Pro-Israel vs. Pro-Arab/Muslim PAC Campaign Contributions

A Political Action Committee (PAC) is an organization that campaigns for or against particular political candidates, initiatives, or legislation.
At the federal level, an organization becomes a PAC when it receives more than $1,000 according to the Federal Election Campaign Act. A PAC can contribute up to $5,000 to a single candidate

Pro-Israel PACs include: NorPAC, National Action Committee, Citizens Organized, World Alliance for Israel and the Republican Jewish Coalition, among others. A total of 82 pro-Israel PACs have made contributions since 1990, but only a handful of those have made contributions in any given year. 

Pro-Arab, Arab-American, & Muslim PAC’s include: Arab American Leadership, Iranian American PAC, American Task Force on Lebanon Policy and Council on American-Islamic Relations. Only five of these made donations, totaling less than $100,000, in 2020, down from $260,000 in 2018. The largest donor, at $60,000, was the Iranian American PAC. The next largest was Free Syria’s $16,100.

*Figures for 2008 on include J Street as a pro-Israel PAC.

Source: Open Secrets.