J Street organizes and mobilizes pro-Israel, pro-peace Americans who want Israel to be secure, democratic and the national home of the Jewish people. Working in American politics and the Jewish community, we advocate policies that advance shared US and Israeli interests as well as Jewish and democratic values, leading to a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
In this time of physical isolation, join us on J Stream — a new platform to keep the pro-Israel, pro-peace movement connected, informed and engaged with the important work ahead of us. Here you'll find expert briefings, trainings, 101s and other virtual programs.
Visit our resource page on annexation to find educational materials, a roundup of who opposes annexation and actions you can take to defend Israeli democracy and Palestinian rights.
This election is a battle for the soul of our nation. And we're committed to fighting alongside Joe Biden.
The "deal of the century" is not a peace plan. It's a green light for annexation and a recipe for permanent occupation and endless conflict.
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Our Israel is a J Street initiative to spotlight amazing Israeli organizations and individuals who share our values and who struggle, as we do in the United States, to build and preserve a liberal, democratic society underpinned by the principles of equality, freedom, justice and peace.
We are pro-Israel organizations writing to urge the House Democratic Caucus to select a House Foreign Affairs Committee chairperson for the 117th Congress whose foreign policy views are aligned with those of the solid majority of Jewish Americans and other supporters of Israel.
“There’s no such thing as instant reconciliation, it’s something that doesn’t happen overnight... but we don’t have the luxury of giving up.”
In a submission to the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security, J Street voiced our community's strong opposition to the Trump administration's continued assault on the US refugee program, including new changes which would inflict particular cruelty on women, children and LGBT+ refugees.
As we approach Tisha b’Av 5780, it is disheartening to note that we have not progressed far from the Biblical and Talmudic eras. Baseless hatred and fear among Jews, as well as between Israeli Jews and Palestinians -- now rampant -- has simmered for decades.
In Kamala Harris, a Choice at Once Safe and Energizing, New York Times
In naming Kamala Harris as his running mate, Joseph R. Biden Jr. made a groundbreaking decision, picking a woman of color to be vice president and, possibly, a successor in the White House someday. Yet in some ways, Mr. Biden made a conventional choice: elevating a senator who brings generational and coastal balance to the Democratic ticket and shares his center-left politics at a time of progressive change in the party […] She is also a thoroughly establishment-friendly figure, as is Mr. Biden: Both have hewed closely to their party’s mainstream for years, shifting left with the times but always with an eye on the broader electorate and higher office. He long said he wanted someone “simpatico” with him and, in Ms. Harris, he found that person, at least when it comes to ideology.
All 3 Democrats vying for House Foreign Affairs Committee chair support restricting Israel from using for annexation, JTA
All three of the Democrats seeking to become the next head of the House of Representatives’ Foreign Affairs Committee have said they do not want U.S. money to aid Israel’s potential annexation of parts of the West Bank. Reps. Brad Sherman of California, Joaquin Castro of Texas and Gregory Meeks of New York are vying for the role with the defeat of the current head, longtime pro-Israel voice Eliot Engel, in his New York primary in June. “I oppose any use of American taxpayer dollars to implement the Annexation Plan or to build any permanent Israeli installation in the West Bank or Gaza,” Sherman said in a statement.