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mk (mk@mastodon.satoshishop.de)'s status on Saturday, 19-Oct-2024 14:44:12 JST mk
- •𝖇𝖑𝖎𝖙𝖟𝖊𝖉•⛨㉝⅓
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foreign agents from israel should register - change my mind

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  mk (mk@mastodon.satoshishop.de)'s status on Saturday, 19-Oct-2024 15:20:24 JST mk
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  "In 1962 Robert F. Kennedy, the United States Attorney General, forced the AZC to register as a foreign agent. In doing so, they were barred from making monetary contributions to US officials, but continued to send out newsletters and hold events with a nonprofit tax exemption."
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    American Zionist Council
    
    The American Zionist Council (AZC) was an Israeli lobby group founded in 1949. It represented nine nationwide Zionist organizations in matters related specifically to Zionism, following the establishment of Israel. It was founded as a tax-exempt umbrella organization of American Jewish groups, which focused on Israel and included the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA), Hadassah, and other Zionist organizations active in the United States. It acted as an umbrella group for public relations, outreach, and lobbying on Capitol Hill. Between 1951 and 1953, its Washington representative was Isaiah L. Kenen. Kenen organized the unincorporated American Zionist Committee for Public Affairs (AZCPA) in 1951. AZCPA was primarily a "public relations" organization, emitting numerous news releases. In 1954, AZC divested itself of AZCPA "because its leaders did not want to use tax-exempt funds for lobbying." Following its independence, AZCPA began involving American Jewish organizations not formally committed to Zionism in order to increase its credibility and separate itself from AZC's role as a middleman for the Israeli government. These efforts met with success, with AZCPA able...
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  @mk AIPAC Z0GGERZ yes...all PAC's are pretty sketchy tho really. probably same people purely coincidence
  
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