JEWISH ORGANIZATIONS LOBBIED CONGRESS

“Allied with AIPAC [American Israel Public Affairs Committee]
were other Jewish organizations such as the Anti-
Defamation League; various local Jewish Federations;
the Zionist Organization of America, which - on the day of
the Senate's voting and with the deal's proponents clearly winning -
sponsored a rally on Capitol Hill against the deal,
featuring Ted Cruz and Donald Trump. The casino billionaire
Sheldon Adelson poured millions into this fight through
the National Zionist Organization. Also active were Bill Kristol's
Emergency Committee for Israel and the Republican Jewish Coalition,
a very ideologically hawkish group, which in 2008 linked Obama to
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Reverend Jeremiah Wright, and
Patrick Buchanan. It was understood by the Republican presidential
candidates that strong opposition to the deal was a possible route to
big campaign contributions from Adelson. The candidates were
divided only over whether they would kill the deal on their first day
in office or give it a little more time.”

Elizabeth Drew, “How They Failed to Block the Iran Deal,” New York Review, October 22, 2015, pp: 75-77.