AIPAC is the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, an American organization which is funded by Americans and helps fund American politicians who support the Israeli-American relationship.
FARA is the Foreign Agents Registration Act. Foreign-controlled or funded entities such as RT (formerly Russia Today) or China Global Television Network must register under FARA. American-owned organizations funded by Americans, regardless of their purpose, are not required to register under FARA. Educational foreign-funded or controlled organizations such as the Confucius Institute were granted exemptions, however, since 2020, have had to register under the Foreign Missions Act.
While some conspiracy theorists and anti-Israel activists have stated that AIPAC should register under FARA, they often are either confused on what the purpose of FARA is or they are purposely obscuring the purpose to drive people who don’t know about the topic towards skepticism of Israel or overt antisemitism. Because AIPAC is an American organization and it is funded by Americans, it has absolutely no reason to be registered under FARA.
