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BIG ISRAEL How Israel’s Lobby Moves America Grant F. Smith Copyright © 2016 Institute for Research: Middle Eastern Policy, Inc. All rights reserved. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Smith, Grant F., author. Title: Big Israel : how Israel's lobby moves America / Grant F. Smith. Description: Washington, D.C. : Institute for Research: Middle Eastern Policy, Inc., [2016] | Includes bibliographical references. Identifiers: LCCN 2015051291 (print) | LCCN 2016000154 (ebook) | ISBN 9780982775714 () Subjects: LCSH: American Israel Public Affairs Committee. | Lobbying--United States. Classification: LCC E184.36.P64 S637 2016 (print) | LCC E184.36.P64 (ebook) | DDC 324/.40973--dc23 LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2015051291 ISBN 9780982775714 “I know what America is. America is a thing you can move very easily, move it in the right direction.” Benjamin Netanyahu, speaking to Jewish West Bank settlers in 2001. Table of Contents 1 THE ISRAEL LOBBY 2 ISRAEL AFFINITY ORGANIZATIONS 3 FOUR IAO CATEGORIES 4 SUBSIDY 5 FUNDRAISING & LOCAL POLITICAL ACTION 6 ADVOCACY 7 EDUCATION 8 COORDINATION & SUPPRESSION 9 AMERICAN PUBLIC OPINION 10 CAPTURE 11 MOVING WHERE? APPENDICES A. SUBSIDY IAOS B. FUNDRAISING & LOCAL POLITICAL ACTION IAOS C. ADVOCACY IAOS D. EDUCATION IAOS E. IAO CATEGORY TOTALS ABOUT THE AUTHOR NOTES ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The author wishes to acknowledge and thank the many cited sources quoted throughout this work. Thanks also to Jeffrey Blankfort for developmental editing, Janet McMahon for copy editing, and Henry Norr for proofreading and timely suggestions.

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The Israel lobby exerts incredible power and influence over America. Some identify only one organization, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), as “the lobby” citing its influence on Capitol Hill. This is wrong. Many interconnected organizations channel their power and influence
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