%0 Journal Article %1 oguntuase2023interest %A Oguntuase, O. David %A Clark, E. Victor %A Orhero, E. Abraham %D 2023 %J International Journal of Recent Innovations in Academic Research %K Jewish Lobby Policy %N 12 %P 30-47 %R https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10537288 %T Interest Group and Foreign Policy Decisions: A Brief Review of the Jewish Lobby Group and the United States Middle East Foreign Policy %U https://www.ijriar.com/docs/2023/2023-dec/IJRIAR-05.pdf %V 7 %X Interest group plays critical role in foreign policy decisions. Opinion, perspective and position of interest group are major input parameters in foreign policy design and implementations. The Jewish lobby group is a loosed coalition of individual and group whose primary interest is the advancement of US Israel relations and the protection of the state of Israel. The lobby group over the years has become a major domestic determinant of the US Middle East foreign policy. Through the adoption of various strategies ranging from political campaign finance, bloc voting systems, lobbying, influence on the mass media and motion picture (Hollywood), frequent charges of anti-semitism, the Jewish lobby group shaped the US Middle East foreign policy making it entirely pro-Israel. Elite theories which offer scientific explanation for the dominance of minority elite over the masses provide theoretical foundation for the study. Secondary source of data collection was adopted to obtain fact relevant to the study. We concluded that based on the unrivalled effectiveness of the Jewish lobby group in shaping the United States Middle East foreign policy and other domestic affairs, interest groups are critical factor in foreign policy decision making processes.

@article{oguntuase2023interest, abstract = {Interest group plays critical role in foreign policy decisions. Opinion, perspective and position of interest group are major input parameters in foreign policy design and implementations. The Jewish lobby group is a loosed coalition of individual and group whose primary interest is the advancement of US Israel relations and the protection of the state of Israel. The lobby group over the years has become a major domestic determinant of the US Middle East foreign policy. Through the adoption of various strategies ranging from political campaign finance, bloc voting systems, lobbying, influence on the mass media and motion picture (Hollywood), frequent charges of anti-semitism, the Jewish lobby group shaped the US Middle East foreign policy making it entirely pro-Israel. Elite theories which offer scientific explanation for the dominance of minority elite over the masses provide theoretical foundation for the study. Secondary source of data collection was adopted to obtain fact relevant to the study. We concluded that based on the unrivalled effectiveness of the Jewish lobby group in shaping the United States Middle East foreign policy and other domestic affairs, interest groups are critical factor in foreign policy decision making processes.}, added-at = {2024-02-06T08:23:16.000+0100}, author = {Oguntuase, O. David and Clark, E. Victor and Orhero, E. Abraham}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/24595ab9b9836b0405d0a9ccaf289d4bf/ijriar_journal}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10537288}, interhash = {20921b0282b27533c5e8d7bb8e8b692c}, intrahash = {4595ab9b9836b0405d0a9ccaf289d4bf}, issn = {E-ISSN: 2635-3040 & P-ISSN: 2659-1561}, journal = {International Journal of Recent Innovations in Academic Research}, keywords = {Jewish Lobby Policy}, language = {English}, month = {December}, number = 12, pages = {30-47}, timestamp = {2024-02-06T09:31:44.000+0100}, title = {Interest Group and Foreign Policy Decisions: A Brief Review of the Jewish Lobby Group and the United States Middle East Foreign Policy}, url = {https://www.ijriar.com/docs/2023/2023-dec/IJRIAR-05.pdf}, volume = 7, year = 2023 }