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Major Israeli Lobbies that Control Congress<\/h1>\n

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\u2022 Pro-Israel Political Action Committees (PACs):<\/b>\u00a0AIPAC does not give campaign contributions itself but instead uses a campaign finance network consisting of around\u00a0thirty<\/a>\u00a0Pro-Israel Political Action Committees (PACs)<\/b>, which AIPAC is constantly signaling.\u00a0Only four of these PACs have names that indicate their true agenda, such as \u2018Allies for Israel\u2019 or \u2018World Alliance for Israel.\u2019 The rest have innocuous names like \u2018National Action Committee\u2019 or \u2018Heartland PAC.\u2019 Constituents usually don\u2019t realize their candidates are receiving money from PACs that advance the interests of a foreign government..<\/p>\n

\u2022 Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations (CoP)<\/b><\/p>\n

\u2022 The American Israel Education Foundation (AIEF)<\/b><\/p>\n

\u2022 The Washington Institute for Near East Policy (WINEP)<\/b><\/p>\n

\u2022 Anti-Defamation League (ADL)<\/b><\/p>\n

\u2022 International Fellowship of Christians and Jews (aka Stand for Israel)<\/b><\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Central Fund of Israel,\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

The Gideon Project<\/b><\/p>\n

\u2022 Christians United for Israel (CUFI)<\/b><\/p>\n

\u2022 Simon Wiesenthal Center<\/b><\/p>\n

\u2022 The Israel Project<\/b><\/p>\n

\u2022 Friends of the Israeli Defense Forces (FIDF)<\/b><\/p>\n

\u2022 Hadassah (Women\u2019s Zionist Organization of America)<\/b><\/p>\n

\u2022 America\u2019s Voices in Israel (AVI)<\/b><\/p>\n

\u2022 The Jewish Agency for Israel<\/b><\/p>\n

\u2022 American Friends of Likud<\/b><\/p>\n

\u2022 American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise (AICE)<\/b><\/p>\n

\u2022 The\u00a0Israel Allies Foundation<\/b><\/p>\n

\u2022 The Jewish Policy Center<\/b><\/p>\n

\u2022 The Haym Salomon Center<\/b><\/p>\n

\u2022 The Foundation for Jewish Camp<\/b><\/p>\n

and on and on and on.. sickening<\/b><\/p>\n

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Introduction to the Israel Lobby<\/strong><\/h1>\n

The Israel lobby is one of the most powerful and pervasive special interest groups in the United States. It consists of a multitude of powerful institutions and individuals that work to influence Congress, the president, academia, the media, religious institutions, and American public opinion on behalf of Israel.<\/p>\n

By\u00a0Alison Weir<\/b>
\nCouncil for the National Interest<\/b><\/i><\/a>
\nUpdated: October 2017<\/p>\n

The Israel Lobby: A Partial List<\/h3>\n

\u2022 The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC):<\/strong>\u00a0AIPAC is the most prominent governmental lobbying organization on behalf of Israel.\u00a0Fortune Magazine<\/em>\u00a0typically rates it as the\u00a0second most powerful<\/a>\u00a0lobby in the U.S. AIPAC frequently writes\u00a0legislation<\/a>\u00a0for members of Congress, which extraordinarily large majorities of both parties typically endorse. It has a\u00a0$100 million endowment<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and annual revenue of about\u00a0$60 million<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and spends about\u00a0$2-3 million<\/a>each year in lobbying Congress. AIPAC\u2019s annual conventions are typically a who\u2019s who of high government office from both parties pledging their loyalty to Israel.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Pro-Israel Political Action Committees (PACs):<\/strong>\u00a0AIPAC does not give campaign contributions itself but instead uses a campaign finance network consisting of around\u00a0thirty<\/a>\u00a0Pro-Israel Political Action Committees (PACs)<\/strong>, which AIPAC is constantly signaling.\u00a0Only four of these PACs have names that indicate their true agenda, such as \u2018Allies for Israel\u2019 or \u2018World Alliance for Israel.\u2019 The rest have innocuous names like \u2018National Action Committee\u2019 or \u2018Heartland PAC.\u2019 Constituents usually don\u2019t realize their candidates are receiving money from PACs that advance the interests of a foreign government. (More info below)<\/p>\n

\u2022 Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations (CoP):<\/strong>\u00a0This group of\u00a051 Zionist organizations<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0also\u00a0advocates on behalf of Israel<\/a>, including a focus on\u00a0Iran<\/a>. It had revenues of over\u00a0$2.2 million<\/a>\u00a0in 2011. All members of the CoP sit on AIPAC\u2019s executive committee. The Conference of Presidents focuses on lobbying the Executive branch while AIPAC concentrates on Congress.<\/p>\n

