Israel lobby
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The terms or phrase Israel lobby, Israeli lobby, Pro-Israel lobby, and Pro-Israeli lobby may refer to:
- Any group that lobbies in support of Israel.
- The Israel lobby in the United States, "those formal and informal actors that directly and indirectly influence American policy to support Israel."[1]
- The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy, an academic working paper by John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt, or its condensed version, The Israel Lobby
- The American Israel Public Affairs Committee, a specific political lobby group in the United States that describes itself as "America's Pro-Israel Lobby".
- Related is the phrase "Jewish lobby" (the phrases "Israel lobby" and "Jewish lobby" are often used synonymously to describe the same phenomenon).
[edit] References
- ^ Mitchell Bard, "The Israeli and Arab Lobbies", Jewish Virtual Library, published 2006, accessed August 26 2006.