For nearly two years, Israel lobby group AIPAC has championed Israel’s genocidal onslaught in Gaza.
The group heavily funded the 2024 congressional campaign of Wesley Bell in St. Louis, Missouri against Congresswoman Cori Bush who had been outspoken in her support of Palestinian rights. Approximately $9 million went from AIPAC’s super PAC – political action committee – to mailers and ads unrelated to Israel to help Bell defeat Bush.
The National Black Empowerment Action Fund, led by Darius Jones and Richard St. Paul, both of whom have worked for AIPAC, chipped in $1 million for ads and mailers to undercut Bush’s campaign. The so-called Democratic Majority for Israel, with its Gaza genocide advocate Archie Gottesman (at that time still on its board), added close to another half a million dollars.
Bush, with her anti-genocide and anti-apartheid positions, was defeated by Bell in the August 2024 Democratic primary amid the crush of outside pro-Israel funds. ….more
