Tag : Settlements
J Street calls Givat Hamatos plans ‘Not just bad faith, but bad policy’
J Street is baffled by the announcement that plans are moving forward to construct Givat Hamatos—the first new Jewish neighborhood to be built in East Jerusalem since Har Homa in 1997.
J Street Gravely Concerned about Israeli Plans to Expand Housing in Gilo
WASHINGTON — J Street President Jeremy Ben-Ami issued the following statement in response to the Israeli government’s announcement today of its plans to build 1,100 new housing units in Gilo, a contested Jerusalem neighborhood beyond the Green Line.
Statement on New Israeli Construction in West Bank & East Jerusalem
Unilateral moves such as continued settlement expansion only undermine the prospects of a two-state solution and jeopardize Israel’s future as the democratic homeland of the Jewish people.
Tell Israeli PM Netanyahu: Treat J Street & the pro-Israel, pro-peace movement as allies
J Street President Jeremy Ben-Ami and J Street Board Chair Davidi Gilo are in Israel this week to participate in a Knesset committee debate into whether J Street deserves to carry the tagline “pro-Israel.” [1] In advance of the committee hearing, J Street members are calling on Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu to treat the pro-Israel, pro-peace movement as allies.
J Street & J Street U Dismayed by Counterproductive “Israel Apartheid Week”
J Street U Director Daniel May released the following statement as “Israel Apartheid Week” takes place on college campuses around the United States and Canada: J Street and J Street U are dismayed by the counterproductive polarization that “Israel Apartheid Week” once again brings to campuses across North America. Reaching an end to the conflict
