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Breaking News In J Street Talk, Pro-Israel Stalwart Sen. Ben Cardin Aims Fire At Netanyahu
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md., a pro-Israel stalwart in the Democratic Party, lashed out at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a J Street conference, breaking with a party tradition of avoiding heated confrontations with Israel’s leaders. Cardin in his speech Monday stood by his bill that would criminalize some forms of boycotting…
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Opinion The Two State Solution Is Dead. Supporting It Is Supporting Occupation.
The past three weekends in Gaza, we have watched, stunned, as unarmed Palestinian protesters have been gunned down by Israeli snipers. The soldiers were given explicit orders to shoot anyone approaching the fence that separates Israel and Gaza, in violation of international law, and condemnation of Israel’s actions has been swift and widespread. The International…
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Breaking News J Street 2018: Trump And Netanyahu Are Peas In A Rotten Pod
WASHINGTON (JTA) — J Street, the liberal Jewish Middle East lobby, launched its 10th anniversary conference with repeated and unflattering comparisons of the two leaders of the countries it straddles, Israel and the United States. The villains that cropped up over and over at the conference opening Saturday night were Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu…
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Community My Synagogue Welcomes Spirited Debate Over Israel — But We Can’t Promote J Street
It saddens me that a member has twice maligned in this publication the congregation of which I am privileged to serve as rabbi. It pains me even more to lose two members, who have contributed so much over so many years to the vibrancy and energy that has been the hallmark of our synagogue since…
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Fast Forward AIPAC-Aligned Sen. Ben Cardin To Speak At J Street Conference
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Ben Cardin, the Democratic senator from Maryland who is among the closest in his party to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, will speak at the annual conference of its liberal rival, J Street. Cardin, who is Jewish, was one of just four Democrats in the Senate who voted in 2015 against…
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Fast Forward Jewish Groups That Helped Democrat Win In Pennsylvania Cheer His Upset Victory
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Liberal Jewish groups hailed the upset victory of a Democratic congressional candidate in a special election in a Pennsylvania district that President Donald Trump won by 20 points in 2016. Conor Lamb, a former U.S. Marine and prosecutor who rejected the Democratic establishment in his campaign — but ran on a traditional…
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Fast Forward J Street Reconsiders Endorsement Of Congressman Who Praised Louis Farrakhan
NEW YORK (JTA) — J Street, the dovish pro-Israel group, said it is re-evaluating its endorsement of a congressman who praised Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan. JStreetPAC, the arm of the liberal Israel lobby that funds and endorses candidates, currently lists Rep. Danny Davis, an Illinois Democrat from the virulently anti-Semitic Farrakhan’s home base…
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Fast Forward J Street Still Endorses Congressman Who Praised Farrakhan
The dovish pro-Israel lobby J Street is endorsing Rep. Danny Davis for reelection, despite his repeated recent praise of the anti-Semitic preacher Louis Farrakhan. Davis, a Democrat who has represented his Chicago-area district since 1997, said in an interview with the Daily Caller last month that he thought Farrakhan was an “outstanding human being.” He…
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