These countries are the top 10 countries by lobbying dollars from 2016 - 2024:
Country Total Spending
1. China $460,738,925
2. Japan $436,459,337
3. Liberia $353,239,848
4. South Korea $325,835,687
5. Saudi Arabia $311,450,797
6. Marshall Islands $285,094,040
7. Qatar $257,773,194
8. United Arab Emirates $242,674,892
9. Bahamas $242,481,453
https://www.opensecrets.org/fara
Some have spent 2x more money than Israel. Israel is 10th. I haven't heard anybody around me mention Liberia or the Marshall Islands, maybe a handful of times in my life.
These are the top 10 Foreign Principals from 2016 - 2024.
Foreign Principal Total Spending
1. Government of Liberia $350,486,671
2. Government of the Marshall Islands $283,901,646
3. Government of China $277,692,350
4. Japan External Trade Organization $277,638,402
5. Government of Saudi Arabia $238,415,218
6. Government of Bermuda $192,046,623
7. Barzan Holdings $155,775,778
8. ANO TV-Novosti $147,069,172
9. Government of the Bahamas $136,148,426
10 Government of Ireland $132,165,695
No Israeli principal in the top 10. It's obfuscated but Russia is in there (ANO TV-Novosti) and Qatar (Barzan Holdings).
Also, in the link you shared of "Industries", Israel is 7th in single issue. Some of the issues 1-6 have 10x levels of money spent. I wish it were broken down even more. I'm most interested in what makes up "miscellaneous issues".
https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/indus?ind=Q
