J Street organizes pro-Israel, pro-peace Americans to promote US policies that embody our deeply held Jewish and democratic values and that help secure the State of Israel as a democratic homeland for the Jewish people. We believe that only a negotiated resolution agreed to by Israelis and Palestinians can meet the legitimate needs and national aspirations of both peoples.
Working in the American political system, in the Jewish community and with others with whom we share core values, we advocate for diplomacy-first American leadership and policies that advance justice, equality, peace, and democracy in Israel, in the wider region and in the United States as well.
Living Our Values, Defending Democracy
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Leaders from Israeli security, military, and intelligence communities agree that Trump's withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal was a failure.
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.
Learn about this important legislation and call your representative to ask them to sign on.
Call on the US government to carry out a fundamental reset of American foreign policy on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and adopt a clear strategy to end the cycle of violence, injustice and retaliation.
Call on the State Department to press Israeli authorities to do much more to confront violent settler attacks and to hold perpetrators of violence accountable,
“We need to strengthen the alliance, a partnership, between progressives and liberals in the US and in Israel. Movements work best through widespread solidarity."
In the moments when I feel frustrated by a lack of instant gratification, I remember the hero of this Tu Bishvat story: the anonymous carob planter who knew he would never enjoy the fruit of his labor, but decided to plant anyway.
Israeli and Palestinian peace activists are on the frontlines fighting for a better future, and those of us who consider ourselves progressive, pro-Israel, pro-peace Americans have to have their backs.
Those who recognize and oppose the dire situation in the region should put their weight behind bold US policies to generate progress, and stop working to perpetuate a failed status quo.
Palestinian American Held by Israel Died of Heart Attack, Autopsy Shows, The New York Times
A 78-year-old Palestinian American man died this month from a stress-induced heart attack brought on by injuries sustained while he was detained by Israeli soldiers, according to an autopsy report, obtained by The New York Times on Wednesday.
Settler Attacks Officer in West Bank; 22 Palestinians Arrested After Clashes With Police, Haaretz
A settler attacked an Israeli Border Police officer overnight into Thursday after police have reported that 22 Palestinians were arrested after clashes in East Jerusalem broke out.