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Supported issues

Each year, before its annual Mission to Washington, NORPAC selects 5 issues or bills it will discuss that year, including:^[5]

Foreign Aid to Israel

IFSA, the Iran Freedom Support Act (H.R.282/S.333), which imposes sanctions on Iran in response to nuclear activity.

USIECA, the US-Israel Energy Cooperation Act (H.R.2730/S.1862), which supports joint alternative energy research.

PATA, the Palestinian Anti-Terror Act (H.R.4861/S.2370), which restricts aid to the Hamas-dominated Palestinian Authority (while still allowing humanitarian aid) unless certain actions opposing terror are taken.

The Saudi Arabia Accountability Act (H.R.2037/S.1171), which imposes sanctions on Saudi Arabia unless it clearly shuts down terrorist organizations within the country and ends support for such organizations outside the country.

Activities

Mission to Washington

Each year, NORPAC sends a group of active members to meet with Senators and Members of Congress to discuss the U.S.-Israel relationship. The mission on May 2009 brought approximately 900 participants to meet with more than four hundred Senators and Members of Congress, increase in the number of participants compared to previous years.

Political fundraising

NORPAC hosts fundraisers for various political candidates who are supportive of the U.S.-Israel relationship. It is the largest donor of New Jersey senator Robert Menendez,^[6] and regularly donates to various other politicians.

Organization leadership

See also

References

1. ^{{cite book|author=Dennis C. Jett|title=The Iran Nuclear Deal: Bombs, Bureaucrats, and Billionaires|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=25c6DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA384|date=19 October 2017|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-3-319-59822-2|pages=384–}}
2. ^{{cite web | last=Silberman | first=Zach | title=Jewish military veteran in key Senate race | website=The Times of Israel | date=February 29, 2012 | url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/in-the-hot-seat/ | access-date=August 26, 2018}}
3. ^{{cite web | title=NORPAC Hosts Congressman Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) in Englewood | website=JewishLink of New Jersey | date=August 26, 2018 | url=http://www.jewishlinknj.com/community-news/bergen/26434-norpac-hosts-congressman-josh-gottheimer-d-nj-in-englewood-2 | access-date=August 26, 2018}}
4. ^Judy Berger, [https://jewishlinkbwc.com/index.php/features/9873-bronx-and-westchester-residents-prep-for-norpac-2018 Bronx and Westchester Residents Prep for NORPAC 2018], The Jewish Link, March 08, 2018]
5. ^http://norpac.net/legislation
6. ^{{cite web|title=Open Secrets|url=https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000022158&type=&sort=&cycle=2018|accessdate=26 March 2018}}