Digital starring sum of nan House of Representatives. Previous integer bylines seen astatine Daily Mail and CBS News.
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