News Roundup for February 24, 2026
Ending the Blank Check, Word on the Street
J Street Chief Policy Officer Ilan Goldenberg and Assistant Director of Government Affairs and Defense Policy Analyst Kat Descamp-Renner write, “Today, everyone who cares about the safety and security of both Israelis and Palestinians must come to terms with the fact that the current system of U.S. military assistance to Israel is failing to advance Israeli security, Palestinian human rights, or the U.S.’s strategic interests.”
With J Street Backing, 26 Democrats Introduce Legislation to Impose Wide-Ranging Conditions on Aid to Israel, Jewish Insider
“‘The Ceasefire Compliance Act puts into law the common sense principle that American weapons cannot be used by the Israeli government in Gaza and the West Bank in ways that fundamentally violate American values and directly contravene U.S. interests,’ J Street President Jeremy Ben-Ami said in a statement.”
The World Is Not Against Us, Times of Israel
J Street Israel Executive Director Nadav Tamir writes, “Contrary to what the right-wing propagandists have been selling us for many years, that the whole world is supposedly against us and that we must live by the sword, the reality is the opposite. As someone who knows almost all the foreign ambassadors to Israel, I am closely aware of how much they appreciate the state of Israel and how important our security is to them.”
‘De Facto Annexation’: France, Spain Condemn Israeli Moves to Expand West Bank Control, Haaretz
“The signatories urged Israel to prosecute violent settlers and demanded the immediate release of withheld tax revenues to the Palestinian Authority. The statement emphasized that the only path to regional coexistence was the establishment of an independent, sovereign and democratic Palestinian state.”
The Truth About Gaza’s Death List, Haaretz
“Over time, however, a consensus has taken shape: even if the list has weaknesses, including the fact that it does not differentiate between combatants and civilians, it reflects the scale of the disaster inflicted on Gaza and its people. It also forms the basis for allegations that Israel committed war crimes, crimes against humanity and even genocide.”
Aid Groups Petition Israeli Court to Let Them Keep Working in Gaza After Ban Over New Rules, AP
“Israel says it will ban 37 aid groups by March 1. The rules announced last year require aid groups to register the names and contact information of employees, and to provide details about their funding and operations. The groups view the rules as invasive and arbitrary, and say the ban would hinder critical assistance to people in war-ravaged Gaza.”
Settlers Drive a Palestinian Family Off Its Land, New York Times
“For two years, settlers from a nearby outpost had tried to drive Mr. Abu Naim from his land, set on the stony outskirts of Al Mughayir, a Palestinian village in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Their attacks came at all hours and in all manners, from vandalism and violent threats to beatings, according to the family, and Palestinian and Israeli witnesses.”
We’re Losing the Fight Against Antisemitism. Here’s How to Turn the Tide, The Forward
Emily Tamkin writes, “But the fact that we have yet to make meaningful 21st-century strides in reducing antisemitism — and that, per most polls and studies, we’re going in the opposite direction — means that we need to rethink how to combat it in 21st-century terms.”
