WASHINGTON -- A major gathering of pro-Israel activists and lobbyists that kicks off here this weekend arrives at a time of heightened budget austerity and an aggravated level of uncertainty over Israel's place in the bipartisan consensus in Washington.
The event, the annual conference for the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, is reliably the high point for Washington amiability, a singular moment that draws together Democratic and Republican officials alike in a shared theme of improved U.S.-Israel relations.
But this year's conference comes at a moment when bipartisan civility on the issue of Israel seems to be particularly strained, given looming budget cutbacks and the high-stakes ideological battle recently waged over the nomination of former Sen. Chuck Hagel for secretary of defense.
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