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50 years ago, he fought for Jerusalem. Today, Uzi Eilam is worried for Israel's future.
As part of our Solutions@70 series, we talked to an expert about how Jerusalem could serve as the capital of Israel and a Palestinian state.
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In the lead up to Israel’s upcoming 70th anniversary, J Street has launched a new series, Solutions@70, focused on highlighting the work being done to develop innovative approaches to advance the prospects for a two-state solution. Each month, we’ll feature a videoconference call with a different changemaker in the region who is leading the charge.
Last month, I marked the fiftieth anniversary of the occupation in a deeply meaningful way - by celebrating shabbat with an unprecedented coalition of Palestinian, Israeli and diaspora Jewish activists in the “Sumud Freedom Camp” in the South Hebron Hills. Our group featured the largest delegation of diaspora Jews ever to engage in direct, non-violent action against the occupation.
“But where are the nonviolent Palestinian activists?” I hear this question often from pro-Israel people who are skeptical about the possibility of a negotiated solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and who wonder where Palestinian partners for peace might be found.
Each time I enter the conference room in J Street’s Washington, DC office I look to a plaque that sits on our bookshelf. It reads, “Thank you J Street! We wish to express our great thanks and appreciation to J Street for their friendship and support for Susya, Palestine.” The plague may be small, but it is a weighty reminder that our work in the United States can make a real difference for vulnerable Palestinians living on the front lines of the occupation.
Jared Kushner Says Mideast Peace Will ‘Take Time’, Forward
“Arriving at an Israeli-Palestinian peace will ‘take time,’ President Donald Trump’s top two negotiators said after meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. ‘The United States officials and Israeli leadership underscored that forging peace will take time and stressed the importance of doing everything possible to create an environment conducive to peacemaking,’ the White House said in a readout after the meeting Wednesday between Netanyahu and Jared Kushner, a senior adviser to Trump and his Jewish son-in-law, and Jason Greenblatt, his special envoy to the region. The cautious tone appeared to defer to Netanyahu’s preference to go slow in advancing Israeli-Palestinian peace. Netanyahu does not believe that the Palestinians are fully committed to coexistence and accuses their leadership of continuing to incite violence.”
Trump, New Saudi Crown Prince Discuss Israeli-Palestinian Peace Efforts in Phone Call, Haaretz
President Trump called Saudi Arabia’s new Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and congratulated him on his new position. According to a statement by the White House, the two leaders discussed a number of regional issues, including “efforts to achieve a lasting peace between the Israelis and the Palestinians” – an issue that was also discussed when bin Salman met with Trump in Washington earlier this year.