Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md) speaks at 2009 AIPAC conferenceMa'an
Some 29 Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives will visit Israel next Thursday, according to a forwarded statement on Monday.
"The group of Democratic legislators will be in Israel for one week on a trip led by Rep. Steny Hoyer, the House Majority Leader," said a statement sent by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC).
"The trip is fully sponsored by the American Israel Education Foundation, a supporting organization of AIPAC, America's only pro-Israel lobby," added the statement, which was sent from AIPAC's Jerusalem office.
It was not immediately clear if the Democratic lawmakers would visit any West Bank settlements during their visit, which comes exactly one week after an event organized at the illegal Alfei Menashe settlement for their Republican counterparts.... Full story
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