I've been seeing a lot of stuff, not just from the left, that implies AIPAC is no longer a major "influencer". Except to the clueless old timers. After all, you've got a whole new paradigm over there, with plenty of new friends of Israel that happen to be Sunni. And the Shia state the big enemy. And Russia....and Syria mess....Palestinians such a little group in the scheme of things, it's more like nobody cares about them at all anymore.

Analysis of same by Dave Weigel @ WaPo:

Old school Dem:

Elijah Cummings started a program that brings African-American teens to Israel

By Josefin Dolstein, August 1, 2019

(JTA) — Eight years ago Aaliyah Cuthrell knew little about the Jewish community, beyond what she had seen on a visit to her local Jewish community center to use the pool.

Things look different now for the 24-year-old. As a high school junior, she joined a prestigious two-year program for African-American teens in Baltimore. The program, founded by Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., seeks to strengthen ties between the African-American and Jewish communities in his Baltimore district. As part of her fellowship in 2011-2013, Cuthrell met with Jewish teens, attended seminars on topics such as anti-Semitism and the Holocaust and spent close to a month living in a youth village in Israel’s north [....]

She is one of more than 200 graduates of the Elijah Cummings Youth Leadership Program in Israel. The fellowship, which celebrates its 20th anniversary this year, was founded by the African-American lawmaker to bridge gaps between the Jewish and black communities in his Baltimore district. Every year about a dozen teens participate in the program [....]

Which led to check out more:

including current AIPAC P.R. on Afro-American links:

AIPAC's African American Community

Starting with video captioned: The story of Ralph Bunche told through The Honorable Assemblyman Walter T. Mosley, recipient of the Ralph Bunche Award that recognizes African American activists who have demonstrated significant leadership in advancing the U.S. – Israel relationship as well as critical issues affecting our communities here at home.

[....] AIPAC’s African American Outreach activists are leaders in their communities, comprising important religious, political, business and civic leaders in congressional districts with a large number of African American constituents. Pastors, state and local elected officials, leaders from major organizations, successful entrepreneurs and other community leaders have traveled to Israel with AIPAC’s charitable affiliate, the American Israel Education Foundation (AIEF), and have become important voices in the growing African American pro-Israel community. An increasing number are building meaningful pro-Israel relationships with their members of Congress, helping educate current and future influential policymakers on the value of the U.S.–Israel relationship.

In addition to engaging their members of Congress, African American Outreach activists host meetings and share their support for Israel in their communities. These community leaders participate in AIPAC’s annual Policy Conference and help identify other African American leaders who have the potential to become pro-Israel political activists through AIPAC.

AIPAC currently focuses its African American Outreach in the Midwest, Southeast and Northeast Regions [....] 

and reminded me of the new Black-Jewish caucus in Congress. Here in June, the pro-Palestinian site Electronic Intifada, in its "Lobby Watch" section, addresses that which some enquiring minds might want to know:

Will new Black-Jewish caucus in Congress advocate for Israel? 

By Josh Rubner, June  6

Five members of the US House of Representatives announced earlier this week the formation of a bipartisan Congressional Black-Jewish Caucus at the annual global forum of the American Jewish Committee.

The initial members of the caucus are Republicans Lee Zeldin of New York and Will Hurd of Texas, and Democrats Brenda Lawrence of Michigan, Debbie Wasserman-Schultz of Florida and Georgia’s John Lewis [....]