Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and the powerful American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) are facing off over a letter the progressive firebrand sent Tuesday warning against Israeli efforts to annex parts of the West Bank.
AIPAC took the rare step of warning lawmakers against signing onto Ocasio-Cortez’s letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, using a Twitter thread Monday to argue that the letter “explicitly threatens the US-Israel relationship.” Eleven other House Democrats and failed presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., nonetheless jointed Ocasio-Cortez and signed onto the letter.