The Dahlan Lobby in DC

"The ATFP was never able to win any support among the Palestinian-American community which shunned the empty shell organization that began as an ostensible Palestinian-American lobbying group, was quickly revealed as a public relations front for the collaborationist Palestinian Authority, and eventually evolved into the Arab wing of the pro-Israel lobby.  After pictures of Asali embracing the Israeli Ambassador at an Israel “Independence Day” celebration at the Israeli embassy emerged, the organization could no longer maintain even the pretense of a Palestinian-American lobbying group."