\u2022 The American Israel Education Foundation (AIEF):<\/strong>\u00a0AIEF<\/a>\u00a0is a subsidiary of AIPAC that takes Congressional Representatives on all-expense-paid\u00a0trips to Israel<\/a>. In August 2011,\u00a081 members of Congress<\/a>\u00a0from both parties took trips to Israel with the AIEF. Its annual budget is\u00a0over $26 million<\/a><\/strong>, and its executive director, Richard Fishman, is officially \u201cnot compensated,\u201d but he receives\u00a0$395,000<\/a>\u00a0annually from affiliates.\u00a0Roll Call<\/em>\u00a0reports<\/a>\u00a0that in 2012 \u201cThe American Israel Education Foundation spent more than $650,000 last year \u2014 more than any other group \u2014 to send more than 60 lawmakers and staffers to Israel for tours of Jerusalem, seminars on Israeli politics and discussions of asymmetric warfare, according to congressional travel filings.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2022 The Washington Institute for Near East Policy (WINEP):<\/strong>\u00a0WINEP<\/a>\u00a0is a highly influential think tank that pushes Israel-centric Middle East policies. It was founded by a former AIPAC employee, and while it claims to promote a \u201cbalanced and realistic\u201d understanding of the Middle East, it is \u201cfunded by individuals\u00a0deeply committed to advancing Israel\u2019s agenda<\/a>.\u201d It is frequently called upon by both the government and the media to provide \u201cexpert\u201d analysis on Middle East issues. Its 2010 revenues were\u00a0$9.4 million<\/a>, and its net assets total\u00a0$23.5 million<\/a><\/strong>. Former AIPAC member MJ Rosenberg stated: \u201cI was working at AIPAC and it was Steve Rosen who cleverly came up with the idea for an AIPAC controlled think-tank that would put forth the AIPAC line but in a way that would disguise its connections.\u201d More information is\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Anti-Defamation League (ADL):<\/strong>\u00a0The ADL\u00a0bills itself<\/a>\u00a0as a civil rights institution devoted to stamping out anti-Semitism. But in practice, it regularly works to\u00a0promote Israeli interests<\/a>\u00a0and attacks virtually any prominent person who criticized Israel and labels them \u201canti-Semitic.\u201d It has also been involved in a large\u00a0spying operation<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0against American citizens who opposed the policies of Israel and the Apartheid regime in South Africa. It is an architect of \u201chate crimes legislation\u201d that may effectively\u00a0criminalize criticism of Israeli policies<\/a>. The ADL is a member of the CoP with revenues of around\u00a0$60 million<\/a>\u00a0and net assets of over\u00a0$115 million<\/a><\/strong>. Abe Foxman, its national director, makes\u00a0$688,280 per year<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u2022 International Fellowship of Christians and Jews (aka Stand for Israel):<\/strong>\u00a0Founded in 1983 by Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein \u201cto promote understanding between Jews and Christians and build broad support for Israel,\u201d it promotes\u00a0advocacy for Israel<\/a>\u00a0among mostly right-wing Christians. It has annual revenues of nearly\u00a0$100 million<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Central Fund of Israel,\u00a0<\/strong>based in\u00a0Manhattan<\/a>,\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>says<\/a>\u00a0it funds \u201cover 250 charitable causes in Israel.\u201d A\u00a0Ha\u2019aretz<\/a>\u00a0investigation found it funneled much of its money to settlements; it has sent money to an extremist Israeli organization in which the\u00a0\u201crabbis heading the yeshiva published a book that discussed the circumstances in which non-Jews can be killed.\u201d It has received\u00a0\u201ctens of millions of dollars\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0in donations. In 2015 its revenue was\u00a0$20 million<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

It also\u00a0sponsors<\/a>\u00a0Reservists on Duty<\/strong>,\u00a0established in\u00a02015<\/a>\u00a0by Israeli soldiers to travel to US college campuses to advocate for Israel and to train American Jewish students to speak on behalf of Israel.<\/p>\n

