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A J Street Conversation | A Path Forward: Creating a Political Horizon for Israel-Palestine

J Street Chicago and Beth Emet The Free Synagogue in Evantston, IL hosted a conversation with J Street Policy Director...

Israel, Hezbollah, and the Potential for Full-Scale War

The Israel-Hamas war produced a regional escalation and has sparked fears of a broader regional war that would further pit...

Why I Marched for Peace at This Year’s Israel Day Parade

This was, and always is, my Zionism: Showing up for the country I love, and for the people I love,...

Mr. President, enough is enough.

In the wake of what we see as Netanyahu crossing President Biden’s red line regarding Rafah in the tragedy of...

Israel, Palestine and the International Criminal Court: What You Need to Know

The International Criminal Court (ICC) was founded in 1998 to investigate and prosecute war crimes, aggression, crimes against humanity and...

‘Time is Running Out’: A Hostage Family’s Desperate Plea

After her 23-year-old daughter was abducted from the Nova music festival by Hamas militants on October 7, Meirav Gonen’s world...

Six Months of Torture

Not knowing the fate of the person you love the most is a particularly cruel form of torture.

Schumer’s “Unprecedented” Speech

I suspect we may look back on this moment as the day our pro-Israel, pro-peace, pro-democracy platform cemented itself at...

What President Biden Should Say in the State of the Union Address

Israelis, Palestinians and others in the region need more than empathy. They need leadership. They look to the United States...