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AIPAC
AIPAC is the American
Israeli Public Affairs Committee. Founded in the 1950s, AIPAC serves
as a stoplight for the many Political Action Committees that channel
money and votes to those Congress people who support Israel. It also
channels support to opponents of those Congress people AIPAC decides
are not pro-Israel enough.
AIPAC is believed
to be one of the key reasons Representative Paul Findlay, ten-term
Illinois Republican, was defeated by Richard Durbin in 1982. In 1984,
AIPAC targeted the Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee,
Charles Percy, also of Illinois, and helped elect Paul Simon in his
stead.
Today, AIPAC has
50,000 members. The New York Times has called AIPAC the most important
organization affecting U.S. ties to Israel. According to AIPAC, it
has helped pass more than 100 pro-Israel legislative initiatives a
year, including the nearly $3 billion in aid. AIPAC is active on about
200 college campuses.
AIPAC
and Administration have love-in while raining hellfire on Iraqis
April 7 2002 Jerusalem
Press Conference
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