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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 585

Jeremy Ben-Ami

US President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the East Room of the White House, Feb. 4, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
February 5, 2025, 7:45 pm
‘Horrific’ or ‘major step’ to peace? US Jewish groups react to Trump’s Gaza proposal
American president’s call to relocate enclave’s residents elicits revulsion from liberal Jewish groups, excitement from those on the right
By PHILISSA CRAMER
US President Donald Trump smiles as he signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House, in Washington, January 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
January 29, 2025, 5:53 am
Could Donald Trump become liberal Zionists’ next hero?
Mixed signals as new US president helps clinch Gaza agreement, appears intent on Israeli-Saudi deal requiring path to Palestinian state, while making moves favorable to pro-settler right
By Ben Sales
Rep. Jamaal Bowman cries at a vigil outside the White House to demand that US President Joe Biden call for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza, November 29, 2023. (Nathan Howard/AP Photo)
January 30, 2024, 9:33 am
J Street pulls Jamaal Bowman endorsement over anti-Israel rhetoric since October 7
Left-wing lobby group says Democratic New York Congressman, seeking reelection, has ‘crossed the line’ with his ‘framing and approach,’ including genocide accusation
By New York Jewish Week via JTA and ToI Staff
Then-US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at the 2019 American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) policy conference, at Washington Convention Center, in Washington, March 25, 2019. (Jose Luis Magana/AP)
July 29, 2022, 11:34 am
Huge AIPAC investment in primaries is paying off — but at what price down the road?
Criticized for making Israel ‘extra-polarizing issue,’ unclear how lobby will navigate US general elections as endorsed candidates from opposing parties may run against each other
By Ron Kampeas
Then-US vice president Joseph Biden, left, walks with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, ahead of their meeting in the West Bank city of Ramallah on March 10, 2010. (AP/Tara Todras-Whitehill/File)
April 18, 2021, 11:53 pm
In J Street speech, Abbas urges Biden to scrap US law deeming PLO a terror group
PA president calls 1987 Anti-Terrorism Act the main obstacle to developing US-Palestinian ties, hints Ramallah will take own steps to improve relations
By Jacob Magid
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas wears a mask upon his arriving to head the Palestinian leadership meeting at his headquarters, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, on May 7, 2020. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser, Pool)
April 16, 2021, 8:12 pm
Abbas to address J Street confab as group seeks to top DC’s Israel lobby scene
PA president expected to thank Biden for restoring aid while urging further steps, and to express continued support for two-state solution while castigating Israel over settlements
By Jacob Magid
Egyptian president Anwar Sadat, US president Jimmy Carter, center, and Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin clasp hands on the north lawn of the White House as they sign the peace treaty between Egypt and Israel, March 26, 1979. (AP/Bob Daugherty)
April 13, 2021, 7:45 am
J Street to present Carter with peacemaker award for brokering Israel-Egypt deal
Ex-US president, who has fraught relations with parts of pro-Israel community, will not accept honor from liberal group in person
By Ron Kampeas
US Vice President Joe Biden addresses the 4th National J Street Conference at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC, on September 30, 2013. (Ron Sachs/J Street)
November 20, 2020, 3:28 am
Eyeing simpatico White House, J Street readies to lobby for Iran deal reentry
Highlighting allies in administration, liberal group’s president says he’ll push returning to ‘balanced’ approach on Israel, acknowledges issue won’t be a top priority for Biden
By Jacob Magid
Israel's outgoing ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in the central Israeli city of Ra'anana, Tuesday, July 28, 2020. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)
July 29, 2020, 1:46 am
Returning UN envoy: Israel won’t suffer for tight Trump ties
Danny Danon says he believes bipartisan support for Israel is still strong, but is relieved that Bernie Sanders, who he calls a ‘radical’ voice, did not win Democratic nomination
By Aron Heller
Sen. Chris Van Hollen, Democrat of Maryland, January 16, 2020. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
July 16, 2020, 3:21 am
In Washington, a debate over conditioning US aid to Israel heats up
With Netanyahu claiming to be on the brink of annexing parts of the West Bank, moderate Democrats are calling for fundamental changes to America’s funding policy
By Eric Cortellessa
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speaks to supporters at a primary election night rally, Feb. 11, 2020, in Manchester, N.H. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
May 22, 2020, 1:12 pm
18 Democratic senators warn annexation will damage, erode US-Israel relations
In missive to Netanyahu and Gantz, top Democrats Warren, Sanders, Kane and others say move would ‘betray our shared democratic values’
By ToI Staff
Democratic presidential candidate and former vice president Joe Biden speaks during the McIntyre-Shaheen 100 Club Dinner, February 8, 2020, in Manchester, New Hampshire. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
May 15, 2020, 7:29 pm
As possibility of West Bank annexation looms, Democrats mull how to sway Israel
While party is unified in opposition to Israel extending sovereignty to settlements and Jordan Valley, it’s splintered over how harsh the response should be if Netanyahu goes ahead
By Eric Cortellessa
J Street Executive Director Jeremy Ben-Ami addressing the group’s annual national conference in Washington on April 15, 2018. (Courtesy, J Street)
February 22, 2020, 2:26 am
Has J Street become US Jewry’s Democratic kingmaker on Israel?
Left-leaning group’s founder and president Jeremy Ben-Ami talks with The Times of Israel about its prominent role in the crowded 2020 Democratic primary
By Eric Cortellessa
Sheets of newly printed ballots seen at Palphot printing house in Karnei Shomron, in preparation for Israel's upcoming general elections, February 12, 2020. (Photo by Flash90)
February 19, 2020, 5:20 pm
LISTEN: A guide for those still perplexed by Israel’s threepeat election
On this week’s podcast, we grill political correspondent Raoul Wootliff on what’s different — if anything — about this upcoming third trip to the ballot box on March 2
By ToI Staff
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, Independent-Vermont., arrives to speak to supporters at a primary night election rally in Manchester, New Hampshire, February 11, 2020. (Matt Rourke/AP)
February 16, 2020, 11:44 am
J Street calls for Democratic group to take down Sanders attack ad
Liberal Mideast advocacy organization slams Democratic Majority for Israel for prioritizing ‘targeting progressives over Israel policy’ over trying to beat Trump
By Eric Cortellessa
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