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Aipac halts candidate endorsements amid US backlash against Israel

Political candidates’ once reflexive support for Israel has increasingly become a liability When the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, the most prominent pro-Israel lobby group in the US, announced on Wednesday that it would stop endorsing candidates or make direct contributions to them, its many critics were quick to hail the development as…

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