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
Conference: December 3-5 | DC + Virtual
Advocacy Week: December 7-9 | Virtual
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,
“If you want to talk about coexistence and look into the future, it's easier to do that when you're looking at common goals. People on both sides of the border are interested in establishing secure futures for themselves,” explains Anna Gol, PIP Executive Director. “So how do you do that? You do that through partnership. You do that through building together.”
As a citizen of Israel, I remember standing silently in my Jerusalem café as the sirens went off on Yom HaZikaron – Israel’s Day of Remembrance, honoring the memory of those who have fallen while on active duty as well as the civilian victims of terrorism. 24 hours later I was in my seat on Mount Herzl, celebrating Yom HaAtzmaut, Israel Independence Day. Weeping had given way to celebration.
I invite you to listen to a conversation between two individuals in the Jewish Community Centre in Kyiv. We hear a grandmother, whose family left her behind in Kyiv, and an unrelated teenager learning from the older woman:
For me, the key issue is not how a nation was founded, but how it sustains itself, how it treats all of its inhabitants, and how it strives to live up to the ideals enshrined in its sacred myth.
Israel Cannot Abandon the Two State Solution, The Jerusalem Post
The Jerusalem Post’s daily editorial writes, “It is time for Israel to strengthen its ties with moderate Palestinians and keep cooperating with pragmatic Israeli-Arabs. Having Ra’am in the coalition is a huge and historic step in that direction. Its leader, Mansour Abbas, has said multiple times that he recognizes Israel as a Jewish State, and that “it will stay like this.” It is time to start talking again about solutions to the ongoing conflict with the Palestinians. Ignoring it does not serve Israel’s interests of remaining a Jewish and democratic state.”
Israeli Military ID’s Gun That May Have Killed Journalist, AP
The Israeli military has identified a soldier’s rifle that may have killed Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, but said it cannot be certain unless the Palestinians turn over the bullet for analysis, a military official said Thursday. The confirmation marked a small sign of progress in the investigation into the killing of Abu Akleh, who was fatally shot on May 11 while covering an Israeli military raid in the occupied West Bank.