Neoconservative and Pro-Israel
Activist Organizations
·AEI:
American Enterprise Institute—A
neoconservative think tank; produces and disseminates books
and articles on foreign and domestic policy;
www.aei.org.
·AIPAC:
American Israel
Public Affairs Committee—The
main pro-Israel lobbying organization in the U.S.,
specializing in influencing the U.S. Congress;
www.aipac.org.
·CSP:
Center for Security Policy—Neoconservative
think tank specializing in defense policy; formerly headed
by Douglas Feith, CSP is now headed by Frank Gaffney; the
CSP is strongly pro-Israel and favors a strong U.S.
military;
www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org.
·JINSA:
Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs—Pro-Israel
think tank specializing in promoting military cooperation
between the U.S. and Israel;
www.jinsa.org.
·MEF:
Middle East
Forum—Headed
by Daniel Pipes, the MEF is a pro-Israel advocacy
organization overlapping with the WINEP but generally more
strident;
www.meforum.org.
·PNAC:
Project for the New American Century—Headed
by Bill Kristol, the PNAC issues letters and statements
signed mainly by prominent neocons and designed to influence
public policy;
www.newamericancentury.org.
·SD/USA:
Social Democrats/USA—“Left-neoconservative”
political organization advocating pro-labor social policy
and pro-Israel, anticommunist foreign policy;
www.socialdemocrats.org.
·WINEP:
Washington Institute for Near East Policy—Pro-Israel
think tank specializing in producing and disseminating
pro-Israel media material;
www.washingtoninstitute.org.
·ZOA:
Zionist Organization of America—Pro-Israel
lobbying organization associated with the more fanatical end
of the pro-Israel spectrum in America;
www.zoa.org.
75% of Jews live in
the 14 largest cities or county/cites There are over
600,000 Jews in the Los Angeles area
15% of the lawyers
in America are Jewish
Consider:
Around 80% of Jews are registered to vote. The
average in the US is 50%. Jews are twice as likely
to vote. This multiplies their voting power by at
least a factor of 3. In addition around 80% of Jews
live in only 9 states who have a total of 202 Electoral
College votes out of 535 total.
JEWISH
POPULATION CONCENTRATION AND PERCENTAGE OF ELECTORATE
STATE
% OF POPULATION
% OF ELECTORATE
NEW YORK
9.0
18.3
NEW JERSERY
5.5
9.9
FLORIDA
4.7
8.2
MASSACHUSETTS
4.5
8.3
MARYLAND
4.3
8.1
CONNECTICUT
3.0
6.2
CALIFORNIA
3.0
6.2
PENNSYLVANIA
2.7
4.9
ILLINOIS
2.3
3.9
Source:
Michael Collins Piper The New Jerusalem: Zionist Power
in America 2004
In the
State Department the Near East Bureau expects to spend about
75% of its time dealing with Jewish groups.