Washington (QNN)- After decades of lobbying Congress in support of the occupation state of Israel, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) now faces a new political counterweight.
The Peace, Accountability, and Leadership PAC (PAL PAC) launched on Wednesday with a clear goal: to channel shifting US political sentiment on Israel and Palestine into concrete action inside Congress.
The launch coincided with the sixth visit of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is wanted by the ICC over war crimes in Gaza, in to US President Donald Trump, underscoring how central US-Israel relations remain in Washington.
PAL PAC says it will support elected officials who advance Palestinian civil rights and push to end Israel’s violent and illegal occupation. The political action committee positions itself as the only PAC exclusively committed to justice and accountability for Palestinians.
According to its website, PAL PAC operates as an allied organization of the IMEU Policy Project. It says it seeks to build a world where human rights, dignity, and international law guide US foreign policy.
The group identifies a defining priority: ending Israel’s ongoing human rights abuses against Palestinians and stopping US complicity in Israel’s apartheid system, illegal land confiscation, and genocide against Palestinians. It aims to elect candidates who show “clear, courageous, and consistent leadership” on one of the most morally defining political issues of the time.
First Endorsements: Tlaib, Omar, Lee, Ramirez
PAL PAC launched with endorsements for four Democratic members of Congress. The group said more endorsements will follow.
The first four endorsed lawmakers are Rep. Rashida Tlaib (Michigan), Rep. Delia Ramirez (Illinois), Rep. Summer Lee (Pennsylvania), and Rep. Ilhan Omar (Minnesota).
Rep. Rashida Tlaib, the only Palestinian-American serving in Congress, welcomed the move.
“As the only Palestinian-American working in Congress, I’ve had a front row seat to our government’s complicity in the genocide,” Tlaib said in a statement. “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 that PAL PAC has her “full support” as the only PAC exclusively focused on justice and accountability for the Palestinian people.
