White House hopeful Mike Bloomberg will speak at the annual American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) conference next week in a rebuke of calls from progressives for 2020 contenders to avoid the event.
AIPAC announced Tuesday that the former New York City mayor, one of two Jewish candidates running in the Democratic primary, will speak live at its annual confab.
Bloomberg’s attendance at the pro-Israel group’s conference draws a contrast with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the other Jewish candidate who is now the primary field’s frontrunner, who said this week he would skip the conference over AIPAC’s connection to “leaders who express bigotry and oppose basic Palestinian rights.”
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{Matzav.com}
