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Lobbying 2016: Divided Congress upends US-Israel relationship

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden (L) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu look at each other as they deliver joint statements during their meeting in Jerusalem March 9, 2016. REUTERS/Debbie Hill/Pool      TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY      - RTS9ZRL

Liberal Israel policy advocacy group J Street has endorsed more than half of the Democrats in the US House this cycle, the latest example of continued fallout from last year's nuclear agreement with Iran.

Since last September, Democrats have reliably blocked Republican attempts to revisit the Iran deal. That partisan divide has gradually extended to other aspects of the US-Israel relationship, raising questions about its long-term future as left-leaning American Jews grow increasingly estranged from Israel's right-wing political environment.

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