"AIPAC DESTROYED ITS CREDIBILITY WITH DEMOCRATS" - Jules Rubin, Former State Department Senior Under Barack Obama "AIPAC really burned its reputation with Democrats in particular, and there were some key races earlier in the year where it was targeting pro-Israel lawmakers who were also interested in getting oversight of the Israeli aid package at a level that AIPAC was uncomfortable with. I'm thinking about Tom Malinsky in particular in New Jersey, and they're attacking ads against Tom. Tom lost, an anti-Zionist candidate won. And it destroyed the credibility of AIPAC within the Democratic Party because Tom Malinsky was a member of Congress and was a senior member of the Obama administration. For full disclosure, I worked with Tom for several years and found him to be an incredibly reasonable and intelligent leader. This is how AIPAC decided to close its political action committee." Watch the full interview:

"AIPAC DESTROYED ITS CREDIBILITY WITH DEMOCRATS" - Jules Rubin, Former State Department Senior Under Barack Obama "AIPAC really burned its reputation with Democrats in particular, and there were some key races earlier in the year where it was targeting pro-Israel lawmakers who were also interested in getting oversight of the Israeli aid package at a level that AIPAC was uncomfortable with. I'm thinking about Tom Malinsky in particular in New Jersey, and they're attacking ads against Tom. Tom lost, an anti-Zionist candidate won. And it destroyed the credibility of AIPAC within the Democratic Party because Tom Malinsky was a member of Congress and was a senior member of the Obama administration. For full disclosure, I worked with Tom for several years and found him to be an incredibly reasonable and intelligent leader. This is how AIPAC decided to close its political action committee." Watch the full interview: