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J Street Opinions

The following is a selection of recent opinions published by members of J Street's Advisory Council and by its staff and friends. If you have a piece you'd like us to post, contact us at info@jstreet.org.

  • "The 'previously silent' majority," by Jeremy Ben-Ami. Haaretz, July 24, 2008.
  • "Bush's Bluffing Has Made Mideast Peace a Bad Bet," by Michael Shtender-Auerbach. The Forward, June 12, 2008.
  • "Say it ain't so, Joe," by Eric Alterman. The Nation, May 29, 2008.
  • "Our Hagee Problem Has Yet To Be Addressed," by Leonard Fein. The Forward, May 30, 2008.
  • "Rosner's Guest: Jeremy Ben Ami." Haaretz, Week of May 26, 2008.
  • "Don't brand J Street as anti-Zionist," by David Kimchi. The Jerusalem Post, May 2, 2008.
  • "Reclaiming the Pro-Israel Mantle," by Hannah Rosenthal. The Jewish Week, April 23, 2008.
  • "Reclaiming Pro-Israel Peace and Stability," by Daniel Levy. The Huffington Post, April 16, 2008. Levy is the Senior Fellow and Director of the Middle East Policy Initiative of the American Strategy Program at the New America Foundation and lead Israeli drafter of the Geneva Initiative.
  • "For Israel's sake, Moderate American Jews must find their voice," by Jeremy Ben Ami. The Foward, April 15, 2008. Jeremy Ben Ami is the Executive Director of J Street and JStreetPAC.
  • "Bush’s so-called new Middle East is uninspiring," by Shlomo Ben-Ami. Taipei Times, April 8, 2008. Ben-Ami takes apart the Bush myth of a Middle East remade in his image. Ben-Ami, a former Israeli foreign minister, is the vice-president of the Toledo International Centre for Peace.
  • "The settlements are the biggest impediment to security," by Yossi Alpher. bitterlemons, April 7, 2008. In this article, Alpher talks about how settlements are an obstacle to peace and security. He is former director of the Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies at Tel Aviv University and a former special adviser to PM Ehud Barak.
  • "A liberal Israel lobby? If you will it, it is no dream," by Gershom Gorenberg. Prospect Magazine, April, 2008. Gorenberg lays out how a new liberal Israel lobby could affect American policy in the MIddle East. Gorenberg is an Israeli expert on settlements and the peace process in general.
  • "The Next President and the Middle East," by Daniel Levy. The American Prospect, March 31, 2008. In this article, Levy offer some policy pointers to the incoming American President. Levy is the Senior Fellow and Director of the Middle East Policy Initiative of the American Strategy Program at the New America Foundation and lead Israeli drafter of the Geneva Initiative.
  • "Rescuing Annapolis," by Shlomo Ben-Ami. Daily Times, March 23, 2008. Ben-Ami calls for a cease fire with Hamas and a return to a Palestinian Unity government to advance the peace process. Shlomo Ben-Ami, a former Israeli foreign minister, is the vice-president of the Toledo International Centre for Peace.
  • "The Israel litmus test: Why do so many American Jews demand unwavering commitment to Israel from their politicians,"by Aaron David Miller. Los Angeles Times, March 9, 2008. In this article, Miller questions the status quo of American Jewish support for Israel. Miller is the former Advisor to six Secretaries of State on Arab-Israeli Negotiations.
  • "Why Do We Fawn Over John Hagee," by Leonard Fein. The Forward, March 3, 2008. This article takes the friendship of some Jewish community leaders with Rev. John Hagee to task. Fein is a leading Jewish writer and activist.
  • "Middle East Triangle", by Hussein Agha and Robert Malley. The Washington Post, January 17, 2007. Agha and Malley go over the consequences of a Hamas and Fatah split. Agha is Senior Associate Member of St. Antony’s College, Oxford and the author, with A.S. Khalidi, of A Framework for a Palestinian National Security Doctrine. Malley was a special assistant to President Clinton for Arab-Israeli Affairs during the Camp David negotiations in 2000.
  • "Better Safe Than Sorry for Candidates on Israel," by Leonard Fein. The Forward, January 16, 2008. Fein looks at the Presidential candidates uninspiringly safe positions on Israel. Fein is a leading Jewish writer and activist.
  • "Last chance for two states?" by Steve Masters. The Philadelphia Enquirer, January 29, 2008. Masters is President of Brit Tzedek v'Shalom, a leading pro-peace, pro-Israel organization.
  • "For Israel’s Sake, Replace Politics of Either/Or With Both/And," by Leonard Fein. The Forward, October 31, 2007. Fein calls for a 'both, and' perspective from the Jewish community around Israel. Fein is a leading Jewish writer and activist.
  • "How about a Peace Lobby?" by Daniel Levy. International Herald Tribune, October 19, 2007. Levy calls for the formation of a new peace lobby for Israel in the US. Levy is the Senior Fellow and Director of the Middle East Policy Initiative of the American Strategy Program at the New America Foundation and lead Israeli drafter of the Geneva Initiative.
  • "The time has come to talk," by Marcia Freedman and Diane Cantor. Washington Jewish Week, March 21, 2007. Marcia Freedman was the founding president of Brit Tzedek v’Shalom.
  • "The Syrian Litmus Test," by Daniel Levy. The Huffington Post, December 21, 2006. Levy elucidates how neo-conservative policy makers in Washington, DC have prevented Israel from making peace overtures to Syria. Levy is the Senior Fellow and Director of the Middle East Policy Initiative of the American Strategy Program at the New America Foundation and lead Israeli drafter of the Geneva Initiative.
  • "Bad for the Jews", by Eric Alterman. The Nation. December 20, 2007. Alterman argues in this article that there is a very large gap between the current Israel lobby leadership in Washington and mainstream American Jews. Alterman is an English Professor at the City University of New York, and Journalist Professor at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism. He is also a frequent political commentator in The Nation.
  • "The Road from Mecca," by Hussein Agha and Robert Malley. New York Review of Books, May 10, 2007. In this article, Agha and Malley argue for an increased US role in the negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians. Agha is Senior Associate Member of St. Antony’s College, Oxford and the author, with A.S. Khalidi, of A Framework for a Palestinian National Security Doctrine. Malley was a special assistant to President Clinton for Arab-Israeli Affairs during the Camp David negotiations in 2000.
  • "Is the "Israel Lobby" distorting America's Mid-East Policies?" by Michelle Goldberg. Salon, April 18, 2006. In this article, Goldberg describes the enforced silence that surrounds the actions of the Israel lobby on Capitol Hill. Goldberg is author of Kingdom Coming: The rise of Christian Nationalism.