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Intel: AIPAC rebukes Democrats again for bill to keep US aid out of annexation

The American Israel Public Affairs Committee issued its third rebuke of Democratic lawmakers in as many weeks over their repeated attempts to keep Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from annexing significant portions of the West Bank.
Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu speaks on screen from Israel, during the AIPAC annual meeting in Washington, DC, on March 26, 2019. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP)        (Photo credit should read JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) issued its third rebuke of Democratic lawmakers in as many weeks over their repeated attempts to keep Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from annexing significant portions of the West Bank.

The powerful lobby group’s latest salvo takes aim at legislation introduced by Senate Democrats that would bar the close US ally from using American military aid in “territories in the West Bank unilaterally annexed by Israel.” Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., and 12 other Democrats — including Appropriations Committee top Democrat Patrick Leahy of Vermont — introduced the legislation as an amendment to the annual defense bill.

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