The Glover Park Group, one of America’s largest public affairs companies filed lobbying registration forms with the Department of Justice which show that they will provide services to the Egyptian Government to support the Egyptian government’s communications “with U.S. government officials, business community, non-governmental audiences and the media” as well as help with “fostering and facilitating exchanges between the U.S. and Egypt.” They will also “provide public diplomacy, strategic communications counsel and government relations services.”

While the lead on the account is Joel Johnson, a former senior aide to President Bill Clinton, the company has extensive Israeli and Jewish ties. The managing director of the PR firm is an Israel named Arik Ben-Zvi, who served in the Israel Defense Forces, and senior vice president Jason Boxt formerly served as national deputy political director at AIPAC.

One of the reasons the firm was believed to have been hired is that The United States suspended partial foreign aid to Egypt which numerous people have spoken out about including leading Wash, DC based attorney Jay Sekulow.

(JP Updates)