One device was planted on the sidewalk in front of 27 West 20th Street, a 11-story building that houses more than a half-dozen Jewish and pro-Israeli groups.

Their complaints were made public in October in a videotape produced by a pro-Israeli group based in Boston.

I also started the pro-Israeli group called Friends of Israel in the Norwegian Parliament in 1973.

John H. Sununu, the chief of staff, who has collided frequently with pro-Israeli groups, "was almost gleeful that the Israeli lobby was on the defensive," one official said.

The book has been received unfavorably by many pro-Israeli groups.

This statement led to friction with organized pro-Israeli groups in the U.S.

A pro-Israeli group also held fortnightly counter-demonstrations.

At the same time these groups are among the most pro-Israeli groups.

It describes itself as a public educational foundation that supports scholarly research and debate on the Middle East, not a pro-Israeli group.

In fact, Charles Jacobs, who heads the pro-Israeli group that first raised complaints of intimidation in Columbia classrooms, said Professor Khalidi "was not at all criticized.