It is often assumed that US policy in the Middle East would be far more "even handed" and less tied to Israeli interests if a lobby in Washington called the American Israeli Political Action Committee (AIPAC) didn't exist. The lobby group in Washington DC, founded in 1963 and which today boasts a nearly $70 million annual budget is said to rule US policy toward Israel with an iron hand unseating long time Congressional representatives (like Paul Findley in 1982) who "dare to speak out." A closer examination gives a very different picture.
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