This is the Forward’s coverage of J Street, a lobby group that advocates for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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Fast Forward J Street Launches Swing State Campaign Against Iran Deal Opponents
WASHINGTON — J Street is launching a half million-dollar campaign against two vulnerable Republicans for their opposition to the Iran nuclear deal. J Street President Jeremy Ben-Ami on Wednesday will release TV spots to screen in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, where incumbents Sens. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., and Ron Johnson, R-Wis., are in tight competitive races. A…
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Israel News Can This Retired Israeli Professor Unite Liberals Against the Occupation?
Can one retired Israeli professor unite liberal forces in the Jewish diaspora to speak out against Israel’s occupation of the West Bank? Daniel Bar-Tal believes he can, and that he can succeed in doing so in time for the 50th anniversary of the occupation coming up next June. After building partnerships in Europe, Latin America,…
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Community The Iran Deal is Good Policy and Good Politics
Last summer, a fierce debate in the pro-Israel community over how to best curtail the Iranian nuclear program took place. On July 14, 2015, after 20 months of arduous talks, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) between Iran, the P5+1 countries, and the EU was announced. On the deal’s anniversary, we asked two pro-Israel…
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News Is AIPAC a Toothless Tiger After Iran Deal Supporters Survive Unscathed?
AIPAC never spelled the threat out. But last summer, Congress got the message. Politicians had to decide whether they would vote yay or nay on President Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran, which lifted economic sanctions in exchange for reductions to the country’s nuclear program. A vote in favor, pro-Israel activists indicated, would be viewed negatively…
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Opinion J Street Can Fight BDS and Israeli Occupation at the Same Time
Last week, a member of J Street’s senior staff met with Israel’s strategic affairs minister, Gilad Erdan, at his invitation. Their topic of discussion? The fight against the global Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel. This meeting somehow became international news — though it shouldn’t have been newsworthy at all. As the political…
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Opinion Israel Needs Help Fighting BDS — and It’s Turning to J Street
Israel is reaching out to J Street, the left-leaning, self-described pro-Israel pro-peace lobby, to cooperate on combating anti-Israel boycott and divestment efforts. The Israeli cabinet member charged with coordinating anti-boycott efforts, Internal Security Minister Gilad Erdan, met on June 13 in Jerusalem with the director of J Street’s Israel office, Yael Patir. The meeting was…
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News Bernie Sanders Inspires Debate for Democrats on Israel — But Not Change
WASHINGTON – The Democratic Party’s first round of platform committee hearings had something for everyone, from AIPAC to J Street. Discussions about whether to include Palestinian rights and Israeli occupation in the platform were more robust than ever before in party history, a development J Street has advocated. For AIPAC, the meeting sent a clear…
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News J Street Pushes ‘Balanced’ Democratic Platform Plank on Israel
J Street is reportedly pushing for a “balanced” Democratic Party platform plank on Israel, one that would include criticism of the Israeli occupation and some recognition of the need to push for Palestinian rights. The dovish pro-Israel group is circulating a memo that seems to underline the possibility that Israel could become a major flashpoint…
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