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Israel's influence on the US government has become legendary, primarily because of what is called the Israeli lobby. Despite modest disclaimers about its power, virtually all politicians, newspeople, and others who have experienced the lobby firsthand attest to the overwhelming influence of Israel's supporters in the Congress and in the formulation of US foreign policy. Of the myriad pro-Israel groups, none is better organized, more active, or more powerful than AIPAC, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, the major lobby supporting Israel in the United States since 1951. (Source: Kenen, Israel's Defense Line, 109).