Despite AIPAC Opposition, Letter Opposing West Bank Annexation Gains Momentum Among House Democrats

An AIPAC spokesperson said that the letter 'fails to reaffirm America's full commitment to Israel's security assistance'

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WASHINGTON — A public letter opposing Israel's plan to annex settlements in the occupied West Bank is gaining strong momentum among Democrats in Congress, despite opposition to it from influential pro-Israel lobby group AIPAC. Attracting close to 90 signatures so far, sources on Capitol Hill say as many as 200 Democratic elected officials could end up adding their names to it.

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