Background
Amitay was born in New York City.
Amitay was born in New York City.
Columbia University; Harvard Law School. Harvard Kennedy School.
He is a Washington attorney and lobbyist, with offices on Capitol Hill, who represents a range of corporate clients specializing mainly in defense and national security issues. In 1981, he founded the Washington Political Action Committee, which through 2006 had contributed more than three million dollars to Israel’s supporters in the United States. Congress. He has appeared as a commentator on a number of national radio and television programs including Cable News Network, National Public Radio, the Lehrer Report, the Voice of America, Fox News and the British Broadcasting Corporation. Before taking over AIPAC, Amitay worked for one year in the United States. House of Representatives and for five years as a legislative aide in the United States. Senate, where he "took a lead role in organizing congressional initiatives affecting Israel and Soviet Jewry".
Prior to that he was a Foreign Service Officer from 1962 to 1969, with assignments in Italy, South Africa and the State Department.
Amitay earned his undergraduate degree from Columbia University, his Juris Doctor degree from the Harvard Law School (where he wrote his thesis for Henry Kissinger’s Defense Policy Seminar) and a Master’s degree in Public Administration from Harvard University. On July 25, 1977, Amitay"s home was the target of a bomb that killed the family dog but caused no other injuries to Amitay or his family.
Amitay continues to service his clients and run the Washington Public Affairs Committee. He is actively involved in matters pertaining to United States. national security and the Middle East.