Current sectionIsrael NewsHaaretz TodayHaaretz Today I've examined AIPAC and its role in American politics throughout my reporting career. Today's criticism of AIPAC has far surpassed dangerous territory and too often devolved into dehumanization – all while American Jews' concerns over antisemitism and communal safety are more urgent than everShare 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 Samuels08:01 PM • June 23 2026 IDTWASHINGTON – I can confidently say few journalists who report on Israel, the Jewish world or otherwise have covered AIPAC with as much scrutiny as yours truly.Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:Haaretz Today NewsletterCommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Israel-Iran Live UpdatesIranKeir StarmerLebanon EisenkotNetanyahuAlan GreespanHaQuizHaaretz PodcastAIPAC-bashing in America Has Moved Into Dangerous TerritoryAmir Badran Becomes Tel Aviv's Second-ever Arab Israeli Deputy MayorBennett Angers Far-right by Saying 'Some' West Bank Outposts Should Be RemovedIsrael Smuggled Starlink Systems Into Iran, Former PM SaysTrump Says Iran Agreed to Nuclear Inspections, Tehran Denies U.S. ClaimsRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIIsrael Is Conducting a Systematic Campaign of Ethnic Cleansing in the West BankWhere Does Andy Burnham Stand on Israel and Palestine?Netanyahu's Mouthpieces Turn on Trump, Revealing a Deeper Israeli IngratitudeIsrael Is Bleeding Support in U.S. and Pouring Tens of Millions to Change ThatTrump's Iran Deal Castrates Netanyahu, but It's Still Catastrophic for IsraelReport: Netanyahu 'Likely' to Sabotage Iran Deal, U.S. Officials Tell Trump