Ro Khanna rejects AIPAC, calls for ‘zero aid to Israel’ and an end to foreign wars

“It demands rejecting AIPAC, calling out the genocide that Americans saw with their own eyes, and zero aid to Israel,” Khanna said Friday during a conference.Khanna attended the “What’s Next” conference where he spoke on the country’s future. AIPAC is an influential pro-Israel lobbying group in the U.S. The organization has invested millions in supporting political candidates with pro-Israel ideals and fighting against political opponents. AIPAC responded to Khanna’s comments, pointing out contradictions from statements the representative has made in the past.“Shameless political grandstanding and reflexively blaming everything on Israel and its supporters are well-known symptoms of Israel Derangement Syndrome,” AIPAC wrote on X. “It was only last year when @RoKhanna defended AIPAC members contributing to candidates and said anti-Zionism is antisemitism.”Khanna also said the next president needed to stay out of wars, alluding to President Donald Trump getting the U.S. into a war with Iran. What was supposed to be a short-term operation has turned into months of prolonged fighting and negotiations.TRUMP AND VANCE SAY RELATIONSHIP WITH ISRAEL HURT REPUBLICANS. WILL THAT CHANGE THE GOP’S PLATFORM?Khanna’s remarks are also notable as he is considered a possible 2028 presidential candidate and has created a draft committee organized by supporters to help him run for president in 2028.“When the foreign policy mob, when they come, and they say, ‘Mr. President, we need an aerial bombing campaign on a rogue regime,’ a president must say, ‘not on my watch,’” Khanna said. “And when they come back, and they say, ‘it will only be a few days, it will only be a few places, it will only be a few planes,” the next American president must stand firm and say, ‘No more foreign wars.’”