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“The so-called “pro-Israel heavyweights” fail to observe that even Israel’s Arab neighbors have lost interest in the once pressing issue of Palestinian sovereignty”

THE HILL Discredited J street benched by Obama for Israel Policy Forum by Andrew Lappin June 14, 2016 …The discarded shell of the once left-leaning Israel Policy Forum (IPF), has been “re-floated” in the guise of a centrist think tank … Continue reading

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“They sit by the rivers of the Hudson, East, and Potomac [and Lake Michigan], and weep over the return of Jews to the Temple Mount and bemoan the splendor of a united Jerusalem”

JEWISH PRESS Out of Touch by Larry Domnitch June 5, 2016 …Some American Jewish leaders want to eradicate a significant Jewish holiday from the Jewish calendar: Yom Yerushalayim…Today, there are ‘prominent’ American Jews who seek to erase that monumental day, … Continue reading

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American people overwhelmingly support Israel; American Jews not so much

ISRAEL HAYOM American Jewish leaders fail to confront the anti-Israeli bandwagon by Isi Leibler May 31, 2016 …Committed American Jews should be spearheading a massive campaign urging the U.S. government and Congress to stand by Israel diplomatically in this time … Continue reading

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“So long as people who claim to be Israel’s friends are carping about settlements or borders, or treating Israeli’s voters as if they were bigots or children rather than the realists most of them are, the Palestinians will never change”

COMMENTARY Some Help That Israel Doesn’t Need by Jonathan S. Tobin May 26, 2016 When it comes to reinventing the wheel, some people just never tire of the exercise. That’s the only way to view a new Middle East peace … Continue reading

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The #JStreet Philosophy: “Have President Obama use his clout to save us from ourselves”

TIMES OF ISRAEL J Street: For sale to the highest bidder by Shmuley Boteach May 26, 2016 …This idea that Israel must be saved from itself is not new. It has been a staple of Arabist thinking at the State … Continue reading

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#ADL Director–formerly of Obama admin–criticized for his #JStreet embrace

JERUSALEM POST I stand by my critique of ADL’s Jonathan Greenblatt by Isi Leibler May 25, 2016 Jonathan Greenblatt’s response (click here for link) to my criticism of his embrace of J Street, alleging that I distorted his message, is disingenuous … Continue reading

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When it comes to J Street (to paraphrase John Mitchell) “Watch what we do, not what we say”

FREE BEACON Pulling a Breira by David Isaac May 22, 2016 Dov Waxman, a professor of political science at Northeastern University, says he has written Trouble in the Tribe to investigate the “internecine battle” waged over Israel in the American … Continue reading

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Obama surrogate #PloughsharesFund $$$ to #NPR #BrookingsInstitution and #JStreet to help sell #IranDeal. Move along, nothing to see here.

ASSOCIATED PRESS Group that helped sell Iran nuke deal also funded media by Bradley Klapper May 20, 2016 A group the White House recently identified as a key surrogate in selling the Iran nuclear deal gave National Public Radio $100,000 … Continue reading

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What do National Jewish Democratic Council and #JStreet have in common ?

THE JEWISH VOICE Guess Where J Street Recruits Its Leaders? by Staff May 11, 2016 The Jewish Council for Public Affairs (JCPA) is a major organization, counting among its member agencies, Hadassah, The Jewish War Veterans, Jewish Community Relations Councils, … Continue reading

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Have criticisms of Israel by Reform leaders and rabbis contributed to a distancing from – and even, in some instances, a hostility toward – Israel among some Reform Jews?

JERUSALEM POST A promise that should be kept by Jonathan Greenberg April 25, 2016 …When Rabbi Rick Jacobs, the current head of the Union for Reform Judaism, was appointed to his post in 2011, much was made of his leftwing … Continue reading

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