AIPAC may be a new litmus test for Democratic candidates. Leaders say voters' heads are elsewhere.

NEW ORLEANS — In rapid succession on Friday, three people stood from seats to disrupt a Democratic National Committee meeting, protesting U.S. funding of Israel and chiding the chair for breaking a promise of transparency.“Why you afraid of AIPAC?” one woman shouted as security escorted her out of the Hilton Hotel meeting room.

NEW ORLEANS — In rapid succession on Friday, three people stood from seats to disrupt a Democratic National Committee meeting, protesting U.S. funding of Israel and chiding the chair for breaking a promise of transparency.

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“Why you afraid of AIPAC?” one woman shouted as security escorted her out of the Hilton Hotel meeting room. Another yelled directly at the DNC chair: “What are you hiding, Ken Martin?” “How many kids have you killed? F--- f---ing Israel!”

Ken Martin, chair of the Democratic National Committee.Bill Clark / Getty Images fileThe outbursts were part of a push to pressure leaders into vowing to reject money from the major pro-Israel advocacy group and to call out atrocities committed against Palestinians. But as a major point of tension flared within the party, Democrats flew home from their spring meeting with little settled on what to say, even symbolically, on AIPAC.