AIPAC SPENT $40 MILLION LOBBYING CONGRESS
“A great deal of money went into the struggle over the
[nuclear agreement with Iran]. The lead in opposing it was
taken by AIPAC [American Israel Public Affairs Committee], which
aligns itself on Israel's security matters with the Likud party
and its leader, [Benjamin] Netanyahu. (When the more peace-
minded Yitzahk Rabin was prime minister, his relationship with
AIPAC was rocky.) Until this fight AIPAC was seen as a fearsome
organization with the muscle and money to almost always get
its way with Congress. AIPAC and its allies have been reported
to have spent as much as $40 million opposing the agreement,
although some estimates are lower. Until this fight, AIPAC had
acted as a bipartisan organization, but in vehemently opposing
the deal [the nuclear agreement with Iran] it became an
ally of the Republicans in a highly partisan fight.”
[nuclear agreement with Iran]. The lead in opposing it was
taken by AIPAC [American Israel Public Affairs Committee], which
aligns itself on Israel's security matters with the Likud party
and its leader, [Benjamin] Netanyahu. (When the more peace-
minded Yitzahk Rabin was prime minister, his relationship with
AIPAC was rocky.) Until this fight AIPAC was seen as a fearsome
organization with the muscle and money to almost always get
its way with Congress. AIPAC and its allies have been reported
to have spent as much as $40 million opposing the agreement,
although some estimates are lower. Until this fight, AIPAC had
acted as a bipartisan organization, but in vehemently opposing
the deal [the nuclear agreement with Iran] it became an
ally of the Republicans in a highly partisan fight.”
Elizabeth Drew, “How They Failed to Block the Iran Deal,” New
York Review, October 22, 2015, pp: 75-77.
