The AIPAC Showdown: Obama vs. Bibi, Peres

by Bridget Johnson:

The hottest ticket in town this season won’t be any number of rehashed formal D.C. galas, but a courtside seat to a potentially defining moment in global security and the future of the Jewish state.

The American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s annual policy conference comes at a critical juncture when Washington is tersely trying to stop Israel from launching a strike against Iran’s nuclear facilities — and Israel, which has encountered more head-butting than hand-shaking from this administration, will stress that time is of the essence in its decision.

And, buoyed by a pack of congressional supporters and thousands of AIPAC delegates, Israel is likely to stress just that to a hedging White House: It is our decision. If you’re not going to act, we will.

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