Airborne Warning and Command System (AWACS) sale: and AIPAC, 70-79, 99; intracommunal debate and dissent, 72-73; Israeli ambivalence toward sale, 77-78; Reagan administration's pro- Saudi mood, 75-76; "Reagan or Begin," 75-76; and Reagan's conception of Middle East security, 70, 78; Reagan's handling of debate, 73-74; Sadat's death as catalyst for sale, 77; Saudis intervene in debate, 77-78 | |
American Council for Judaism, 16, 21, 23, 34; as perceived by AIPAC, 16, 21, 23 | |
American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC): and American black community, 24; and American Council for Judaism, 16, 21, 23; and American Jewish Committee, 20; and American Jewish community, 16-20; and American popular opinion, 24-25; and Arab boycott of Israel, 55-60; and AWACS, 70-79; and Carter, 62-64, 65-66, 70; and Carter's Middle East diplomacy, 60-64; and Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations, 16-17, 19; and F-15s to Saudi Arabia, 64-70; and Ford, 50, 51; as institutionalized interest group, 18; intercommunal relations, 17, 18, 23-26; and intracommunal dissent, 20-23, 82, 91-92; and Jewish defense organizations, 16, 19- 20; and Jewish Political Action Committees, 23; leadership composition, 18-19; and Lebanon, 79-87; mandate, 17-19; media relations, 25-26, 83-84, 93-94, 99; and Near East Report, 17; and October 1973 War, 45-50; and Palestinian disturbances (Intifada), 87- 97; and petro-diplomatic complex, 16, 25; and PLO, 88-89, 96-97; and post- October 1973 diplomacy, 50-55; and Reagan, 70-71; staff composition, 18 | |
American Jewish Committee: mandate, 19; as perceived by AIPAC, 19-20; relations with AIPAC, 20; role in boycott debate, 55-60 | |
American Jewish Congress: as perceived by AIPAC, 20; role in boycott debate, 55-60 | |
American Jewish defense organizations: early antipathy toward AIPAC, 16-17; as perceived by AIPAC, 19-20; role in boycott debate, 55-60 | |
American Jews and Zionism: attitudes toward Israel, 99; Holocaust as catalyst, |
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