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Lobbying 2015: Israel collides with White House over Iran

America’s historically bipartisan pro-Israel lobby, AIPAC, has launched a $20 million campaign to kill an Iran deal that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has repeatedly decried as a “bad deal” for Israel.
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Israel has launched a full-on campaign to kill President Barack Obama’s historic Iran deal despite growing worries about collateral damage.

The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) is expected to spend north of $20 million on a risky gambit that could end up weakening decades of bipartisan support for the country. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, meanwhile, has dispatched his top military and diplomatic brass to help convince Congress to tear up the international agreement.

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