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 Hundreds of Jewish leaders call on Israeli ambassador to apologize for attack on J Street
The signatories, including prominent rabbis and former U.S. ambassadors, called on Yechiel Leiter to rescind remarks calling the liberal pro-Israel lobby a “cancer.”
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Fast Forward Israeli ambassador calls J Street a ‘cancer within Jewish community’
Yechiel Leiter, Israel’s ambassador to the United States, called the liberal pro-Israel lobby “duplicitous” over its opposition to U.S. military aid to Israel
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Opinion Phasing out US subsidies for Israel’s military will strengthen our alliance — not end it
A lasting security partnership must be sustainable, and the status quo no longer is
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News J Street says Israel should fund its own defense
The move coincides with a push by progressive Democrats push to restrict or end U.S. military aid, including Iron Dome missile interception
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Fast Forward US funding for Israel’s Iron Dome air defense system used to enjoy bipartisan support. Not anymore.
The liberal pro-Israel lobby J Street joined AOC, Ro Khanna and others in arguing Israel should fund its own defense
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News Amid revolt against ‘Israel lobby,’ J Street seeks elusive middle ground in primaries
Unlike AIPAC, the progressive group funds Israel’s critics in Congress — but president Jeremy Ben-Ami is firm that candidates who don’t recognize Israel as the Jewish homeland won’t get his support
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Fast Forward At US Commission on Civil Rights hearing, Jewish students warn against politicizing campus antisemitism
The hearing last week was the first in an independent government investigation into campus antisemitism
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Politics In a Mamdani-era primary, J Street endorses pro-Israel incumbent — and, in a first, ‘approves’ his challenger
Incumbent Dan Goldman is facing off against Brad Lander in the 10th district
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