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“J Street’s Jeremy Ben-Ami said the reevaluation was prompted by Bowman’s recent statements about Israel, including accusations of genocide”

THE FORWARD J Street withdraws endorsement of Jamaal Bowman for ‘crossing the line’ on Israel-Hamas war Jacob Kornbluh January 26, 2024 J Street, the self-described pro-Israel, pro-peace lobby, has rescinded its endorsement of New York Democratic Rep. Jamaal Bowman for … Continue reading

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“As president of American Federation of Teachers, Weingarten pushed draconian measures during the COVID pandemic, pushing to keep schools closed and students out of the education system”

FREE BEACON Randi Weingarten Joins J Street Board Adam Kredo October 4, 2023 Teachers’ union leader Randi Weingarten, who presided over a disastrous nationwide shutdown of schools during the coronavirus pandemic, is joining the board of one of the country’s … Continue reading

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It’s clear that #JStreet isn’t “Jewish” or “pro-Israel,” it exists solely to elect and defend #Democrats

JNS Why is J Street defending Congress’ worst antisemite? Moshe Hill December 14, 2022 J Street, a far-left organization that has done more to turn Israel into a partisan issue than any other, has joined other anti-Israel Jewish groups in an … Continue reading

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The quintessential difference between #JStreet and #AIPAC

JPOST Who tried to block US funding for Iron Dome? Lenny Ben-David August 17, 2022 …By mid-June 2021, opposition to replenishing the essential defensive materiel to Israel was emerging in Washington among a squad of members of Congress, anti-Israel progressive … Continue reading

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The race in Michigan between progressive Levin and moderate Stevens caught the attention of both AIPAC and J Street PACs. AIPAC called Stevens’s Tuesday victory “monumental” for US-Israel relationship

JERUSALEM POST Rep. Haley Stevens defeats Rep. Andy Levin in Michigan Dem. primary Haley Cohen, Omri Nahmias August 3, 2022 In a critical Michigan primary featuring two incumbent Democratic members of Congress facing off, Rep. Haley Stevens defeated Andy Levin … Continue reading

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J Street’s 2014 bid to join the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations also was rejected

JTA J Street drops bid to join Zionist umbrella group June 17, 2021 J Street, the liberal Jewish Middle East policy group, dropped its months-long bid to join the American Zionist movement, the umbrella body for U.S. pro-Israel groups. The … Continue reading

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At J Street conference, “Elizabeth Warren became the first American political leader to openly call for the overthrow of the leader of a sister democracy”

ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS) For Progressives, Netanyahu isn’t the problem by Caroline Glick April 23, 2021 …In her [J Street] speech, Warren called on – or rather demanded that – opponents of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “join together … Continue reading

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“J Street has tried to take advantage of the Jewish community’s desire to have a big tent”

ALGEMEINER J Street Embraces Mahmoud Abbas; How Will US Jews Respond? by Moshe Phillips April 22, 2021 J Street’s decision to feature Mahmoud Abbas at its “first-ever virtual national conference” earlier this week, demonstrates just how far J Street is … Continue reading

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Republican Jewish Committee lash out at Elizabeth Warren’s J Street remarks, calling them “disgusting”

TIMES OF ISRAEL Sens. Sanders, Warren call for ‘restricting’ US aid to Israel at J Street confab by Jacob Magid April 20, 2021 Prominent progressive senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren both used their Monday addresses at the J Street … Continue reading

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J Street and If Not Now sign letter to Biden advocating for, among other things, defunding Pentagon

I24NEWS J Street, If Not Now among groups urging Biden not to appoint BDS critics on security jobs July 8, 2020 J Street and If Not Now, two left-leaning Jewish groups, were among the signatories of a letter to Joe … Continue reading

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