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Democratic Majority For Israel

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History
Political Message
Board of Directors
References

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The Democratic Majority For Israel is a lobbying group that advocates pro-Israel and progressive policies to the Congress and Executive Branch of the United States. The current President and CEO of the Democratic Majority for Israel, is renowned polster, Mark Mellman.^[1] Democratic Majority of Israel was founded in 2019.

History

The Democratic Majority for Israel was founded in 2019 following the election of Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar to Congress. They are both supporters of the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions Movement against Israel to Congress. The founding also came as a result of polling showing that liberals and younger voters are less sympathetic to Israel.^[2]

Political Message

The Democratic Majority for Israel aims to push for Pro-Israel and progressive policies. In regard to Israel, the Democratic Majority for Israel works to maintain, strengthen and support Israel among progressive and Democratic leaders. They also work to ensure Israel has the resources to defend their citizens, fight efforts to isolate, stigmatize or delegitimize Israel including the BDS Movement, promote a two-state solution with the Palestinians through direct bilateral negotiations and encourage American global leadership. ^[3]

Board of Directors

Ann Lewis- Democratic Party strategist and White House Communications Director during the Clinton administration
Jennifer Granholm- Former Governor and Attorney General of Michigan and a current CNN political contributor.
Henry Cisneros- Former mayor of San Antonio, Texas, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) during the administration of President Bill Clinton
Anton Gunn- former head of the Office of External Affairs at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and former member of the South Carolina House of Representatives
Shelley Berkley- Former U.S. Representative for Nevada's 1st congressional district
Paul Begala- Political consultant, political commentator and former adviser to President Bill Clinton
Cliff Chenfeld- Co-founder and co-CEO of Razor & Tie
Todd Richman- Prominent Democratic fundraiser
Edward Kelly- 11th General Secretary-Treasurer of the International Association of Fire Fighters and co-founder of the Board of Directors for Massachusetts Iraq and Afghanistan Fallen Heroes
Peter Villegas- Vice President and Head of the Office of Latin Affairs for Coca-Cola North America
Mark Gerstein- Democratic activist, corporate partner at Latham & Watkins LLP and a member of the Dean’s Advisory Council at the University of Michigan
Sam Lauter- Pro-Israel advocate, Democratic advocate and former personal assistant to Joe Biden
Meghan Stabler- Democratic strategist
Barry Porter- Democratic activist
Archie Gottesman- Co-founder of JewBelong an organization focused on rebranding Judaism

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