Mark Levin Says 2 Lawmakers' AIPAC Attacks Are Fracturing Black-Jewish Alliance

1 articles · Updated · Fox News · May 13

Mark Levin argued that rhetoric from Reps. Summer Lee and Rashida Tlaib against AIPAC is undermining a nearly century-old Black-Jewish political alliance.
Lee, he said, called AIPAC "textbook anti-blackness" and an "existential threat" to Black self-determination after the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attack, while Tlaib backed a campaign to push AIPAC out of U.S. politics.
Levin cast those attacks as part of a broader rise in antisemitism, citing the stabbing of 2 Jewish men in London, anti-Israel activism and what he described as digital echo chambers spreading anti-Jewish tropes.
He contrasted that trend with decades of Black-Jewish cooperation rooted in the Civil Rights Movement and HBCUs, and warned that even distancing from AIPAC by figures such as Cory Booker and Gavin Newsom shows the smear campaign reaching mainstream politics.
Levin said the Trump administration and the DOJ antisemitism task force have expanded enforcement, but argued public action is still needed to stop the alliance from further erosion.

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