Intel: Why Republicans are coming under fire from Israeli right - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Bryant Harris

Aug 13, 2019

WASHINGTON, DC, UNITED STATES - 2018/12/12: US Representative Lee Zeldin (R-NY) at the American Zionist Movement / AZM Washington Forum: Renewing the Bipartisan Commitment Standing with Israel and Zionism in the Capitol Visitor Center in Washington, DC. (Photo by Michael Brochstein/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) — US Rep. Lee Zeldin, R-N.Y., speaks at the American Zionist Movement / AZM Washington Forum in the Capitol Visitor Center in Washington. — Michael Brochstein/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

Right-wing members of Israel’s Knesset are unhappy with recent legislation backed by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) because of language endorsing a two-state solution. And they’re invoking President Donald Trump to put Republican lawmakers on defense.

At issue is language reaffirming a two-state solution as part of a nonbinding resolution condemning the pro-Palestinian boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement, which the House passed 398-17 in July.

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