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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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