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.
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As we close out the year 5778, three members of our rabbinic cabinet reflect on how the themes of the High Holidays reinforce our pro-Israel, pro-peace work.
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The Palestinian community of Khan al-Ahmar is under imminent threat of demolition.
On the eve of this season of renewal, we look honestly at Israel through the lens of the possibilities inherent in the New Year that is dawning. We turn to a blank page in the Book of Life and commit to writing the next chapter filled with deeds of holiness that will bring peace, security and justice to all the inhabitants of the land of Israel.
I’ve just returned from the US-Mexico border. I spent the past week there as part of a delegation of Jewish leaders from 17 different organizations, learning firsthand about the detention and persecution of migrant families.
Spain to Push for European Recognition of Palestine: We May Go It Alone if That Fails, Haaretz
Noa Landau reports, “The Spanish government will promote a European move to recognize Palestine as an independent state, Spain’s foreign minister said Thursday, adding that if the move fails the government will consider a Spain-only recognition. If ‘the EU is not able to reach unanimous decision – each to their own,’ Spain’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell said at a conference of European Union leaders in Austria Tuesday. He added the last option of individual recognition of Palestine is ‘on the table.’ Borrell also said that he will launch an ‘intensive’ consultation process with his counterparts to set a timetable for achieving a common position on the subject.”
How Jared Kushner flubbed ‘ultimate deal’—and hurt Israel, Forward
Peter Beinart writes, “Trump officials talk about their efforts to ‘improve the lives of the Palestinians.’ But, as far as I’m aware, neither Trump nor Kushner has ever said Palestinians have rights.Instead, they have relentlessly analogized the conflict to their own experience in real estate. ‘In every negotiation I’ve ever been in,’ Kushner told The New York Times, ‘before somebody gets to ‘yes,’ their answer is ‘no.’ Lacking even the minimal moral scaffolding of previous administrations, Trump and Kushner have taken what seems like the shortest path to a deal: They have demanded that the weaker party cave on virtually everything.”
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