Thanks in order to the premier lobby that funds lawmakers on both sides of the isle (solid liberals and social liberals)?
If this was valid reporting, on this issue we can expect leaders from both major parties to not blindly support the only tax payers funded pro-justice democracy in the mideast:

AIPAC tells lawmakers it won’t push back if they criticize West Bank annexation

By Ron Kampeas, JTA | June 11, 2020
The leading pro-Israel lobby in the United States is telling lawmakers that they are free to criticize Israel’s looming annexation plans — just as long as the criticism stops there.
Two sources — a congressional aide and a donor — say the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, or AIPAC, is delivering that guidance in Zoom meetings and phone calls with lawmakers. The message is unusual because the group assiduously discourages public criticism of Israel.
But these are unusual times: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has set a July 1 deadline to annex parts of the West Bank, over the criticism of people at home and abroad who say the move would set back any efforts to bring peace to the region.

With anxiety pervading the U.S. Jewish community ahead of that deadline, AIPAC faces a thorny question: Does it support Israel’s leadership at all costs, or does it draw a line on actions it believes endangers the Jewish state’s future?
In a statement to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency sent after this article was initially published an AIPAC spokesman said that AIPAC does not encourage criticism of Israel.
“AIPAC does not encourage members of Congress to criticize the government of Israel,” Adam Harris said. “Our role is to strengthen the relationship between the two allies.”
Telling lawmakers that they were free to criticize Israel, while short of encouraging them to do so, was nonetheless a departure from past practice.

So far, the group has remained publicly silent about annexation. But in private, AIPAC is telling lawmakers that as long as they don’t push to limit the United States’ aid to Israel, they can criticize the annexation plan without risking tensions or a clash with the lobby group.

How far AIPAC is willing for lawmakers to go is unclear. A spokesman pointed to a May 11 statement warning against proposals to reduce ties with Israel should annexation take place. “Doing anything to weaken this vital relationship would be a mistake,” AIPAC said then.

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