US Presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders will not be attending the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) conference, despite being the only Jewish candidate in the presidential race. The Democratic presidential hopeful is the only candidate out of both parties not to attend the well established annual meeting, where American leaders and potential leaders get to lay out their pro-Israel policies for potential support, at the expense of Palestinian people. Christian Today reports: Bernie Sanders announced his decision not to take part in the pro-Israel group’s conference on Friday. He cited “travelling throughout the West” and “the campaign schedule” as reasons why he could not attend. All the other presidential candidates will be appearing, including Republican frontrunner Donald Trump. The presence of the New York billionaire at the event on Monday has led at least 40 rabbis to boycott the conference. However Sanders insisted his absence was not any form of boycott. “I would very much have enjoyed speaking at the AIPAC conference,” wrote Sanders in a letter to AIPAC head Robert Cohen. “Obviously, issues impacting Israel and the Middle East are of the utmost importance to me, to our country and to the world,” said Sanders. The 18,000 delegates at the [...]