J Street is pleased that the Speaker Boehner has announced his intention to invite Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address a joint session of Congress during his upcoming visit to the United States in May. We are very hopeful that the Prime Minister will take this opportunity to put forward a proactive, far-reaching proposal for a resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in line with the internationally-accepted parameters for a two-state solution. Read More...

J Street welcomed a congressional letter to President Obama signed by 116 members of Congress, in support of the Administration's efforts to maintain current levels of foreign aid to Israel and the Palestinian Authority. It urges President Obama to use this critical moment in the Middle East as an opportunity to reaffirm the United States' leadership in pursuit of a two-state resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Read More...

16 members of Congress signed a congressional letter to President Obama, led by Representatives Jan Schakowsky (IL-09) and Anna Eshoo (CA-14), in support of the Administration’s efforts to maintain current levels of foreign aid to Israel and the Palestinian Authority. Read More...

J Street strongly objects to Congressman Peter King's provocative and anti-Muslim congressional hearing scheduled for Thursday. We urge America's political leaders to embrace our nation's core values of equality and freedom, and to reject attempts to stoke ethnic fear and division. Read More...