Current sectionU.S. NewsAnalysis AIPAC is staring down a reality where its choice to bet on Trump and the GOP is no longer paying dividends. And there is an irony its crisis over U.S. diplomacy with Iran, with critics saying it is now reaping what it sowed in the hyperpolarization of Israel politics in AmericaShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeBen SamuelsWashington07:35 PM • June 21 2026 IDTWASHINGTON – AIPAC, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, is perhaps the most closely examined element of the U.S.-Israel relationship in this fraught political moment. It also seems to feel the heat more than anyone who is not named Benjamin Netanyahu.Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:Israel - U.S.2026 Israel-Iran WarIran - U.S.AIPACDemocratic PartyRepublican PartyCommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Israel-Iran Live UpdatesU.S.-Iran DealElectionsIsrael-LebanonEbola in IsraelCaroline GlickHaQuizHaaretz PodcastAIPAC Identity Crisis: A Decade Since Fighting Obama on Iran, It Now Faces TrumpNetanyahu Demands Shin Bet Probe How Channel 12 Knew When Iran War Would StartHuckabee: Iran Will Be Unable to Support Proxies, U.S.-Israel Bond 'Unbreakable'Knesset Will Not Hold Revote After PM Personal Lawyer Elected State WatchdogMajority of Israel's First-time Voters Believe Their Ballot Can Change RealityRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIHumiliated by Trump on the Iran Front, Netanyahu May Set the Middle East AblazeIsrael Is Conducting a Systematic Campaign of Ethnic Cleansing in the West Bank'Once-in-a-lifetime Discovery': 1,700-year-old Roman Busts Found in IsraelNetanyahu's Mouthpieces Turn on Trump, Revealing a Deeper Israeli IngratitudeTrump and Netanyahu Hurtling Toward a Rupture That Could Shock U.S.-Israel TiesIsrael Is Bleeding Support in U.S. and Pouring Tens of Millions to Change That