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SCOOP: billionaire CEO Marc Rowan, a member of Trump’s Board of Peace tasked with “rebuilding” Gaza, has been funding AIPAC’s super PAC, the United Democracy Project — $1.5 million this year alone — as it seeks to defeat pro-Palestine candidates in the midterm elections to preserve a foreign policy defined by support for Israel’s genocide and the flow of U.S. weapons to Israel. That puts Rowan among the top three donors to the AIPAC super PAC this midterm and brings his total giving to $3 million since UDP’s founding in 2022. Rowan, CEO of Apollo Global Management with ties to Jeffrey Epstein, has also donated directly to pro-Israel candidates this election cycle, such as New Jersey Dems Rep. Josh Gottheimer and Sen. Cory Booker and Republicans Mike Rogers, Rep. Ashley Moody, and one-time IDF member, Rep. Brian Mast of Florida. ✍️@theintercept https://theintercept.com/2026/09/03/aipac-marc-rowan-donor-gaza-board-peace/