Recent Blogs

• ‘Shared self-interest’ : Standing Together’s answer for Israel’s fractured left

  “You don’t realize how much movement and access are taken for granted until you see what happens when it’s taken away.”

• Where J Street Stands in the Discussion on Aid to Israel

  I couldn’t be more pleased that J Street’s National Conference last week has sparked an energetic and long-needed discussion about the role that US assistance to Israel should play, not only in supporting Israel’s long-term security, but in advancing the goal of peacefully resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and bringing an end to the occupation.

• J Street Congratulates Rep. Nita Lowey for Her Distinguished Career of Service

  We at J Street are sad that Chairwoman Lowey will not seek re-election, but are delighted for her and her family as she completes a distinguished career in the House of Representatives.

• Israel’s integrated schools provide a vision for an integrated Israel

  It was November, 1995, and Lee Gordon’s son was perched on his shoulders as Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin spoke at a historic peace rally. “I wish to thank each and every one of you who have come here today to take a stand against violence, and to stand for peace,” Rabin told the crowd.

House moves ahead on long-stalled resolution supporting two states for Israelis and Palestinians, The Hill
The House on Thursday overcame a final hurdle to bringing a controversial resolution supporting a two-state solution to the Israeli and Palestinian conflict to the floor for a vote. Lawmakers adopted two amendments meant to satisfy Republican and Democratic demands to achieve bipartisan consensus. Yet only about a dozen Republicans are likely to cross the aisle in a final vote, with the GOP criticizing the measure as redundant and partisan. House Resolution 326 would put Congress on record supporting a two-state solution to the Israeli and Palestinian conflict and is seen as countering the Trump administration’s efforts to propose a peace plan that does not include the achievement of an independent Palestinian state living side by side with a secure Jewish State of Israel.

Charges Planned Against Netanyahu Aides in Submarine Graft Scandal, New York Times
Two former close aides to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel are among those facing likely criminal charges in one of the country’s biggest corruption scandals yet, arising from the multibillion-dollar purchase of submarines and missile boats from Germany. A former chief of staff to Mr. Netanyahu, David Sharan, is accused of accepting bribes from an Israeli agent for the shipbuilder, ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems. David Shimron, who has served as a personal lawyer and close confidant to Mr. Netanyahu and is also his second cousin, is accused of laundering money to help the shipbuilder’s agent, Michael Ganor, conceal his role in a separate financial transaction. The case is not related to last month’s indictment of Mr. Netanyahu on charges of bribery, fraud and breach of trust, but adds to the cloud lingering over him and his political future.