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MAY 12 • 2022 | 9

safeguards lives and advances
prospects for peace. No
other group in Washington
is doing this crucial work.
Put simply, in today’s broken
Washington, AIPAC simply
cannot do the work of
strengthening the US-Israel
relationship and saving
lives without working with
Republican members who are
anathema to me.

CONSIDER THE
FOLLOWING EXAMPLES
In March, AIPAC worked
with the leadership of both
parties to help ensure that
important legislation such as
the Normalization Bill and
the $1 Billion Iron Dome
Supplemental was included
in the omnibus spending bill
that funded Congress. Both
these legislative initiatives
were initially blocked by
individual Republican
senators — Ted Cruz and
Rand Paul respectively. If
AIPAC were to boycott
the numerous Republican
members who failed to certify
the election, they couldn’t
have overcome these senators’
ability to block these critical
legislative priorities.
The omnibus spending
bill also included the Nita
M. Lowey Middle East
Partnership for Peace Act,
which requires USAID
to establish a fund for
promoting economic
development for Palestinians
as well as reconciliation
between Israelis and
Palestinians. How many
Republicans would have
supported economic
development for Palestinians
without AIPAC’s hechsher? In
a bill named for a Democrat
no less. How many fewer
Republicans would sign onto
such legislation if AIPAC
decided to boycott large

numbers of their ranks?
I am not prepared to see
critical lifesaving and peace-
supporting legislative efforts
benefiting the Jewish state,
as well as the Palestinian
people, wither on the vine so
I don’t have to feel the taint
of working with deplorable
members of Congress who
are going to get reelected
anyway.
While I will continue to do
all in my power to counteract
these members’ dangerous
domestic agenda, I’m humble
enough to recognize that,
when it comes to the U.S.-
Israel relationship, we need
their support far more than
they need ours. While I may
have to hold my nose today,
the next time Hamas decides
to fire rockets at Israel — and
when I see Partnership for
Peace initiatives begin to bear
fruit — I’ll be grateful that
AIPAC made the decisions
that were necessary to
advance its crucial mission.
Some in Israel and here
in America may see the
Jewish state and the U.S.-
Israel relationship as a given.
But the Yom Kippur War
teaches us never to take the
perception of security for
granted. Israel’s safety cannot
be guaranteed if we don’t
address obvious threats in
Congress before it’s too late.
I am indebted to AIPAC
for having the foresight
and temerity to take up this
challenge, and I hope you
will join me in continuing
to support the organization’s
vital work.

Rabbi Jacob Herber is the spir-

itual leader of Herzl-Ner Tamid

Conservative Synagogue in Mercer

Island, Wash. He serves on AIPAC’s

Washington State Council, is a

Senior Rabbinic Fellow of the Shalom

Hartman Institute in Jerusalem

and is a member of the Rabbinical

Assembly’s Executive Council.

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