and a couple of weeks political leaders will be speaking at apac the american israeli public affairs committee conference and an aerial event hosted by one of the most powerful lobbying groups in the u.s. the meeting garners a lot of attention to the high profile names there but beyond the headline there's a growing religious movement in the us away from the strictly pro israel views you hear at the conference r.t. correspondent lives wall reports on how members of the movement hope they can lead a more balanced foreign policy approach. my commitments to the state of israel. every crucial juncture every four days in the road it's a commitment u.s. politicians are compelled to make if they want to be elected and for those appealing to christian evangelical voters devotion to israel seems mandatory he has chewed his back on the people of the issue that's rick santorum bashing president obama for not being pro israel enough at the annual apac conference the american israeli public affairs committee is the most powerful pro israel lobby in the us during the two thousand and twelve election cycle a

president obama for not being pro israel enough at the annual apac conference the american israeli public affairs committee is the most powerful pro israel lobby in the us during the two thousand and twelve election cycle almost every republican presidential candidate spoke at the event touting their support for the u.s. ally i think we've had an invented post of the young people but there is a movement among christian evangelicals in the us away from the political norms associated with the group it's a movement away from the staunchly pro israel stance to a stance that is more sympathetic toward palestinians there's no question about the fact that that is a common probably the most popular american christian view and yet there's an older historical christian view doesn't seem that is the case john scott red is the president of the reform theological seminary outside washington d.c. he observes a trend. in his students to a more balanced approach to the israeli palestinian conflict we see a lot of young evangelical both aspiring pastors and folks pursuing other jobs at the seminary come through and see tha

this was the only fight that the american-israeli public affairs committee ever lost. it was approved by nine votes. it was an extremely difficult experience but it prevailed. the high drama and national news and it happened. once those the f-15's wore out, without any controversy, an entire replacement was put in. the next day, after this vote a lot of hard feelings -- i get a call from an israeli intelligence officer and he asked me to have lunch. i accepted. we were at lunch and he looked at me kind of intensely across the table and said, you beat us. that was not how we look at it. we looked at it as trying to do something right for america. we will look upon this differently but i have a toast. he ordered some wine and raised the glass and said, here is to working together tomorrow. here is to a positive relationship going forward. smart. that is what i mean by strategic focus and long-term perspective. we did. even in times of difficulty, especially in times of difficulty, strategic focus and a long-term perspective. the u.s. intelligence community is a large, co

. >>> the most powerful israeli lobby in the united states, the american israel public affairs committeebroiled in a public standingover with the white house over iran. rosiland jordan joins us for more. >> reporter: here is the situation, the obama administration has been really trying to persuade members of the u.s. congress not to impose new sanctions on iran while the administration tries to work through is this temporary six-month long deal to compel iran to give up parts of its nuclear program that could be used to build weapons. the u.s. essentially promised that there would be no new sake shuns. however, because of the influence and money that aipac gives to many members of congress, there had been the rolling push to impose new sanctions. because the obama administration has made the case that doing so right now could scuttle a very delicate agreement, the organization has seemingly backed off, and several members of congress have indicated that they would not vote for the measure right now; that they want to see this deal actually try to work. however, this does not mean that e