Editing AIPAC (section)

====Support for 2020 election deniers====
After the formation of its first [[political action committee]] (PAC) in early March 2022, AIPAC was criticized for backing the election campaigns of 37 Republican members of Congress who voted against certifying Biden's [[2020 U.S. presidential election]] victory after the [[2021 United States Capitol attack]].<ref name=McG22>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/mar/23/aipac-pro-israel-group-backs-insurrectionist-republicans |title='Morally bankrupt': outrage after pro-Israel group backs insurrectionist Republicans |first=Chris|last=McGreal |author-link=Chris McGreal |date=23 March 2022 |work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref><ref name=Kam22>{{cite news |url=https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/article-701727 |title=AIPAC defends its endorsees, including those who questioned Biden's election |first=Ron|last=Kampeas |author-link=Ron Kampeas |date=19 March 2022 |publisher=[[The Jerusalem Post]]}}</ref><ref name=Mag22>{{cite news|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/aipac-defends-endorsement-of-republicans-who-questioned-2020-election/ |title=AIPAC defends endorsement of Republicans who questioned 2020 election |first=Jacob|last=Magid |date=18 March 2022 |work=[[The Times of Israel]]}}</ref>

The endorsement of the politicians was described as "morally bankrupt and short-sighted" by [[Richard Haass]], president of the [[Council on Foreign Relations]], while [[Abe Foxman]], former head of the [[Anti-Defamation League]], called it a "sad mistake", and [[Dan Kurtzer]], a former U.S. ambassador to Israel, urged AIPAC to reconsider the move.<ref name=McG22/> Halie Soifer, of the [[Jewish Democratic Council of America]], said the move suggested "one must compromise support of America’s democracy to support Israel",<ref name=McG22/> which, she noted in an opinion piece published in ''[[Haaretz]]'', presents "a patently [[false dichotomy]] rejected by the overwhelming majority of American Jews."<ref name=McG22/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium.HIGHLIGHT-aipac-s-latest-political-stunt-betrays-its-own-values-1.10670584 |title=AIPAC's Latest 'pro-Israel' Political Stunt Endangers America |first=Halie|last=Soifer |work=[[Haaretz]] |date=13 March 2022}}</ref>

AIPAC defended the endorsements by stating that it was "no moment for the pro-Israel movement to become selective about its friends".<ref name=McG22/><ref name=Kam22/><ref name=Mag22/> In a later, "rare rebuke" of the lobby group from within the Israeli government, [[Alon Tal]], a member of the [[Knesset]], criticized the AIPAC endorsements as "outrageous", noting that criticism was important for maintaining what Tal referred to as "a healthy relationship between Israel and American Jewry", according to ''[[The Times of Israel]]''.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-rare-rebuke-mk-pans-aipac-endorsement-of-republicans-who-disputed-2020-election/ |title=In rare rebuke, MK pans AIPAC endorsement of Republicans who disputed 2020 election |author=Judah Ari Gross |date=28 March 2022 |work=[[The Times of Israel]]}}</ref>