The terms or phrase Israel lobby, Israeli lobby, Pro-Israel lobby, and Pro-Israeli lobby may refer to:

• Any group that lobbies in support of Israel.
• The Israel lobby in the United States, "those formal and informal actors that directly and indirectly influence American policy to support Israel."^[1]
• The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy, an academic working paper by John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt, or its condensed version, The Israel Lobby
• The American Israel Public Affairs Committee, a specific political lobby group in the United States that describes itself as "America's Pro-Israel Lobby".
• Related is the phrase "Jewish lobby" (the phrases "Israel lobby" and "Jewish lobby" are often used synonymously to describe the same phenomenon).

It has been suggested that Interest representation: Academic overview be merged into this article or section. ... For other uses of the term Israel lobby, see Israel lobby (disambiguation). ... The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy[1] (a condensed version used the title The Israel Lobby[2]) is a controversial working paper written by John Mearsheimer, political science professor at the University of Chicago, and Stephen Walt, academic dean of the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University... Professor John J. Mearsheimer John J. Mearsheimer (born December 1947) is the R. Wendell Harrison Distinguished Service Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago. ... Stephen Martin Walt (born July 2, 1955) is a professor of international affairs at Harvard Universitys John F. Kennedy School of Government. ... The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) is a special interest group that lobbies the United States Government in favor of maintaining a close US-Israel relationship. ... Jewish lobby is a term referring to allegations that Jews exercise undue influence in a number of areas, including politics, government, the media, academia, popular culture, public policy, international relations, and international finance. ...

References

1. ^ Mitchell Bard, "The Israeli and Arab Lobbies", Jewish Virtual Library, published 2006, accessed August 26 2006.

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