AIPAC faces challenge as new PAC seeks to end US military support for Israel

A new political action committee (PAC) has emerged in the United States to confront decades of pro-Israel lobbying by AIPAC, aiming to end Washington’s complicity in Israel’s occupation, apartheid, and genocide against Palestinians.

After decades of shaping Congress in favor of Israel, the powerful American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) is now facing a direct political counterweight.

The newly launched Peace, Accountability, and Leadership PAC (PAL PAC) announced its formation on Wednesday, pledging to transform shifting US public opinion on Israel and Palestine into concrete legislative action.

The PAC’s debut came during the sixth visit of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu—wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) over war crimes in the besieged Gaza Strip—to US President Donald Trump, highlighting the entrenched nature of US-Israel ties in Washington.

PAL PAC says it will back elected officials who defend Palestinian civil rights and work to end Israel’s violent and illegal occupation.

Describing itself as the only PAC exclusively committed to justice and accountability for Palestinians, the group operates as an allied organization of the IMEU Policy Project.

It states that its mission is to promote a US foreign policy guided by human rights, dignity, and international law, rather than unconditional support for Israel.

The PAC identifies as a core priority ending Israel’s ongoing human rights abuses and halting US complicity in Israel’s apartheid system, illegal land confiscation, and genocide against Palestinians.

It seeks to elect candidates who demonstrate “clear, courageous, and consistent leadership” on one of the most morally defining political issues of the era.

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The group launched with endorsements of four Democratic lawmakers—Reps. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, Delia Ramirez of Illinois, Summer Lee of Pennsylvania, and Ilhan Omar of Minnesota—and indicated that more endorsements will follow.

Tlaib, the only Palestinian-American serving in Congress, praised the initiative, saying, “As the only Palestinian-American working in Congress, I’ve had a front row seat to our government’s complicity in the genocide.”

“I’m committed to human rights for all, and this means an arms embargo and an end to US complicity and support of the Israeli apartheid government, ongoing war crimes and human rights abuses,” she added.

Tlaib also stressed that PAL PAC has her “full support” as the only PAC exclusively focused on justice and accountability for the Palestinian people.

Throughout the brutal aggression on Gaza, AIPAC echoed the falsehood that there is no Israeli-imposed famine in the Palestinian territory and defended the Israeli military’s genocidal conduct while calling for more US aid to the entity.

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