J Street Blog: borders and security
"The Gatekeepers" Shines Light on Moral Costs of West Bank Occupation
January 9th, 2013
A new Israeli film, nominated today for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, is offering a unique look into the country's past as seen through the eyes of six former directors of the Shin Bet security service -- and finds these former national security chiefs all deeply worried about the moral price the nation has paid for its occupation of Palestinian territories. Read More...
Settlement Expansion Jeopardizes US-Israel Alliance
December 19th, 2012
The Israeli government’s intensified settlement drive is jeopardizing Israel’s survival as a Jewish and democratic state, and now threatens to damage its historic alliance with the United States. Read More...
E1 Development Would Be ‘The Death Knell for the Two-State Solution’
November 30th, 2012
J Street strongly opposes the Israeli government’s announcement of its intention to build 3,000 new housing units on the West Bank and in East Jerusalem. Read More...
A True Partner
November 5th, 2012
As we commemorate the legacy of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin seventeen years after his tragic assassination, we are called to remember the two fundamental realizations that drove his pursuit of a two-state solution: “to be a Jewish, democratic state, we have to separate,” and “you don’t make peace with friends.” Read More...
Watch Jeremy Ben-Ami debate Bill Kristol
June 1st, 2012
J Street President recently debated Emergency Committee for Israel Bill Kristol at B'nai Jeshurun in NYC. Watch their full debate. Read More...
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