Startseite
Podcasts
The Daily Podcast
Israel, AIPAC and Difficult Questions for Democrats

Israel, AIPAC and Difficult Questions for Democrats

The Daily vor 3 Monaten

Once the guardian of the bipartisan pro-Israel consensus, the lobbying group AIPAC is now a polarizing force in the Democratic Party.

0:00

39:30

The American Israel Public Affairs Committee, a pro-Israel
lobbying group known as AIPAC, has spent a record amount of money
in this year’s midterm elections to either oust or support
candidates based on their support of Israel.

Jonathan Mahler, a writer for The New York Times Magazine,
discusses the new litmus test for the left at a time when the
United States’ relationship with Israel is under scrutiny.

Guest: Jonathan Mahler, a staff writer for The
New York Times Magazine covering a wide range of topics,
including politics, entertainment, education, media, the law and
sports.

Background reading:

AIPAC wants Democrats to back Israel. Instead, they’re
turning on the group.

Photo: Cheriss May/Sipa, via Associated Press Images

For more information on today’s episode,
visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Transcripts of
each episode will be made available by the next workday.

For more information on today’s episode, visit
nytimes.com/thedaily. Transcripts of each
episode will be made available by the next workday.

Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts,
Spotify and Amazon Music. You can also subscribe via your
favorite podcast app here
https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher.
For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York
Times app at nytimes.com/app.

Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for
information about our collection and use of personal data for
advertising.