The Gideon Project<\/strong>\u00a0was created by Reservists On Duty \u201cto give students fluent in English a chance to represent and defend Israel internationally after their service.\u201d Soldiers speak on campuses throughout the U.S. Video\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Christians United for Israel (CUFI):<\/strong>\u00a0CUFI<\/a>\u00a0is a right-wing Evangelical Christian organization run by\u00a0David Brog<\/strong>, a Jewish American attorney who previously\u00a0practiced corporate law in Tel Aviv, Israel. He\u2019s the author of\u00a0\u00a0Reclaiming Israel\u2019s History.<\/em>\u00a0In 2007, the\u00a0Forward<\/em>\u00a0newspaper listed Brog in its \u201cForward 50\u201d most influential Jews in America. The titular founder of CUFI is\u00a0John Hagee. CUFI, which distorts Biblical teachings,\u00a0has high-level contacts with the Israeli government. Despite a budget of\u00a0$7 million<\/strong><\/a>, it may be\u00a0losing ground<\/a>\u00a0as more evangelicals learn the facts about Israel. It has a\u00a0lobbying arm, called\u00a0CUFI Action Fund<\/a><\/strong>, first reported in\u00a0The Washington Post<\/a>, run by Gary Bauer, one of the signers of the Statement of Principles of\u00a0Project for the New American Century (PNAC)\u00a0<\/a>on June 3, 1997. Bauer also serves on the board of the\u00a0Emergency Committee for Israel<\/a>.\u00a0In 2010 he received the\u00a0Defender of Israel Award from the Zionist Organization of America<\/a>. CUFI Action Fund\u2019s Communications Director is\u00a0Ari Morgenstern<\/a>, an Israeli citizen who previously\u00a0served at the Israeli Embassy in Washington. The fund, Bauer said, will have a multimillion-dollar budget and a dozen staffers who will focus on pro-Israel lobbying among members of Congress and presidential candidates. In 2017 it began a\u00a0scorecard<\/a>\u00a0of legislators\u2019 every vote and comment about Israel.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Simon Wiesenthal Center:\u00a0<\/strong>According to its\u00a0website<\/a>: \u201cThe Simon Wiesenthal Center is a global Jewish human rights organization that confronts anti-Semitism, hate and terrorism, promotes human rights and dignity, stands with Israel, defends the safety of Jews worldwide, and teaches the lessons of the Holocaust for future generations.\u201d It has \u201ca constituency of over 400,000 households\u201d in the US. It is headquartered in Los Angeles, with offices in New York, Toronto, Miami, Chicago, Paris, Buenos Aires, and Jerusalem.\u201d It gave its \u201cHumanitarian Award\u201d to\u00a0Harvey Weinstein<\/a>\u00a0in 2015 despite the open secret of Weinstein\u2019s assaults on women.\u00a0\u00a0In 2011 it had an annual budget of\u00a0$24 million<\/strong>\u00a0and net assets of\u00a0$67 million<\/strong>.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2022 The Israel Project:<\/strong>\u00a0Founded in 2003, the Israel Project specializes in pro-Israel propaganda targeting the press and the American public. In 2009, a secret handbook commissioned by The Israel Project and written by Republican pollster and strategist Frank Luntz, \u201cThe Global Language Dictionary,\u201d was\u00a0exposed by two Newsweek reporters<\/a>. The handbook\u00a0crafts language and talking points<\/a>\u00a0for Israel advocates in simplistic, diversionary, and dishonest ways. The organization has 70 employees and an\u00a0$11 million annual budget<\/strong>. In 2011 it opened additional bureaus in India and China and launched a website in Arabic.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Friends of the Israeli Defense Forces (FIDF):<\/strong>\u00a0This American organization supports the Israeli armed forces. It hosts\u00a0lavish fundraisers<\/a>\u00a0and has fourteen regional offices in the U.S. and one in Latin America. FIDF also brings\u00a0hundreds of Israeli soldiers<\/a>to the U.S. every year to lecture at synagogues, universities, and schools in order to increase American support for Israeli policies. It has annual revenues of around\u00a0$60 million<\/a>\u00a0and net assets of\u00a0$80 million<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Hadassah (Women\u2019s Zionist Organization of America):<\/strong>\u00a0Founded in 1912, Hadassah is \u201ca volunteer organization that inspires a passion for and commitment to its\u00a0partnership with the land and people of Israel<\/a>.\u201d It has chapters across the U.S. and \u201cmore than 330,000<\/a>\u2026 Members, Associates and supporters.\u201d It regularly advocates on behalf of Israel and is currently\u00a0pushing anti-Iran legislation<\/a>. It has annual revenues of nearly\u00a0$100 million<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0$400 million<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0in net assets.<\/p>\n

\u2022 America\u2019s Voices in Israel (AVI):<\/strong>\u00a0A project of the Conference of Presidents, AVI works to \u201cstrengthen American understanding of and\u00a0support for Israel<\/a>\u00a0by inviting U.S.-based radio talk show hosts to see Israel and broadcast their programs live from Jerusalem.\u201d It also brings\u00a0celebrities<\/a>\u00a0and other \u201copinion makers\u201d on guided tours of Israel.<\/p>\n

\u2022 The Jewish Agency for Israel:<\/strong>\u00a0The name is often shortened to just \u201cThe Jewish Agency.\u201d According to its website, founded in 1929, this links \u201cJews around the world with Israel as the focal point\u2026 \u201d Major activities include Jewish Zionist education and building a global Jewish community. \u201cIn addition to extensive programs in Israel, it operates in close to 80 countries on five continents through a network of over 450 emissaries, including hundreds of formal and informal educators. The world Jewish community participates in the Jewish Agency\u2019s decision-making process through the Assembly, its supreme governing body, and its Board of Governors, which is responsible for policy making and oversight.\u201d The Jewish Federations of North American are a\u00a0fundraising partner, with individual Jewish Federations from numerous American cities listed.<\/a><\/p>\n