Is It Possible to Talk Honestly About This War Without Feeding Antisemitism?, Word on the Street
“Refusing to discuss them at all – or labeling the discussion itself antisemitic – isn’t the answer. It prevents accountability, distorts our understanding of how key decisions have been made, and ultimately makes it harder to understand – and to take responsibility for – the role our own leaders and institutions have played,” J Street President Jeremy Ben-Ami wrote on his Substack.
America Has No Good Options in Iran, Foreign Affairs
“It is becoming increasingly clear that the current U.S.-Israeli campaign of missile and drone strikes is not about to topple the entrenched regime…But the risks of these forms of escalation far outweigh their possible gains. At this point, with the global economy jittering and the Middle East in convulsions, Washington’s best bet is not to further commit to a war it entered recklessly but to find a way out,” J Street Chief Policy Officer Ilan Goldenberg writes.
Republicans Fear This Democrat in Georgia Senate Race: ‘This Guy’s No Slouch’, Washington Post
“Shortly after Trump’s election in 2024, Ossoff voted for a Sen. Bernie Sanders-backed resolution to block some arms transfers to Israel as the war in Gaza had devolved into a humanitarian crisis…Now, [J Street President Jeremy] Ben-Ami said, as public opinion has turned against Israel’s actions in the war, ‘time has proven him right and the wind has shifted.’”
AIPAC Funded Secretive Super PACS That Hid Contributors and Spent Big in Democratic Primary, New Records Show, Chicago Tribune
“United Democracy Project, AIPAC’s affiliated super PAC, directed more than $5.3 million to bankroll the groups Elect Chicago Women and Affordable Chicago Now, according to Federal Election Commission filings released Friday night.”
Trump Says U.S. Is Postponing Some Strikes as It Negotiates End to War With Iran, Washington Post
“Trump didn’t specify which Iranian leaders he was speaking to, and Iran’s semiofficial Tasnim News Agency cast his Truth Social announcement as a retreat, writing on X: ‘Trump backs down.'”
Sidelined by War With Iran, Gaza Residents Remain in Limbo, New York Times
“The fighting has set back the already slow progress toward a more peaceful reality in postwar Gaza. Israel briefly closed all the crossings into Gaza. Now only one cargo crossing is operating. The sole crossing for people entering or leaving the territory — including patients seeking medical treatment abroad — was closed for nearly three weeks after the war with Iran broke out on Feb. 28.”
Trump Calls Israel’s President Herzog a ‘Liar, Weak Person, Pathetic’ for Not Granting Netanyahu Pardon, Haaretz
“Speaking to the channel’s White House correspondent, Libby Alon, Trump claimed Herzog had agreed to pardon Netanyahu ‘but never did,’ adding: ‘He’s a weak person and a pathetic man for not doing it. He is not a leader. Bibi should be focused on the war, not on nonsense.'”
‘We Warned About It’: Doctors Are Leaving Israel in Growing Numbers, Haaretz
“The findings point to a significant increase in the number of Israelis leaving Israel, after years of stability in migration patterns. In 2023 and 2024, about 100,000 Israelis left the country (50,000 per year). ‘Among the departees we identified a significant and worrisome increase in doctors, Ph.D recipients and other academics, engineers and high earners,’ say the researchers. ‘At the same time, there has also been a slowing down and a drop in the number of Israelis coming back to live in Israel in recent years. The combination of the two is exacerbating the flight of human capital from Israel.'”
America and Israel United to Fight Iran. Both Will Pay a Price, New York Times
“This close alignment comes with costs that are not fully appreciated. The United States has aligned with Israeli war aims — Israeli Embassy briefers in Washington speak of setting the conditions for the collapse of the regime — without a clear strategy to accomplish them. America’s stated war aims have varied throughout the conflict, creating confusion as to what the United States is trying to do and what any Iranian leadership can do to end the fighting,” Global Security Expert Jon B. Alterman writes.
