The Zionist Organizational Structure

Abstract

In 1963, under the chairmanship of Senator J.W. Fulbright, the Committee on Foreign Relations of the US Senate began a series of hearings into the activities of foreign agents in the United States in order to make any necessary amendments to the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938. In two sessions, in May and August of that year, some interesting relationships were revealed among the major Jewish organizations which then dominated the Zionist in the United States. Specifically dealt with for the period prior to 1960 were the Jewish Agency for Israel, Inc.; the Jewish Agency for Israel, Jerusalem (Jerusalem Agency); the United Israel Appeal, Inc.; the United Jewish Appeal; the American Zionist Council; and the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). A brief review of each of these organizations is essential for understanding the structure of the Zionist lobby in the aftermath of 1948 and the establishment of the State of Israel, and more particularly, for viewing the lobby as it operates today in the United States and plays a role in US foreign policy in the 1970's.