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try is uniquely pro-Israel.
Organizations and legisla-
tors seeking to weaken the
U.S.-Israel relationship know
that very well and for that
reason cynically call them-
selves “pro-Israel” while
acting to the contrary. The
AIPAC PAC endorsement
clarifies which legislators
are pro-Israel and which are
not, shutting down efforts of
Israel’s detractors to appro-
priate the “pro-Israel” label
for their political purposes
and redefine it to mean the
opposite.
AIPAC’s SuperPAC,
known as the United
Democracy Project or UDP,
has a different purpose. It
is designed to play a deter-
minative role in selected
electoral contests between
strong supporters of the
U.S.-Israel relationship and
those who seek to under-
mine it. Like all SuperPACs,
UDP can make unlimited
independent expenditures
in support of its preferred
candidate, and it can do so
in coordination with other
SuperPACs that may be
focused on different policy
issues but desire the same
electoral outcome. While a
new organization, thus far
in the primaries of this elec-
toral cycle, UDP has proven
itself exceedingly effective
playing a critical role in the
defeat of eight anti-Israel
candidates and electing
pro-Israel Democratic
champions in their place.
Second to our track
record, the clearest indi-
cation of the efficacy of
the new AIPAC are the
breathless libels of our and
Israel’s detractors. They have
declared “war” on AIPAC.
They accuse AIPAC of tar-

geting progressives because
they are progressives. A
total lie, and they know it.
AIPAC has endorsed over
half the progressive caucus
in Congress.
They accuse AIPAC of
targeting women of color
because they are women
of color. A total lie, and
they know it. AIPAC has
played decisive roles in
the election of women of
color to Congress and has
endorsed over half of the
Congressional Black Caucus.
And they seethe with out-
rage at AIPAC for engaging
in our democratic process
in a manner identical to
organizations they applaud
because they share their pol-
itics. Indeed, these double
standards sometimes flirt
with age-old antisemitic
tropes by asserting AIPAC
undermines our American
democracy with its “dark”
money and uniquely evil
influence. They hope these
attacks will intimidate
pro-Israel Americans into
silence, into forgoing our
democratic rights. They
could not be more mistaken.
AIPAC’s new strategic
approach to ensuring a
strong U.S.-Israel relation-
ship has earned many new
friends and deepened bonds
with old ones. It has also
revealed new critics and
deepened the enmity of
those already known.
Individuals, organizations
and movements are judged
by the company they keep
and the enemies they make.
So far, AIPAC is greatly
encouraged by both.

David Victor is a former president

of the American Israel Public Affairs

Committee.

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