I know it's popular for the online left to hate Democratic progressives even more than conservatives, but do you hate them more than apartheid and ethnic cleansing?

One of the biggest, bitterest, and most expensive political battles of the 2024 election cycle has emerged: The American Israel Public Affairs Committee, one of the most powerful, best-funded influence operations in Washington, is planning to go all out to knock the famed “Squad”—the small group of highly visible and popular progressive legislators of color, most of them women—out of office.

The most outspoken and unapologetically leftist contingent of the Democratic Party in national office, the Squad has been vocal in its criticism of Israel’s retaliatory assault on Gaza following the Oct. 7 massacre of Israelis by Hamas. Members of the group have prominently pushed a cease-fire resolution in Congress; it now has 18 signatories...
AIPAC wants “to make the statement this cycle that no one is safe from their wrath, that if you speak out, you can be targeted no matter how popular or how many cycles of incumbent you are,” said Connor Farrell, president of the progressive fundraising group Left Rising, in a phone call. “It’s extremely audacious.”

One thing we should make absolutely clear is that AIPAC isn't just targeting 'The Squad', but anyone on the left that isn't fully onboard with everything Israel wants. A good example of this happened in Orange County this spring.

The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (Aipac), the most powerful pro-Israel lobby group in the US, poured more than $4.5m into an Orange county congressional race in hopes of keeping Dave Min from advancing to the November election...
But Aipac’s massive spending in Orange county has perplexed analysts and Min himself.

“Why the hell did you come in against me? We’re trying to understand why,” Min said in an interview with Semafor.
“Maybe AIPAC wants a rubber stamp. I’m not going to be a rubber stamp,” he said.

In response US progressives have created a sort of defense fund. Although I must say that it seems unusual that the Democratic Party as a whole aren't concerned this clearly partisan attack on their incumbents. Nor does Congress care about a foreign government openly interfering with out elections.

“Israel is a sovereign country,” Tal Heinrich, Netanyahu’s spokesperson, told Newsmax. “We don’t intervene in American politics, and we expect to be treated with the same respect.”

But Israel is being treated with the same respect it treats the United States. For decades, intervening in the domestic politics of the United States and working to replace its elected leadership has been the Israeli government’s bread and butter.

I should point out that the federal courts have made it clear that the 1st Amendment protects criticism of Israel.