Israeli Labor Party officials plan to boycott the annual American Israel Public Affairs Committee conference in Washington after the pro-Israel lobby refused to invite Ehud Barak, the party’s candidate for prime minister in Israel’s May 17 elections. Citing tradition, AIPAC has invited only Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the conference, scheduled to begin May 23.
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