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Aipac is normally a must-attend event for any politician wishing to seduce the American Jewish community by showing unwavering support to the Jewish state. But this year, there are absentees mark: no Democratic candidate in the next presidential election will come to speak. The opposition party is indeed enferreed these last weeks in several polemics around Israel, even of Judaism since a chosen one (Moslem) has even been accused of anti-Semitism. And it is obviously Donald Trump who hopes to take advantage of this situation.
With our correspondent in New York, Grégoire Pourtier
Most did not take the risk of justifying themselves, others wanted to make believe that they did not have the time. But the fact is that none of the candidates declared for the 2020 Democratic primary will spend this week through Aipac, the big annual meeting of the pro-Israel lobby.
The subject is sensitive, and no doubt they took into account that American Jews were mostly unfavorable to the current Israeli government. Other Jewish organizations had also urged them not to participate in the event.
In fact, only the camp of Bernie Sanders, himself a Jew, set foot in the dish, believing that Aipac was too much to the hands of " sectarian " leaders and opposing a two-state solution with the Palestine .
Donald Trump, it is not deprived to try to divide the opposition, which is still torn recently after the ambiguous remarks of a young elected. " They are completely anti-Israel. Frankly, I think they are anti-Jewish, "said the president bluntly.
Still, American Jewish voters traditionally vote Democrats.
Not long ago, a poll showed that only a quarter of them had a good opinion of Donald Trump, who multiplies yet the strong gestures in favor of Israel.
The Democratic Party does not intend to cut itself off from this community, and its two most powerful figures, congressional leaders Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schummer, will be doing well at Aipac this week.