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AIPAC

American Israel Public Affairs Committee
Founded1954 (1954)[1]
53-0217164[2]
Legal status501(c)(4) organization
HeadquartersWashington, D.C., U.S.[2]
Coordinates38°54′02″N 77°00′53″W / 38.9004676°N 77.0146576°W / 38.9004676; -77.0146576
Michael Tuchin[2]
Betsy Berns Korn[2]
Elliot Brandt[3]
Subsidiaries251 Massachusetts Avenue LLC,
American Israel Educational Foundation,
AIPAC-AIEF Israel RA,
AIPAC-PAC,
United Democracy Project[2]
Revenue$79,401,004[2] (2022-23)
Expenses$83,081,062[2] (2022-3)
Endowment$10,516,232[2]
Employees376[2] (2022)
Volunteers47[2] (2022)
Websiteaipac.org
Formerly called
American Zionist Committee for Public Affairs
American Israel Education Foundation
Founded1990
52-1623781[4]
Legal status501(c)(3) organization
Revenue$69,985,088[4] (2022-23)
Expenses$52,203,569[4] (2022-23)
Endowment$56,147,336[4]
Employees0[4] (2022)
Volunteers20[4] (2022)
American Israel Public Affairs Committee Political Action Committee
Founded2021
Registration no.C00797670
Legal statusPolitical Action Committee
Location
  • Washington, D.C.
Treasurer
Justin Phillips
Federal Election Commission[5]

The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC /ˈeɪpæk/ AY-pak) is a pro-Israel lobbying group that advocates its policies to the legislative and executive branches of the United States.[6] It is one of several pro-Israel lobbying organizations in the United States,[7] and it has been called one of the most influential lobbying groups in the country.[8]

AIPAC was founded in 1954 by Isaiah L. Kenen, a lobbyist for the Israeli government,[9][10] partly to counter negative international reactions to Israel's Qibya massacre of Palestinian villagers that year.[1] AIPAC only became a powerful organization during the peak of its influence in the 1980s.[11] In 2002, AIPAC expressed intent to lobby Congress to authorize use of force in Iraq,[12] and in 2003, the Iraq War was defended at AIPAC events.[13][14][15] In 2005, a Pentagon analyst pleaded guilty to espionage charges of passing U.S. government secrets to senior AIPAC officials, in what became known as the AIPAC espionage scandal.[16]

Until 2021, AIPAC did not raise funds for political candidates itself; its members raised money for candidates through political action committees unaffiliated with AIPAC and by other means.[17] In late 2021, AIPAC formed its own political action committee. It also announced plans for a Super PAC, which can spend money on behalf of candidates.[5][18][19] Its critics have stated it acts as an agent of the Israeli government with a "stranglehold" on the United States Congress with its power and influence.[20] AIPAC has been accused of being strongly allied with the Likud party of Israel, and the Republican Party in the U.S., though an AIPAC spokesman has called this a "malicious mischaracterization".[17][21]

AIPAC describes itself as a bipartisan organization.[22] AIPAC states that it has over 3 million members,[23] 17 regional offices, and "a vast pool of donors".[17] AIPAC's supporters claim its bipartisan nature can be seen at its yearly policy conference, which in 2016 included both major parties' nominees: Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump.[24][25] AIPAC has been criticized as being unrepresentative of American Jews who support Israel, and supportive only of right-wing Israeli policy and viewpoints.[26][27]

  1. ^ a b Rossinow, Doug (2018). ""The Edge of the Abyss": The Origins of the Israel Lobby, 1949–1954". Modern American History. 1 (1). Cambridge University Press (CUP): 23–43. doi:10.1017/mah.2017.17. ISSN 2515-0456. This organization's original name had been the American Zionist Committee for Public Affairs (AZCPA), and it had begun operations in 1954.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Form 990: Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax". American Israel Public Affairs Committee. ProPublica. Year ending September 30, 2023.
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  4. ^ a b c d e f Form 990: Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax". American Israel Education Foundation. ProPublica. Year ending September 30, 2023.
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  7. ^ Bennis, Phyllis (July 15, 2014). "Why Opposing the Israel Lobby Is No Longer Political Suicide". The Nation. Retrieved September 1, 2022.
  8. ^ Hussain, Murtaza (November 18, 2023). "Meet the Secret Donors Who Fund AIPAC's Israel Trips for Congress". The Intercept. Retrieved August 9, 2024.
  9. ^ Nelson, Nancy Jo (1980) The Zionist Organizational Structure, Journal of Palestine Studies, 10:1, 80–93, doi:10.2307/2536485. p.84.
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  17. ^ a b c Bruck, Connie (September 1, 2014). "Friends of Israel". The New Yorker. pp. 50–63. Retrieved September 9, 2014.
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  20. ^ Mearsheimer, John (March 23, 2006). "The Israel Lobby". The Israel Lobby and the US Foreign Policy. Vol. 28, no. 6. London Review of Books. Retrieved December 31, 2013.
  21. ^ Terris, Ben (March 26, 2015). "Jeremy Ben-Ami, winning a place at the table for J Street". The Washington Post. Retrieved August 26, 2022.
  22. ^ "About AIPAC". Archived from the original on June 24, 2011. Retrieved June 22, 2011.
  23. ^ "Home". AIPAC. Retrieved August 14, 2024.
  24. ^ "Biden Tells AIPAC Two-state Solution the 'Only Way' to Security". VOA News. March 21, 2016. Archived from the original on May 12, 2021. Retrieved March 18, 2021.
  25. ^ Sen. Kamala Harris, Sen. Bob Menendez (March 28, 2017). AIPAC Policy Conference, Senators Harris and Menendez. C-SPAN. AIPAC Policy Conference, Washington D.C. Retrieved March 18, 2021.
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  27. ^ Kornbluh, Jacob (April 8, 2025). "AIPAC attacks Democrats who voted to stop arms sales to Israel". The Forward. Retrieved April 23, 2025. But most American Jews vote for Democrats, and AIPAC has been criticized for backing the Israeli government's right-wing policies on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and for engaging in an aggressive campaign — led by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — against the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran. AIPAC spent nearly $30 million to try to defeat the deal negotiated by former President Barack Obama, only to see the Senate approve it. The group also came under fire in recent years for featuring digital ads that defamed progressive members of Congress critical of Israel.

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