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Well-financed and politically powerful, the pro-Israel lobby is a major force on American foreign affairs that looks to continue America’s military and fiscal support of the Jewish nation-state. The lobby has had recent policy success with the Trump administration moving the U.S. embassy in Israel from the internationally-recognized capital of Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, a move long advocated by some in the pro-Israel lobby. Notably however, JStreet, one of the larger pro-Israel groups opposed the move. The administration is very friendly with the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and has taken a hard line on Israel peace talks, barely talking to the Palestinians and ending all foreign aid to the West Bank and Gaza. Even with the policy victories coming under a Republican president, the lobby still remained staunch Democratic contributors, giving more than $14.8 million in the 2018 midterms to mostly Democrats. This marked their third-biggest cycle ever and their biggest non-presidential cycle. [Read more Background] Other categories and industries in the Ideology/Single-Issue sector: • Abortion Policy/Anti-Abortion • Abortion Policy/Pro-Abortion Rights • Candidate Committees • Democratic Candidate Committees • Democratic leadership PAC • Democratic/Liberal • Environment • Foreign & Defense Policy • Gun Control • Gun Rights • Human Rights • Leadership PACs • LGBTQIA Rights & Issues • Pro-Israel • Republican Candidate Committees • Republican leadership PAC • Republican/Conservative • Women's Issues Or select another sector from an alphabetical list. Top Contributors, 2023-2024 Export to CSV Contributor Total To Dems To Repubs To liberal groups To conservative groups To nonpartisan groups Lean American Israel Public Affairs Cmte $7,798,111 $4,778,386 $2,963,425 $0 $0 $0 Leans Democrat J Street $968,056 $954,006 $0 $0 $0 $0 Leans Democrat NorPAC $340,595 $81,765 $242,581 $0 $0 $0 Leans Republican Republican Jewish Coalition $225,826 $0 $200,826 $0 $25,000 $0 Leans Republican Joint Action Cmte for Political Affairs $77,372 $77,372 $0 $0 $0 $0 Leans Democrat Pro-Israel America PAC $46,000 $46,000 $0 $0 $0 $0 Leans Democrat Desert Caucus $40,000 $20,000 $20,000 $0 $0 $0 Leans Republican Citizens Organized PAC $38,500 $26,000 $7,500 $0 $0 $0 Leans Democrat American Principles $27,000 $0 $27,000 $0 $0 $0 Leans Republican US Israel PAC $24,000 $5,000 $19,000 $0 $0 $0 Leans Republican SunPAC $22,500 $17,500 $5,000 $0 $0 $0 Leans Democrat Maryland Assn for Concerned Citizens $18,500 $16,000 $2,500 $0 $0 $0 Leans Democrat Louisianans for American Security $15,500 $2,500 $13,000 $0 $0 $0 Leans Republican To Protect Our Heritage PAC $15,000 $5,000 $10,000 $0 $0 $0 Leans Republican Leans Democrat Leans Republican Leans Liberal Leans Conservative On the fence Contribution Trends, 1990-2024 Annual Lobbying Totals, 1998-2024 Top Lobbying Clients, 2023 Export to CSV Client/Parent Organization Total American Israel Public Affairs Cmte $2,241,612 J Street $390,000 Christians United for Israel $180,000 Zionist Organization of America $120,000 Republican Jewish Coalition $0 Party Split of Recipients, by Election Cycle, 1990-2024 Top Recipients, 2023-2024 Export to CSV Candidate Chamber Amount Menendez, Robert (D-NJ) Senate $1,087,010 Cruz, Ted (R-TX) Senate $461,663 Torres, Ritchie (D-NY) House $392,234 Jeffries, Hakeem (D-NY) House $365,200 Wicker, Roger (R-MS) Senate $296,083 Average Contributions to Members of Congress, 1990-2024 These charts display average contributions to all Members of Congress, including the campaign committees of sitting members who run for president. 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