Pro-Israel AIPAC to pour millions into US elections to defeat Netanyahu candidates: senator

The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) is set to spend $233 million to defeat candidates in this fall’s congressional midterm elections who speak out against the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, warned US Senator Bernie Sanders.The top pro-Israel lobbying firm in the US "plans to spend $233 million to defeat candidates who dare to speak out against Netanyahu's extremist government," Sanders said on US social media platform X on Friday."They spent $33 million to defeat Abdul El Sayed in the Michigan primary.

They lost.

They are going to keep losing,” he said.El Sayed, the Democratic candidate in this year’s senatorial race in the state of Michigan, strongly opposes unconditional US military aid for Israel and has criticised the Netanyahu government’s policies in both Gaza and the occupied West Bank.“No more US military aid for Israel,” Sander said.In the November 3 US congressional midterms, polls show Democrats broadly favoured to win the House of Representatives and possibly the Senate.As the US electorate’s view of Israel has soured, especially in light of the genocide in Gaza, many Democrats running for office this year have taken a harder line against the policies of the Netanyahu government and what many see as its efforts to displace Palestinians and frustrate any hope for peace in the Middle East.