Mercury Public Affairs
(for Q Cyber Technologies)

Hired: Dec. 2019
Contract: $1.4 million/year

NEW Informational materials

For Israeli spyware company Q Cyber Technologies, Mercury distributed a statement after an Amnesty International effort to block the export license of a linked company, NSO Group, failed in an Israeli court.

B'Tselem USA
(in-house)

Registered: 2010
2019 fees: $0

NEW Q2 domestic lobbying filing

B’Tselem USA spent less than $5,000 on in-house lobbying in the second quarter. The group lobbied Congress on “issues related to infringement of Palestinians' human rights.”

Zionist Organization of America
(in-house)

2019 fees: $200,000

NEW Q2 domestic lobbying filing

The Zionist Organization of America spent $40,000 (down from $50,000 in Q1) to lobby Congress, the office of Vice President Mike Pence and the Department of Education on support for US-Israeli “political, military and economic cooperation,” measures to “prevent Iran from achieving a military nuclear capability” and fighting anti-Semitism, notably on US campuses. And Joel Kassiday is no longer registered to lobby on the Zionist Organization of America’s in-house account.

Teva Pharmaceuticals USA
(in-house)

Registered: 2002
2019 fees: $2.4 million

Holland and Knight
(for Teva Pharmaceuticals USA)

Hired: Feb. 2019
2019 fees: $120,000

Polsinelli
(for Teva Pharmaceuticals USA)

Hired: April 2019
2019 fees: $235,000

NEW Q2 domestic lobbying filings

Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, a subsidiary of an Israeli pharmaceutical company, spent $580,000 (up from $430,000 in Q1) on in-house lobbying in the second quarter. The company paid Polsinelli $80,000 (the same as Q1) and paid Holland and Knight $30,000 (the same as Q1) to lobby on drug price legislation and coronavirus stimulus legislation. Kerry Feehery is no longer registered to work on Holland and Knight's Teva account.

Rafael USA
(for Rafael Advanced Defense Systems)

Registered: 2002
2019 fees: $0

NEW Q2 domestic lobbying filing

In-house lobbyists for Rafael USA, which lobbies for its Israeli parent — Rafael Advanced Defense Systems — reported no activity and less than $5,000 in fees during the second quarter.

Israeli-American Coalition for Action
(in-house)

Hired: March 2017
2018 fees: $550,000

NEW Q4 domestic lobbying filing (termination)

The Israeli-American Coalition for Action terminated its in-house lobbying operations on Dec. 31.

Hadassah (the Women's Zionist Organization of America)
(in-house)

Hired: Sept. 2018
2019 fees: $120,000

NEW Q2 domestic lobbying filing

Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization of America, spent $30,000 in the second quarter lobbying the following entities — Congress, the State Department and the US Agency for International Development — on Holocaust education, efforts to combat the pro-Palestinian boycott on Israel, and Hamas sanctions.

Paul McHale
(for Rafael USA)

Hired: 2012
2019 fees: $0

NEW Q2 domestic lobbying filing (termination)

Former Congressman Paul McHale terminated his lobbying registration for Rafael USA, the US subsidiary of Israeli defense company Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, on June 30. McHale, who had been registered to lobby for the company since 2013, never disclosed any lobbying activity for the company.

American Jewish Committee
(in-house)

Hired: Jan. 2019
2019 fees: $88,000

NEW Q1 domestic lobbying filing

The American Jewish Committee spent $38,000 on in-house lobbying in the first quarter. The group lobbied Congress on legislation that would appropriate $50 million per year for a Partnership Fund for Peace promoting Palestine’s private sector by improving its cooperation with the United States and Israel (the group supports the legislation). The AJC also lobbied on refugee and asylum issues, as well as legislation strengthening anti-hate crime laws, which the group supports.

American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC)
(in-house)

Registered: 2003
2018 fees: $3.5 million

NEW Related news

The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) is cancelling its 2021 conference in Washington amid concerns about the coronavirus pandemic. “Given the continued uncertainties created by the COVID-19 pandemic and without a predictable avenue to safely bring together thousands of pro-Israel Americans, we have been forced to cancel the 2021 AIPAC policy conference,” the group’s president, Betsy Berns Korn, wrote in an email to members. Read more here.