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J Street’s two faces on pro-Hamas protesters

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In public, J Street says it’s horrified by the antisemitism of pro-Hamas protesters. But in private this week, J Street’s president pressured Jewish Democrats to stop accusing the protesters of being antisemitic. Why the...
U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken delivers a speech at the J Street National Conference in Washington, DC., Dec. 4, 2022. Credit: State Department Photo by Ron Przysucha/Public

J Street lobbies against Israeli war on Hamas

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The Oct. 7 Hamas massacres hit hard at communities where many of the residents were left of center. As a result even some of the usual anti-Israel types temporarily came around to the idea...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with Stephanie Hallett, head of the U.S. embassy in Israel, during a press conference after the United States allowed Israel into its Visa Waiver Program, at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on Sept. 28, 2023. Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90.

Liberal groups: Too soon for Israel’s entry into Visa Waiver Program

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Israel was “prematurely” admitted into the U.S. Visa Waiver Program, which allows citizens of qualifying countries to enter the country for 90 days sans visa, according to Americans for Peace Now. J Street, another...
Amichai Chikli, minister of Diaspora affairs and minister for social equality, arrives for a Cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, May 14, 2023. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Israeli minister: J Street a ‘hostile organization’

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J Street is “a hostile organization that harms the interests of the State of Israel,” Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli says. The 41-year-old Likud Party member made the statement during an interview on Monday with Kan...
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Alexandros Michailidis/Shutterstock.

Blinken: US will judge next Israeli government on policies, not personalities

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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Sunday that policies, and not the people implementing them, will define the relationship between Washington and Jerusalem’s next government. During his keynote address to the J Street...
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Alexandros Michailidis/Shutterstock.

Antony Blinken to keynote J Street conference in Washington

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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will be the keynote speaker at J Street’s annual conference in Washington, D.C., the organization announced on Wednesday. Blinken is slated to speak on Sunday at the event, which...
U. S. Representative Jamaal Bowman speaks during a Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. celebration at NAN headquarters. Credit: Lev Radin/Shutterstock.

New York Rep. Bowman’s decision to drop support for Abraham Accords bill draws fire

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In a reversal of his earlier co-sponsorship of the bill, Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) said that he had withdrawn his support for the bipartisan Israel Relations Normalization Act. Bowman, the only member of “The Squad” in the U.S....
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), who is running for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, at the annual J Street Conference in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 28, 2019. Credit: Michael Brochstein/Split Stone Media.

J Street joins anti-Israel groups in support of Gaza amendment to defense bill

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J Street has joined with several dozen largely anti-Israel groups, including some that support the BDS movement, in calling for the U.S. Senate to adopt the Gaza amendment as part of the 2022 National...
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett with members of a U.S. congressional delegation on a trip sponsored by J Street. Credit: Haim Zach/GPO.

Did Bennett’s J Street meeting help Israel’s efforts to hold onto Democratic support?

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In its 15 years of existence, the left-wing lobby J Street has won many public-relations victories and almost none when it came to policy. Its impact in Washington has, for the most part, been...
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett with members of the congressional delegation. Credit: Haim Zach/GPO.

Bennett meets members of Congress, including those on trip sponsored by J Street

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Two delegations from Congress met with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett at his office in Jerusalem on Wednesday, including one which is raising eyebrows because of its sponsor. According to a news release from Bennett’s...