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AIPAC , The powerful American Israel Public Affairs Committee continues to wield heavy influence over U.S. foreign policy even as civilian casualties mount in Israel’s onslaught on Gaza, which began after a murderous cross-border raid by Hamas.
American Israel Public Affairs Committee
AIPAC was founded in 1954 by Isaiah Kenen, an official with the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
As the lobbying arm of the American Zionist Committee
Initially named the ‘American Zionist Committee for Public Affairs’.
It was established in response to a crisis in Israel-U.S. relations triggered by the Qibya massacre in 1953 when Israeli troops killed 69 Palestinian villagers
To avoid the disclosure requirements and restrictions associated with being designated as a ‘foreign agent’,
it was incorporated in 1963 under its current name, as an organisation managed wholly by prosperous Jewish-Americans
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