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Topic: J Street

May 7, 2013
10:11 pm

Students at one of Oberlin's co-op houses. (photo credit: CC BY Pteranadons, Wikimedia Commons)

Oberlin students vote to endorse divestment resolution

Student senate calls for boycott of six companies that do business in West Bank

April 29, 2013
4:26 pm

People pick up J street lobbying material during a conference in Washington DC (image capture: J Street: The Documentary trailer)

Film examines J Street’s ambiguous approach to pro-Israel groups

Two American Jewish filmmakers are producing a sympathetic documentary about the left-leaning group, but struggle to define its relationship with the larger pro-Israel camp

By Haviv Rettig Gur

March 22, 2013
11:52 pm

US President Barack Obama delivers a speech at the Jerusalem Convention Center, March 21 (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Obama’s Israel visit wins over Jews at home

Every side of the American Jewish debate over Israeli-Palestinian peace found something to cheer about

By Haviv Rettig Gur

March 19, 2013
7:48 pm

President Barack Obama speaks to a joint session of Congress in May 2012 (photo credit: Lawrence Jackson/White House)

Obama’s Israel visit sparks letter-writing blitz in Congress

One Senate letter urges president to warn the Palestinians of consequences for unilateral anti-Israel actions, while a second missive calls for a sustained US-led peace bid

By Haviv Rettig Gur

March 9, 2013
9:55 am

Members of Yachad tour the West Bank hills near Hebron. Britian's Zionist Federation recently rejected the group's membership application. (Courtesy of Yachad)

Left-wing Zionist group’s rejection ignites UK debate

A popular backlash follows a decision by the Jewish establishment not to recognize a new organization with liberal views on Israel

By Miriam Shaviv

March 3, 2013
2:23 pm

Israeli and US flags (photo credit: Moshe Milner/GPO/Flash90)

Long on clout but short on agenda, AIPAC conference gets under way

Stagnant diplomatic itinerary between Israel and the US means this year’s gathering lacks the sharp policy focus of previous years

By Haviv Rettig Gur

February 22, 2013
11:11 pm

Former Nebraska Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel, President Obama's choice for defense secretary, testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee during his confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Jan. 31 (AP/Susan Walsh)

Hagel’s damaged brand

While they will no doubt lose the confirmation battle, Republicans have already achieved victory in the policy war

By Haviv Rettig Gur

January 31, 2013
12:40 am

Texas Sen. John Cornyn coordinated his opposition to Sen. Chuck Hagel's nomination with Pastor John Hagee, the founder of Christians United For Israel. (Gage Skidmore/CreativeCommons via JTA)

Christian Zionists spearhead fight against Hagel

Pro-Israel evangelicals mobilize to sink GOP senator’s bid to become US defense secretary

By Ron Kampeas

January 1, 2013
5:11 am

Reform leader Rabbi Rick Jacobs (Robert A. Cumins/JFNA via JTA)

Reform Jews, AIPAC take opposing positions on penalizing Palestinians

Are organizations’ competing responses to a recent UN vote a minor bump, or a sign of a coming schism in the pro-Israel community?

By Ron Kampeas

December 27, 2012
12:06 pm

US Jewish groups will be lobbying Congress on a full slate of foreign and domestic challenges. (Photo credit: CC BY-SA Dougtone, Flickr)

Political showdowns will make 2013 a busy year for US Jews

From Iran’s nuclear program to the fight over gay marriage, Jewish groups are already gearing up for their next big battles

By Ron Kampeas

December 24, 2012
11:41 pm

John Kerry during a visit to Jerusalem in May 2012 (photo credit: Uri Lenz/Flash90)

American pro-Israel groups warm up to Kerry as top diplomat

Organizations, leaders and congregations like idea of man with Jewish roots as secretary of state

By Ron Kampeas

December 18, 2012
7:50 pm

Chuck Hagel arrives at Camp Ramadi, in central Iraq, for a short visit with US servicemen, July 22, 2008. (photo credit: courtesy United States Marine Corps)

Likely new US defense chief seen backpedaling on opposition to Iran strike

Chuck Hagel ‘now in sync’ with Obama, says ADL head; Jewish hawks slam his voting record on Israel and his comments denigrating Jewish lobby

By Raphael Ahren

December 18, 2012
1:57 am

A Bedouin camp located in the E1 area, between Jerusalem and the West Bank settlement of Maaleh Adumim, in December 2012. (photo credit: Lior Mizrahi/Flash90)

400 American rabbis, cantors blast E1 building plans

In move coordinated by left-wing advocacy groups, letter warns building plans could signal ‘final blow to a peaceful solution’ between Israel and the Palestinians

By Haviv Rettig Gur

December 17, 2012
9:50 pm

Israel’s diplomatic problem in one word: Settlements

If Israel supports a two-state solution, why build on land it intends to give up?

By Alan Elsner

December 14, 2012
11:32 pm

Rep. Gary Ackerman is one of a number of veteran pro-Israel lawmakers leaving Congress. (Courtesy of the Israel Policy Forum via JTA)

New US Congress will be missing some of its longtime pro-Israel pillars

Retirements and defeats mean a new group of supporters will take the reins on Middle East issues

By Ron Kampeas

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