WASHINGTON, March 2, 2013 (WAFA) – American Jewish groups will unveil on Sunday 100 billboard ads in the Washington Metro that say: “AIPAC Does Not Speak for Me,” according to a statement by the groups, Jewish Voice for Peace and Avaaz.

The ads, it said, highlight “the gap between AIPAC’s (the American Israel Public Affairs Committee), peace-killing policy positions and most Jewish Americans.”

The billboard ads that will appear in major subway stations across downtown Washington, DC, showcase the faces of Jewish Americans saying boldly: 'AIPAC does not speak for me. Most Jewish Americans are pro-peace. AIPAC is not.”

The ad campaign coincides with the annual AIPAC policy conference and “is designed to challenge the lobbying group’s influence on US foreign policy in the Middle East,” said the statement.

Rebecca Vilkomerson, executive director of Jewish Voice for Peace, said: “AIPAC is the NRA (pro-guns National Rifle Association) of foreign policy lobbies, pushing a right-wing agenda that does not represent the majority of Jewish Americans: Its support for military build-up and endless settlement expansion makes peace impossible. It cannot claim to speak for all American Jews.”

Hundreds of lawmakers and Vice President Joe Biden are expected to attend AIPAC’s annual gala this week.

M.S.