New pro-Israel lobby as alternative to AIPAC [View All]

New pro-Israel lobby as alternative to AIPAC

By Amiram Barkat

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"It's important for both the administration and congress to know that AIPAC is a right- wing organization that represents only part of the Jewish community in the United States," Beilin said.

Soros' decision to take part in forming the lobby came as a surprise, as he has been considered anti-Zionist. After meeting the lobby's other founders, Soros said he would take part in its founding ceremony on October 26 in New York.

The founders have been discussing ways to persuade the Bush administration to increase its involvement in finding a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

The initiative for the lobby is spearheaded by Dr. David Elcott, executive director of the Israel Policy Forum (IPF), an advocacy think tank founded to counter AIPAC's objection to the Oslo Accords.

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