Lobi Israel Dalam Kebijakan Luar Negeri Amerika Serikat ke Timur Tengah

Abstract

This research discusses about the role of pro-Israeli lobby groups which dominated US foreign policy in the Middle East during George W. Bush’s regime. The researcher used qualitative method and case study analysis in this research. The concept and theory harnessed foreign policy concept from Lovell and pluralist lobby theory. The result of this research was Israel’s lobby groups were an input in decision making process as an interest. The lobby played its role as the main source of information which were used by US government as a foreign policy domestic input. They had financial and political power that were able to lobby both directly and indirectly