The American Israel Public Affairs Committee fired two top employees because of information learned during an FBI investigation into their alleged mishandling of classified information, JTA has learned. The dismissal of Steve Rosen, AIPAC’s policy director, and Keith Weissman, its senior Iran analyst, suggests that the pro-Israel powerhouse wants to distance itself from the two before its May 22 policy conference and Israel’s historic pullout from the Gaza Strip this summer.
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