ALGEMEINER
by Chris Coffey
March 19, 2015

Pro-Israel lobby the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) urged the Obama Administration late Thursday to recommit to improving the US-Israel relationship. In a statement to reporters, AIPAC further urged the administration to accept the sincerity of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s commitment to the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. The strong public statement, a rarity for the lobby,  follows mounting hostility from the White House towards Netanyahu who won a landslide electoral victory earlier this week. Before the Israeli election, Prime Minister Netanyahu said he was opposed to the establishment of a Palestinian state. In response, the Obama Administration indicated that it was considering reversing decades old US policy, and supporting a United Nations Security Council resolution calling for a two-state solution. READ MORE