Steven J. Rosen, a hawkish supporter of Israel who strengthened the clout of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, a Washington lobbying group, however whose profession was derailed when he was charged with leaking authorities secrets and techniques, a case that was later dropped, died on Oct. 28 close to his house in Silver Spring, Md. He was 82.
His accomplice, Barbara Schubert, mentioned his loss of life, in a memory-care middle, was from issues of Alzheimer’s illness.
Mr. Rosen was a distinguished behind-the-scenes determine in Washington from the Nineteen Eighties to the early 2000s, serving because the director of international coverage points for AIPAC, because the pro-Israel group is understood. He cast consequential ties with officers within the State Division and the White Home to advertise American assist for Israel.
He was often called a brainy, hard-charging advocate, and his non-public life was as changeable as his moods: He was married and divorced six instances.
“He’s a mercurial character, very intense, very smart, in many ways brilliant, but somewhat misanthropic,” Martin S. Indyk, a former ambassador to Israel, whom Mr. Rosen suggested on a doctoral dissertation, instructed The Washington Publish in 2006. “His personality is so intense that he can be off-putting to people, especially among the gray suits of a bureaucracy.”
Mr. Rosen had labored for AIPAC for 23 years when he was charged in 2005, below the World Battle I-era Espionage Act, with sharing secret nationwide safety info that he had obtained from authorities officers with journalists and the Israeli Embassy.
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