Tag Archives: J Street

J Street: Desperate to be relevant

THE HILL by Paul Miller May 13, 2015 The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) has a serious problem. The halls of the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in our nation’s capital may no longer be able to accommodate the … Continue reading

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Anti-Israel Groups Lobby to Derail Anti-BDS Measure

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON by Adam Kredo May 12, 2015 A leading pro-Israel lawmaker is pushing back against lobbying efforts by anti-Israel activists to derail a piece of legislation that would work to prevent U.S. trade partners from supporting economic boycotts … Continue reading

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Liberal Jews Push Obama to Drop Support for Israel at UN During White House Parley

ALGEMEINER by Dovid Efune April 15, 2015 Members of a group of Jewish supporters of the Democratic Party who met with President Barack Obama this week urged him to remove the long-standing American veto protection of Israel at the United … Continue reading

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WATCH THIS FILM The J Street Challenge

The J Street Challenge The Seductive Allure of Peace in our Time The entire film, in HD, is now available for free viewing online. It’s outstanding, well worth the hour of your time. Regardless of your position on the Two-State solution, you’ll find … Continue reading

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The leftist pathologies that drive criticism of Israel

WASHINGTON TIMES by Jonathan Greenberg March 25, 2015 In 2009, Jay Michaelson, writing at the Forward, penned a controversial piece entitled “How I’m Losing My Love For Israel” in which he noted that it was exhausting to defend Israel among … Continue reading

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The Religious Dogma of Palestinian Statehood

ALGEMEINER by Moshe Phillips and Benyamin Korn March 23, 2015 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s remark about the dangers of a Palestinian state has sent advocates of Palestinian statehood into a rage so hysterical that you would think he had questioned … Continue reading

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Dem Rep Rips Breitbart Editor as ‘Orthodox’ Jew at Anti-Israel Convention

BREITBART by Jordan Schachtel March 23, 2015 Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), speaking on Monday at the 2015 J Street convention, praised the far left “Pro-Israel, Pro-Peace” organization for backing her 2010 re-election campaign against Joel Pollak, Breitbart News’s Senior Editor-at-Large … Continue reading

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Obama’s Chief of Staff Fires up J Street: Israel’s ‘Occupation Must End’

BREITBART by Joel B. Pollak March 23, 2015 White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough earned raucous cheers from the left-wing activists gathered at J Street’s fifth annual conference in Washington, D.C. on Monday when he attacked Israel’s occupation of the West … Continue reading

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White House chief of staff to headline J Street conference

JTA by Staff March 19, 2015 Denis McDonough, the White House chief of staff, will headline the annual J Street conference, at a time of U.S.-Israel tensions over the liberal Jewish Middle East policy group’s signature issue, the two-state solution. J … Continue reading

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Hillel CEO Fingerhut drops out of J Street conference due to other speakers

JNS March 9, 2015 After being listed as a speaker for the upcoming national conference of the left-wing J Street lobby, Hillel International President and CEO Eric Fingerhut announced Monday that he will pull out of the conference due to concerns … Continue reading

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