Summary
Organization formed after the 1973 war to keep Israel’s security and its contribution to U.S. security before U.S. defense officials — not interested in lobbying, one leader said in part 2 of Perceptions of Palestine, “but in shaping thought” — whose members and leaders in this part include Reagan arms-control director Max Kampelman (a founder), assistant secretary Richard Schifter (a cofounder), board member and executive director Michael Ledeen, Stephen Bryen, and NSC Middle East director Howard Teicher (Perceptions of Palestine, lines 1440-1446, 2018-2023, 2042-2043).
Details
- JINSA was organized after the 1973 war specifically to keep the issue of Israel’s security and its contribution to U.S. security interests always before U.S. defense officials, in the account at (Perceptions of Palestine, lines 1440-1446).
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Ronald Reagan, Neoconservatism, American Israel Public Affairs Committee