Paul Findley: Congress and the Pro-Israel Lobby

Abstract

Paul Findley served as a Republican Congressman from Illinois for twenty-two years before losing his seat by a narrow margin in 1982 to a candidate heavily backed by the American-Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). Congressman Findley recently completed a book, They Dare to Speak Out (Westport, Conn.: Lawrence Hill and Company), in which he documents how the pro-Israel lobby helps to shape important aspects of U. S. foreign policy, as well as how it influences congressional, senatorial, and presidential elections. JPS interviewed Congressman Findley on 6 September 1985.