J Street Blog: Barack Obama
J Street's Jeremy Ben-Ami Responds To Atlanta Jewish Times Publisher's Call to Consider Presidential Assassination
January 23rd, 2012
WASHINGTON— J Street President Jeremy Ben-Ami issued the following statement in response to an editorial written by the publisher of the Atlanta Jewish Times calling for Israel to consider assassinating President Barack Obama: Read More...
Guest Post: Peace is Possible, by Representative Charles B. Rangel
June 9th, 2011
In a J Street guest post, Representative Charles B. Rangel "join[s] with President Barack Obama's call for our two great nations [Israel and the United States] to move beyond the current stalemate in peace negotiations with the Palestinians and re-launch efforts to establish a lasting two-state solution." Read More...
J Street Commends President Obama's Middle East Speech
May 19th, 2011
J Street commends President Obama for his important speech today outlining his approach to the changing Middle East and stating that efforts to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through a two-state solution are “more urgent than ever.” Read More...
Statement on George Mitchell's Resignation as U.S. Mideast Envoy
May 13th, 2011
J Street has deep respect for George Mitchell’s service as special Middle East peace envoy over the past two years. We are and will continue to be inspired by the Ambassador’s firm conviction that "there is no such thing as a conflict that can’t be ended." Read More...
Tell Obama: Go to Jerusalem
March 31st, 2011
J Street is calling on President Obama to visit Jerusalem in the coming months with a new diplomatic initiative that leads to a two-state solution and averts a September UN vote that will cause even deeper international isolation for Israel without solving the conflict. Read More...
