American Israel Public Affairs Committee

The American Israel Public Affairs Committee ( AIPAC, dt: " American -Israeli Public Affairs Committee ") is a pro-Israel lobby in the U.S. with more than 100,000 members. It was founded as the American Zionist Committee for Public Affairs in 1953 by Isaiah L. Kenen and later renamed the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. It is considered the most powerful of the pro-Israel lobbies and as one of the most powerful lobbies in the USA at all in the USA. The headquarters of the organization is Washington, DC

Members

Members are or were, among others, the following American politicians:

• George W. Bush, former President of the United States, Republican Party
• George HW Bush, former President of the United States, Republican Party
• Dick Cheney, former Vice President of the United States, Republican Party
• Nancy Pelosi, former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Democratic Party
• Bill Clinton, former President of the United States, Democratic Party
• Hillary Clinton, former U.S. Secretary of State, Democratic Party
• Condoleezza Rice, former U.S. Secretary of State, Republican Party
• John Kerry, Senator, was a candidate of the Democratic Party for the U.S. presidential election in 2004
• John McCain, Senator, was a candidate of the Republican Party for the U.S. presidential election 2008

Israeli leaders:

• Ehud Olmert, Kadima, Likud earlier
• Yitzhak Rabin, Avodah
• Shimon Peres, party affiliation, a former member of Avodah
• Benjamin Netanyahu, Likud
• Ehud Barak, former member of Avodah
• Ariel Sharon, Kadima, Likud earlier

Member may also be organizations such as the Anti-Defamation League.